Yisroel Meir Kagan (The Chofetz Chaim). Likutei Halachoth [on Tractates Zevachim, Menchoth, Tamid, Temurah and Meilah]

(KARELITZ, ABRAHAM ISAIAH. “The Chazon Ish”).

M. Zederbaum

Piotrokow (Warsaw)

1910-13

THE CHAZON ISH COPY. Signed with the acronym “ISH,” in Hebrew on p. 9 of Tractate Meilah, plus a correction in his hand on p. 21.

The Chazon Ish, R. Abraham Isaiah Karelitz (1878-1953) was noted for his modest, unassuming lifestyle. He was wont to sign correspondence “Ish’” (literally, “a man”), the initials of his personal names, Abraham Isaiah - similarly, his numerous halachic works carried the pseudonym, “Chazon Ish.” He held no formal rabbinic position and yet rose to become universally recognized as the spiritual leader of Orthodox Jewry.