Auction 54

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Letter handwritten and signed by the Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, addressed to his father-in-law, Rabbi Hillman. Dublin 1932.

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Letter handwritten and signed by the Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, from Tuesday of the week of Beshalach, 1932. Addressed to “My father-in-law the rav gaon shlita.” Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Hillman, Ra’avad of London.


During the letter he deals with an explosive issue that has sometimes been a cause for controversy in entire communities – about the kashrus of a particular butcher: “mainly because I doubt his feeling in the checking of the nail…”; regarding which beit din ought to discuss the matter: “I believe that it is better to bring two rabbis here to join me in a beit din of three and decide the judgment…”. Later he notes that the compromise he offered to both sides was cancelled.

23x17cm. The content runs onto the back of the leaf. Creases, light stains, overall good condition.

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