(“The Chofetz Chaim.”) Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew on his personal letterhead

KAGAN, YISRAEL MEIR OF RADIN.

(Monday), (Parshath) Nitzavim

Radin

1923

A letter of exceptional content. The Chofetz Chaim requests that the recipient of the letter provide aid to a student of the Yeshiva of Radin, who is “a son of the Great Gaon, R. Chaim”. The Chofetz Chaim offers New Year wishes and extends heartfelt blessings for "Zera shel Kayama (children), as is your wish." Provenance: The recipient of this letter, childless for many years, was indeed subsequently blessed with a child, from whose son in turn, the letter was acquired by the present consignor. For many decades this letter was lent to other childless couples to successfully seek blessings for children. R. Israel Meir Kagan (1838-1933) was universally acclaimed as the preeminent Halachic decisor and “tzaddik” of the generation. He is referred to as the Chofetz Chaim (“Seeker of Life”), after the title of his guide pertaining to purity of speech. His reputation as halachist par-excellence rests upon his “Mishnah Berurah,” a commentary to Shulchan Aruch, Section Orach Chaim. Full autograph letters written by the Chofetz Chaim with such profuse blessings are most scarce