Bidspirit auction | BERLIN, NAPHTALI TZVI YEHUDA. (The

BERLIN, NAPHTALI TZVI YEHUDA. (The Netziv, 1817-93). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to > of Jerusalem. > With: An Halachic addenda from the Netziv’s son-in-law R. Raphael Shapiro requesting advice from R. Salant. Four pages. 4to. Volozhin: 12th Teveth This lengthy, multi-part letter contains: A lengthy discussion concerning the financial claims a woman has on an estate, and blessing all those who would assist in solving this problem; a Halachic debate found in the Sha’agas Aryeh; sending regard to the Rabbi’s daughter-in-law; an addenda in Yiddish from two others. The Netziv was Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, the foremost Talmudic Academy in 19th-century Russia. He was succeeded in that position by his brilliant son-in-law, Rabbi Raphael Shapiro (1837–1921).