Autograph Letter Signed, in English (interspersed with Hebrew) on personal letterhead. Wishes for a speedy recovery

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 319
SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH.

Autograph Letter Signed, in English (interspersed with Hebrew) on personal letterhead. Wishes for a speedy recovery

One page

Monday, 7 Nisan, 5723 [1963]

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
Rabbi Soloveitchik extends wishes to the recipient, Rabbi [Leonard] Rosenfeld for a speedy recovery and a joyous holiday [of Passover]. In turn, he thanks Rabbi Rosenfeld for his thoughtful inquiry about Mrs. Soloveitchik's state of health. Rabbi Soloveitchik's wife, Tonya, died of cancer four years later in 1967. One notes with interest in this letter that in spelling the word "God," Rabbi Soloveitchik writes the name in full and unhyphenated, unlike many Orthodox Jews. The Rov once explained that his practice is based on the ruling of the Shach in Yoreh De'ah that in languages other than Hebrew, the name of the divinity may be fully spelled