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”France is a Reckless Nation” Fascinating Letter Handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - Addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko - Bern (Switzerland), 1947 - But my heart trusts in Hashem - fine letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky - addressed to the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko - Bern (Switzerland), 1947. At the beginning of his letter, Rabbi Abramsky writes that it was difficult to say goodbye to Rabbi Moshe, Rabbi Botchko's son ”כלל גדול הוא יגון לב שבשעת הפרידה הוא סימן טוב על התקשרות פנימית...” [It is a great truth that the heartache experienced during separation is a positive indication of an internal bond].  Later in the letter, he writes that he is encountering difficulties returning to London due to the strike of the railway workers in France, noting that he can return via Holland yet prefers waiting and then travel directly to London. Rabbi Abransky ends with an interesting and original observation about the French nation: ”France is a Reckless Nation, easy to go on strike and easy to return to work...”. At the end of the letter, Rabbeinu writes several Chidushei Torah and a Halachic decision on a certain matter known to the addressee.  17X27 cm.  Stains. Good condition.  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.