Group of Interesting Letters with Respect to the Etz Chaim Yeshivah's Real Estate, from Ra'ava"d of Jerusalem, the ...

Group of Interesting Letters with Respect to the Etz Chaim Yeshivah's Real Estate, from Ra'ava"d of Jerusalem, the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em

Three lengthy letters handwritten and signed by the Ra'ava"d of Jerusalem, the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em. Jerusalem, 1950s. All three letters are addressed to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim. The first letter is of Torah content on the topic of one who kills a treifah, and the two others are regarding Etz Chaim's real estate.

From the content of the letters, it can be understood that there was a conflict between Etz Chaim's hekdesh and one of the residents who was living in the hekdesh apartment. The letters reveal the deep submissiveness with which the rabbi writes to Rabbi Tukachinsky on the one hand, and on the other hand, the intensity of his uncompromising request to be lenient with the tenant and to go beyond the letter of the law. Rabbi Eliyahu exerts the entire weight of his influence: "I hope that [your] honor will do this, as this is the first time I have come to [you] with a request." The Ra'ava"d "uses the credit" he has with Rabbi Tukachinsky for the benefit of an oppressed Jew in Jerusalem, as would the devoted shepherds of the Jewish people throughout the years.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em.

Various sizes. The condition of the [2] realty letters is very good. The Torah letter has several tears across its width, but the vast majority of the text is legible. Including the original envelope.