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LOT 20:
Letter from the Orphan Boy to the Rabbi of the Entire Diaspora, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky
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Letter from the Orphan Boy to the Rabbi of the Entire Diaspora, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky
"Be cautious with the sons of the poor, for Torah will emerge from them!"
Letter of Torah novellae from the youth Baruch Kornhauser, one of the students at the Diskin Orphanage, to the gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky of Vilna. Comment on one of the rabbi's responsa in Achiezer, in Tractate Yevamot! Three pages, full of expertise and sharpness! Jerusalem, 1929. Rare and unique.
The young orphan opens his letter with the verse, "Ask your father and he will tell you, your elder and he will say to you." He follows with three pages full of expertise and sharpness, and at the end of the letter, he concludes with a prayer: "It is my prayer that Hashem, G-d of the Jewish people, light up my eyes with the light of the holy Torah." Just imagine, an orphan boy in the orphanage - and orphanage life in those days was known to be a bitter and difficult life (even at the Chareidi Diskin orphanage; there is not space here to expand on this) - and the poor children suffered from poverty, want and even cruelty. This child, in his letter to the rabbinic leader of the generation, asks not for another slice of bread or a treat; his entire wish is for Hashem to enlighten his eyes with Torah! Indeed, he is a tangible example of "Be cautious with the sons of the poor, for Torah will emerge from them."
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky [1863-1940] was the rabbinic leader of his generation and rabbi of the entire Diaspora. He was the rabbi of Vilna (despite the fact that he did not serve as its official rabbi - after the Gr"a's passing, in his honor, no further official rabbis were appointed in Vilna). He was the author of Shu"t Achiezer. Rabbi Chaim Ozer served in the highest position, that of president of the Council of Torah Sages. He was considered the leader of Lithuanian Chareidi Jewry in the era of great rabbinic leaders such as the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. The Chafetz Chaim would refer to him as "President of the Jewish People."
[2] leaves, approximately 21x28 cm.
Poor- moderate condition: Aging stains. Tears without significant lack to the text.
