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Postcard by HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Gordon, Av Beis Din of Pinsk, Mashgiach of the “Toras Chesed” Yeshiva in Brisk, Author of Nefesh Chayah – Sent to the Administration of the “Vaad HaYeshivos” in Vilna – Brisk, Iyar 1933 A pained and indignant letter protesting that the Vaad HaYeshivos had not sent Gemaras and study Sefarim to the Toras Chesed Yeshiva in Brisk, while Gemaras had been sent to the Kamenitz Yeshiva. He also complains about the lack of response to his previous letters, noting that they had not even bothered to reply that they were unable to send Gemaras, in which case the Yeshiva could have obtained them from other sources. HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Gordon z”l  initially served as Av Beis Din of Pinsk in the Suwalki district. In 1925 he was invited by the Imrei Moshe to serve as Mashgiach of the Toras Chesed Yeshiva in Brisk, a position he held for about fifteen years until the outbreak of World War II. He raised many students in Torah and Yiras Shamayim. His foremost disciple, Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber, republished his Rebbe’s Sefer Nefesh Chayah (printed toward the end of 1939, of which only a few examplers survived), and in his introduction he elaborated on the unique personality of his great Rebbe. 14 cm. Excellent condition. Filing holes.