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Short Letter in His Holy Handwriting and Signature of the Famous Gaon Rabbi Chaim Elazar Wax, Av Beis Din of Piotrków, Author of Nefesh Chayah – Warsaw, Sivan 1882 In the letter, Rabbi Chaim Elazar requests from his friend Rabbi Moshe Chaim Stern to lend him the She’elot U’Teshuvot of the Radba”z. At the end of the letter appears his signature: ”חיים אלעזר אבד”ק קאליש וכעת בעיר ווארשא” [1] leaf. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Fold marks. The holy Gaon Rabbi Chaim Elazar Wax, author of Nefesh Chayah (1822–1889), son of Harav Avraham Yehuda and son-in-law of the righteous Rabbi Moshe Yosef Halberstam, brother of the holy Rabbi of Sanz. In his second marriage, he was the son-in-law of the exalted Gaon the Yeshuot Malko of Kutna. He served as Rabbi of Tarnograd on the recommendation of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, later Rabbi of Kalish, where he fought vigorously against reform and the Maskilim. In his final years, he became Rabbi of Piotrków. In every place of his rabbinate, he founded a large Yeshiva and produced hundreds of students. He was considered one of the great Rabbanim of Poland. All his life, he worked on behalf of Eretz Yisrael, served as President of Kollel Poland, and was deeply involved in the settlement of the Land and in matters of Eretz-Yisrael Esrogim. Among his sons-in-law were the holy Rabbi Yosef of Amshinov and the Gaon Rabbi Leibush Berliner, father-in-law of the righteous Rabbi Meir Alter, eldest son of the Imrei Emes of Gur. Tzaddikim expressed great praise regarding him and the greatness of his Torah: The holy Rabbi Yechezkel of Shinava said: “Aside from my brother of Kashanov, I know only two people who study Torah for its own sake; the second is the Rav of Kalish.” Even the Divrei Chaim of Sanz spoke of him often in admiration. The holy Chiddushei HaRim of Gur wished that his descendants marry into the family of the Nefesh Chayah. The Nefesh Chayah granted his approbation to the first volume of the Mishnah Berurah, authored by Rabbeinu the Chafetz Chaim.