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Halachic Work Handwritten by Maran Posek Hador the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv - Letter of Four Pages in Dinei Gerut - Jerusalem, Elul 1974 - Lengthy Halachic letter handwritten and signed by Maran Posek Hador the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, to his friend the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Baruch Warner, Av Beit Din of Tel Aviv. Jerusalem, Elul 1974.  This is one of the most important handwritten Halachic letters that remained from the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. The letter is written on four pages and contains more than 1000 words handwritten and signed by him. In it, Maran spreads a comprehensive Halachic discussion on the foundational Sugya in Dinei Gerut - the Din of a convert who was circumcized when he was still a non-Jew and whether he needs an additional Hatafat Dam Brit for his Giyur.  The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Warner, in his book, tries to prove from the Rambam that there is no need for an additional Hatafat Dam. Maran Elyashiv discusses his words at length as well as those of the Rambam and Rishonim and Acharonim, demonstrating from the same Halachah in the Rambam used by the author to prove his method, that the complete opposite can be proved. In an impressive scholarly discussion, he establishes his conclusion by which the first Milah is insufficient and an addiitonal Hatafat Dam Brit is required.  This is much more than a regular letter; this is practically a Halachic work containing more than a thousand words handwritten by a leading Posek.  The significance of this letter amplified due to the known fact that Maran the Gaon Rabbi Elyashiv adamanty refused to dedicate time to the writing of books since he preferred dedicating the time to the study of the Gemore. His Chidushim on the Shas were thus published only after his passing  in the series of books He'arot Rabbeinu HaGrish Elyashiv.  The field of Psikat Halachah - which was the center of his life for dozens of years during which he served as a Dayan of the Beit Din Hagadol - never merited being written down in books.  That is why any lengthy Halachic letter that was handwritten by him is considered an extremely rare document. Letters such as this one, which describe an entire scholarly discussion, are scarce and therefore most significant.  The letter was printed in Kovetz Moriyah, Tishrei 1991.  [4] large pages. Sizes vary.  Good condition. Fold lines. Filing perforations.