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Rare Letter Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and His Wife the Rebbetzin - Vilna, 1937 - Extremely rare letter handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and his wife the Rebbetzin/ The letter was written in Rabbi Chaim's last years of life, In a period when he wrote very little himself, and most of his letters were written by his secretaries. For this reason, the fact that this letter was handwritten by Rabbi Chaim Ozer himself makes it special and significant. The script is typical with broken letters which are difficult to read, indicating he wrote it and not one of his secretaries.  Apparently, the reason for the special effort Rabbi Chaim made in writing the letter himself is the deep gratitude he felt towards the addressee, the Gaon Rabbi Yerachmiel Eliyahu Botchko, the Rosh Yeshiva of Etz Chaim Montreux , who repeatedy responded to Rabbi Chaim's request for help. Indeed, among others, the letter contains a request pertaining to the Bachur Simchah Zissel... At the end of the letter, Rabbi Chaim Ozer writes blessing signed by him: ”והנני חותם בברכת השנה, יתברכו בכוח”ט לחיים טובים ארוכים ומתוקים כנפשם וכנפש ידידם רצוף אהבה הדוש”ט”. Beneath what he wrote, there is a rare addition handwritten and signed by the Rebbetzin Yache Grodzinsky, several lines with warm blessings in Yiddish, addressed to Rabbi Botchko's wife:  ”ווינשע צום נייען יאהר געזונדהייט, גליקק, אונד כתיבה וחתימה טובה...”. [1] postcard. Approx. 11X15 cm. More than two hundred words handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky.  Very good condition.    * * * The Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky [1863-1940], Av Beit Din of Vilna, leading contemporary Rav and leader of world Jewry. Studied in the Volozhin yeshiva with the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. In 1885 he was appointed Rav of Vilna (although he was never its officially Rav since out of respect for HaGra, there was no official Rav of Vilna since his passing), president of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah who was considered the leader of Lithuanian Chareidi Jewry at the time in which great rabbis such as the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Chaim of Brisk lived, Worked for strengthening religion and establishing the yeshiva world, founding the Vaad Hayeshivot with the Chafetz Chaim. Author of the Shut Achiezer. The Rebbetzin Yache Grodzinsly (was murdered in the Vilna Ghetto), the second wife of Rabbeinu Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky. Was the daughter of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Atlas (1848-1926), a leading contemporary Lithuanian Rav, the Rav of Salant, Kobrin and more, who was also the in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman. The Rebbetzin Yache was previously married to Rabbi Yehuda Kahana Shapiro, the son of the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sender Kahana Shapiro, who passed away young. She received Chalitzah by his eldest brother, Rabbi Avraham Dov Kahana Shapiro, the DEvar Avraham.