Bidspirit auction | MEIR SIMCHAH HAKOHEN OF DVINSK

MEIR SIMCHAH HAKOHEN OF DVINSK (The Ohr Same’ach, 1843-1926). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Moshe Rosen (the Nezer HaKodesh). Addressed in Cyrillic on verso. Discussion of halachic topics including Mikvah and concerning the intentional violation of Shabbat. Dvinsk, 25th Shevat, 1899. R. Meir Simcha Hakohen of Dvinsk was one of the foremost Rabbinic leaders of the pre-War generation. He is known as the Ohr Same’ach after his halachic magnum opus, a penetrating study on the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides. His equally influential Meshech Chochmah was published posthumously by R. Menachem Mendel D-B Zak of Riga, and has since been republished many times to great acclaim. R. Moshe Rosen (1871-1957) was a Lithuanian rabbi, author of the series Nezer HaKodesh on challenging Talmud tractates, as well as responsa and related topics. R. Rosen emigrated to the United States in 1928 where he was soon appointed president of the Agudas HaRabbonim of the United States and Canada. R. Rosen maintained a lifelong relationship with the Chazon Ish.