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Letter in the Handwriting and with the Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis. Jerusalem, 1950. ”I take the liberty in this letter to request your assistance for a great and precious man, a neighbor close to me, the honored Gaon, well known as a pillar of strength… the honorable Rabbi Tzvi HaKohen Kapshitz, shlit”a – a man of great value in every respect, of refined speech, while his household is empty, ” — a letter from Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis to the directors of Ezras Torah in Tel Aviv, requesting aid for a Jerusalem Torah scholar, with blessings for all those who help. [1] leaf, official stationery, in his handwriting, with his signature and stamp. Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953) – one of the great rabbis of Jerusalem and Av Beit Din of the Edah HaChareidis. Born in Snipishok, he studied from the age of seventeen in the famed Volozhin Yeshiva, where he developed a deep bond with his teacher, the Netziv, who fondly called him “a living Shas.” Rabbi Bengis was ordained by the giants of Israel: the Netziv, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spector, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, and Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen of Vilna, author of Cheshek Shlomo. Beginning in 1894, he served in the rabbinates of Bodki, Kalvarija, and Smolensk. In 1938, he was called to serve as Av Beit Din of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem and immigrated for this position. In Jerusalem, he led the Edah with strength (though without leaning toward extremism). He left behind his great work, Liflagot Reuven. After his passing, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky succeeded him. Among his students were Rabbis Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. Rabbi Tzvi (Hirsch) ben Yisrael Aharon HaKohen Kapshitz (1896–1975) – a renowned gaon and tzaddik. Born in Piotrków, he was among the distinguished disciples of Rabbi Yaakov Katz in the Homel Yeshiva. In 1924, he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael with the pioneering group of students from the Slabodka Yeshiva to establish a yeshiva in Hebron. That same year, he married a granddaughter of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and settled in Batei Machseh. After the War of Independence, he moved to Batei Broide. He served as Rosh Metivta in several Jerusalem institutions, including the Diskin Orphanage. Folding marks, minor tears along folds, stains, pasted repairs on the verso. Good to very good condition.