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Blessing for Pasover in a Fascinating Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - Jerusalem, 1951 - הלא אין נחת רוח לבעל הבית אם האורח הוא עיף ויגע (The homeowner feels no satisfaction if the guest is tired and weary) - fascinating and touching letter by the famed Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky, the Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka - addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg - Jerusalem, 1951. Postcard. 10X15 cm. Good condition.  Rabbeinu wrote his letter shortly before he immigrated to Israel after retiring from the rabbinate of London and moved to live in Jerusalem in 1951. The letter is addressed to his friend, the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg author of the Tzitz Eliezer, who was his contact in Israel for the publishing of his Chazon Yechezkel series of books. In his letter, the Chazon Yechezkel apologizes for not visiting Rabbi Waldenberg before his trip to Netanya and did not come to bless him with the Tzeitchem Leshalom blessing. The letter expresses Rabbeinu's deep gratitude the Tzitz Eliezer for devoting himself for the publishing of his books: ”עודני חש בכל גופי את טורח הדרך אשר עברנו בים וביבשה, ועוד לא שבה רוחי אלי, וכל תנועה קלה מכבידה עלי, ולפיכך נמנעתי מלבקרכם במועד האמור, כי הלא אין נחת רוח לבעל הבית אם האורח הוא עיף ויגע מעמל הדרך... בשובם ירושלימה אקח לי מועד להיות עמם בצוותא כל היום כולו אני ורעיתי רבנית ובני...”. At the end of the letter, Rabbi Abramsky sends regards to his father, the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Gedalya Waldenberg.  Maran the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky (1886-1976) author of the Chazon Yechezkel. Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka, leader of the Chareidi community after the Holocaust and one of the leaders of Mo'etezt Gedolei HaTorah. In 1923, Rabbeinu was appointed the Rav of Slutzk, replacing the Gaon Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, who escaped the Communists. Rabbeinu himself suffered from the KGB and in 1930 was sentenced to five years in Siberia. Following the pressure of Jews from all around the world, he was released and left the USSR for London. In his final years, he lived in Jerusalem.