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Letter by the Gaon Rabbi Zeev Wolf Leiter Av Beit Din of Pittsburgh Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna - Pittsburgh, 1938 - Touching letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Leiter Av Beit Din of Pittsburgh and author of Shut Beit David, addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron - Pittsburgh, 1938.  The content of the letter: donations to the Hebron Yeshiva which Av Beit Din of Pittsburgh was its Gabai. The beginning of the letter indicates Rabbi Leiter's reverence towards the Rosh Yeshiva of Hebron, whom he titles ”כבוד ידידי הרב הגאון המפורסם מרביץ תורה ומפיץ אורה כקש”ת יחזקאל סארנע ני”ו ראש ישיבת חברון...”.   Official stationery. 21.5X28 cm.  Filing holes. Fold lines. Good condiiton.  The Gaon Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Leiter (1892-1974) a famed Rav and Posek Halacha. The son of the Gaon Rabbi Nosson Note Leiter, Av Beit Din of Lviv and author of Shut Me'orot Natan. Already at a young age was recognized as an Iluy and was praised by the Maharam of Brezan author of Da'at Torah. Received his Hora'ah Semich from the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Binyomin Kluger and the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Menachem Halevi Steinberg. In 1920, he immigrated to the USA where he served as Av Beit Din of Pittsburgh. Was close to the Admorim of Ruzhin, the Admor Rabbi Yisrael of Chortekov and the Admor Rabbi Yitzchak of Boyan.