Lengthy letter (31 lines) handwritten and signed by R. "Elazar Menachem Man Shach", dean of the Ponevezh yeshiva. Bnei Brak, Motzaei Shabbat, eve of 10th Tevet [December] 1958.
Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, head of the Beit Din of London, with Shanah Tovah blessings and thanks for sending him his Chazon Yechezkel on Tractate Nedarim and discusses his Torah thoughts at length.
He addresses him with highly respectful and submissive language before offering his own remarks. He concludes with his signature, "Elazar Menachem Man Shach".
We could not determine whether the contents of this letter have been published.
R. Elazar Menachem Man Shach (1898-2001), author of Avi HaEzri and prominent yeshiva dean in the previous generation, was born in Lithuania and studied in his youth in the Ponevezh, Slabodka and Slutsk yeshivas. He served as dean of the Kletsk yeshiva in Poland, and of the Karlin yeshiva in Luninyets. During the Holocaust, he immigrated to Eretz Israel where he was appointed dean of the Kletsk yeshiva in Rechovot. He later served as the dean of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak. A member and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, he led Torah Jewry in Israel and worldwide for decades.
[2] handwritten leaves. Approx. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
