Historic Discovery R. Chaim Halevy Soloveitchik. Unpublished Novella to R. Zalman Sender.

With The Handwritten Response of R. Zalman Sender.
Beautiful autograph letter by R. Chaim Halevy Soloveitchik to his cousin and chavrusa R. Zalman Sender Kahana Schapiro. The letter opens with R. Chaim responding to R. Zalman Sender concerning his inquiry regarding purchasing Tefillin. R. Chaim responds that there are two options, Tefillin Mehudorim for more expensive and less mehudorim for cheaper and advising that “that the choice is in your hands”.
The letter continues with a question on the Sugya of “Nogach V’Achar Kach Hifkir” in Bova Kamma 13b. After extensive research, this question from R. Chaim, is previously unknown.
R. Chaim signs “Chaim B’Hagaon R’ Yosef Duber Halevy neiro ya’ir Soloveitchik, Monday, the 9th of Sivan 5641 (1881) …Volozhin”. I.e. the first year of R. Chaim Brisker’s tenure in Volozhin.
Letters from this period and unpublished novella with the signature that includes the Beis HaLevy are extremely rare!
Following Rav Chaim’s letter, R. Zalman Sender records his answer to R. Chaim’s question and signs his name.
R. Chaim Halevy Soloveitchik, known as R. Chaim Brisker (1853- 1918), was a great Talmudic scholar and innovator of the popular ‘Brisker’ approach to Talmud study; a method of highly exacting and analytical study that focuses on precise definitions and categorizations of Jewish law, with a particular emphasis on the Rambam. Following ten years as a Rosh Yeshiva in the renowned Volozhiner Yeshiva, he succeeded his father as Rav of Brisk. His primary work, Chidushei Rabbeinu Chaim Halevy, a volume of insights on the Rambam, was published posthumously by his sons and is a fundamental text studied in all Yeshivos. Additionally, R. Chaim, whose matzeiva describes him as Rav Ha’Chesed (master of charitable generosity), was also intensely involved in charitable endeavors, literally giving away all he had in order to assist the needy.
R. Zalman Sender Kahana-Schapiro (1851-1923) was a close student of the Beis HaLevy and studied together with his cousin, R. Chaim Brisker when they were both studying in Slutzk. He was one of the leading Rabbonim in Lithuania, serving as Rav in Aletsch and Krinik. His son was the famed D’var Avrohom of Kovno.
18.5 by 23 cm. Very fine condition.
Opening bid $25,000