GRODZINSKI, CHAIM OZER

6th Tammuz

Vilna

1939

(Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, 1863-1940). Secretarial Letter Signed (line above signature autographed) in Hebrew on personal letterhead, written to Rabbi Yoseph Dinkels concerning a proposal by Mr. Potash seeking to establish an organization to help immigrant Rabbis

R. Chaim Ozer states he would write a letter of support of the endeavor only if the Chazon Ish would lend his approval. He states that he will also discuss this matter with the “Rabbi of Cincinatti” (Rabbi Eliezer Silver) and with Rabbi Ya'akov Ruderman of Baltimore. The recipient, Rabbi Yoseph Dinkels was a disciple of R. Itzel of Ponevezh, member of the Beth Israel Kollel of Slabodka and closely associated with the Chazon Ish.