Auction 77

Rare Letter Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Natan Gestetner Addressed to the Gaon Author of the Tzitz Eliezer - Bnei Brak, 1968

The auction will start in __ days and __ hours

Start price: $200

Buyer's premium:

והרינו לחלות פניו לעיין בדבר –  Letter by the Gaon Rabbi Natan Gestetner author of Lehorot Natan – addressed with appreciation to the Famed Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg author of the Tzitz Eliezer – Bnei Brak, 1968

Rabbeinu sent his letter to the Tzitz Eliezer with a request that he study a Halachic/, edical question Rabbi Gestetner had received. The letter indicates Rabbeinu’s great appreciation of the Tzitz Eliezer: "הנני שולח בזה לכהד"ג שליט"א תשובה שכתבתי בדבר הנוגע להלכה למעשה, והריני לחלות פניו לעיין בדבר ולהודיעני חוות דעתו הרמתה בנדון זה גם בנוגע להצד הרפואי הכרוך בו. אקוה שהדבר לא יהא למעמסה ואתו הסליחה על הטרחתו בזה אך תורה היא…".

A most important letter!

Official stationery. 

14X22 cm. 

Fold lines. Good condition. 

Rabbi Natan Gestetner (1932-2011) the son of Rabbi Amram, a descendant of the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt  author of the Panim Meirot. Av Beit Din of the mythological Kiryas Agudat Yisroel in Bnei Brak, where he established the Yeshivat Panim Meirot named after his grandfather and served as its Rosh Yeshiva. He was a great gaon, a Posek Halacha, Dayan, and respected member of the Zichron Meir Beit Din, led by the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel  Wosner. Authored many books on a variety of Jewish subjects, including: Shut Lehorot Natan, “Natan Piryo” on the Shas in 10 volumes.