Long and Rare Letter with Words of Torah from Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman to the Author of the Sridei Esh

Long letter from Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman to Rabbi Yechiel Ya'akov Weinberg of Berlin, the author of the Sridei Esh. Baranovich [early 1930s].

Specifications: [1] leaf, official paper, 27x21 cm. 23 lines in his holy handwriting and with his signature, clearly and legibly written.

Unique characteristics: Letters containing Torah novellae by Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman are particularly rare.

Background: In the letter, Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman writes about his son Rabbi Elazar Simcha, who has a superior ability to teach students lessons in Gemara, Rashi, and Tosefot,  and requests if it is possible to find him a place in their Beit Midrash. Later on, he writes Torah novellae at length on the topic chetzi shiur baYom HaKippurim.

Rabbi Elchanan Bunam Wasserman [1875-1941] Rosh Yeshiva of Ohel Torah in Baranovich, was one of the leading rosh yeshivas and Torah instructors in Lithuania in the generation preceding the Holocaust. He was the right hand man of the Chafetz Chaim in preserving the foundations of religion, and intense activist in Agudat Israel. His scholarly books Kovetz Hearot and Kovetz Shiurim are inalienable assets in the yeshiva world.

Condition:Fine - very fine. The letter was slightly restored without damage to the text. Binder hole-punched, causing damage to two letters. Fold marks.