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A special and historical letter from the famous Rabbi R. Eliyahu Chaim Meisel Rabbi of Lodz! - Tammuz 1899 -  A special and historical letter from the famous Rabbi R. Eliyahu Chaim Meisel Rabbi of Lodz! - Tammuz 1899 הגאון מבקש מהנגיד ר' אברהם קלעגער להשתדל להלוית המת להחכם רבי ישראל יצחק אב”ד דאברינסקי, ”שאם יקבר בוויען להשתדל שיהיו לו מקום צל בני תורה ויראה” R. Eliyahu Chaim Meisel (1821-1912), was celebrated from his youth for his brilliance, and at the age of eight, he joined the Volozhin yeshiva to study under R. Yitzchak of Volozhin. At the age of 19, he was appointed rabbi of Horodok (Gródek), his native city, and in 1851, of Derechin (Dereczyn). He later served as rabbi of Pruzhany and Łomża, and from 1873, of Łódź, a position he held for 40 years. He was renowned as one of the most prominent Torah leaders of his times in Lithuania and Poland, and was famous for his exceptional acts of kindness in redeeming captives and saving needy families from starvation. His gravesite in Łódź was popular as a prayer-site for requesting salvations for the Jewish people and for individuals, and was perpetually covered with kvittlach.