Bidspirit auction | R. Yeruchum Yehuda Leib Perlman/

R. Yeruchum Yehuda Leib Perlman/ Minsker Godol. - Letter handwritten and signed by the Godol of Minsk, R. Yeruchum Yehuda Leib Perlman. The letter is written to “R. Avraham Dovid”, who was evidently a tremendous Talmid Chochom as the Minsker Godol writes to him with the title “HaMaor HaGodol” (possibly R. Avrohom Dovid Lavaut, author of the sefer Kav V’Naki). Seemingly regarding earlier correspondence, in which R. Avrohom Dovid requested the opinion of the Minsker Gadol regarding a Psak. The Minsker Gadol replies “I will reply briefly, so he can be confident in heart that he has ruled and instructed correctly by allowing this mixture, without any reservation or hesitation whatsoever…”. On the reverse side are some Torah novella in a different handwriting, possibly that of R. Avraham Dovid, the recipient of the letter. R. Yerucham Yehuda Leib Perelman (1835-1896), known as “the Minsker Gadol”, was a talmid of the renowned R. Yaakov Meir Padwa. He served as Rav of Selitz and Pruzhan, and from 1893, as Rav of Minsk until his passing. His novella on Mishnayos were published in the Vilna 1905 edition Mishnayos under the title Ohr Gadol. His responsa were also published under this name in Vilna 1924. He was held in tremendous esteem as evidenced by the title “Gadol”. Father in law of R. Eliezer Rabinowitz who succeeded him as Rov of Minsk and of R. Avrohom Duber Kahana Schapira (Dvar Avrohom), Kovno Rov. 20 by 20 cm. Fair condition. Marginal wear, with loss of text on the left side of the page. Margins professionally restored. Extremely rare. Opening bid $800