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Touching Letter Signed by the Geonim Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillmand and Rabbi Gedalya Silverstone - Written in the Midst of the Holocaust - Jerusalem, 1942 - Interesting letter - signed by the Geonim Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillmand Rosh Av Beit Din of London and Rabbi Gedalya Silverstone Av Beit Din fo Washington - addressed to the Vaad Haklali - Jerusalem Adar B 1942. Touching letter which was written in the midst of the Holocaust, a time  of dire shortages of everything since all resources were directed towards the urgent needs of the war. In their letter, the rabbis ask the Vaad Haklali to provide Matzahs for the Avreichim of the Ohel Torah Kollel who have no other food for Passover except for these Matzhas since all other Kosher-for-Passover products have sold out!  ”שתואילו בטובכם לאשר השנה, תמיכת מצות.. בשיעור של רוטל לכל נפש, שימו לבכם לעובדה שמיני מאכל פסח אחרים שיש בהם כדי להשביע אי אפשר לצרף השנה מסבה שאזלו מהשוק המיצרכים המותרים לפסח...”. In those dark times, the rabbis write that the support will be given only to those who trully need it, promising to return cash for the Matzah if it turns out that someone received Matzahs in praivte: ”במקרה כי יתברר במשך הזמן כי מי שהוא מחברנו... קבל.. מצות באופן פרטי, אנו מתחייבים נגדכם.. להשיב לכם תמורתה במזומן...” (!!!). Official stationery of the Ohel Torah Yeshiva.  21X27 cm. Fold lines. Slight wear. Good condition.  The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Hillman (1868-1953) a student of the Volozhin Yeshiva. Served as Rav of several communities and in 1914 became the Chief Rabbi of London. Corresponded with the Chafetz Chaim and other leading rabbis in Europe. In 1934, immigrated to the Land of Israel. Was the in-law of Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Herzog.  The Gaon Rabbi Gedalya Silverstone (1871-1944) Av Beit Din of Washington and one of the leading rabbis of the USA. A fertile author who authored more than thirty religious books. During WWI, made active efforts to save European Jews and open the gates of the USA to immigrants who had escaped Europe.