(Maggid and Dayan in Kovno and Vilna, 1848-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Malkiel Tzvi Halevi of Lomza (author of Divrei Malkiel).

RABINOWITZ, TZVI HIRSCH OF KOVNO

12th Teveth

Kovno

1898

A lengthy and learned responsa discussing whether funds from an inheritance that were designated for charity may instead be used for the destitute family members of the deceased.

The writer was the son of R. Yitzchak Elchonon Spector, both he and the recipient were among the forefront of leading Poskim of their generation. The respect the two had for each other is abundantly clear from the content of this letter. See M. S. Shapiro, R. Moshe Shmuel Vedoro (1964) who notes (pp. 159-165) that responsa by R. Tzvi Hirsch are rare, yet from the few that are known, his erudition and depth of analysis are self-evident.