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“LeChaletz HaYeshivah MiMatzavah HaKasheh” A Rescue Letter from Maran the Chafetz Chaim — 1927 A rescue letter dated 4 Menachem Av 5687 (1927), written by the Maran, the Sar HaTorah v’HaMussar of Klal Yisrael Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan ZYA”A of Radin-the Chafetz Chaim. Addressed to the gaon R’ Yosef Karlbach of Altona, the Chafetz Chaim pleads for assistance to save the Yeshivah of Radin from its dire financial state. In the letter, the Chafetz Chaim describes how support from America had sharply declined, and he turns to the Jews of Medinas Ashkenaz to come to the aid of their brothers learning Torah in the Lita. Signed in the Chafetz Chaim's own holy hand.