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The Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky – Letter of Support for His Mother-in-Law, the Rebbetzin of Novardok - Handwritten and signed letter from the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky, the renowned Mashgiach of Yeshiva “Ohel Torah” in Baranovich – request for assistance from Va’ad Hayeshivos for his Yeshiva and for his mother-in-law, the widow of the Alter of Novhardok. Baranovich, 1934. The letter is written on official letterhead of “The Great Mesivta ‘Ohel Torah’ in Baranovich (Poland)”. In the letter Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov requests: “I will request to send for my mother-in-law… for she is ill and weak and needs better food. She is in our home and requires many things that we are cannot afford to obtain…” his brother-in-law, the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Yafahn, is also mentioned. From the letter’s content we learn that the Rebbetzin Chaya Horowitz, the widow of the Alter of Novhardok – Rabbi Yosef Yizel Horowitz (passed away in 1820), had a long life, and was still alive in 1834, and was living by her daughter, Rebbetzin Lubchansky. Please see the Hebrew listing for biographical information on Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky. [1] p. 22cm. Stains. Filing holes. Fold mark. Light tear in margin. Good-fair condition.