Signatures & writings by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Krasna & his son in law Rabbi
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Sefer Kedushat Levi. Flyleaf with signature & lengthy Divrei Torah in the Holy hand of the Gaon & Tzadik Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, the Krasner Rav. Another signature of him on the title page. Several marginal notations in his hand. He gave it to his son in law who wrote '' Now [it's mine] Yechiel Mechel Hacohen Fried received from my father in law Shlit''a'' Signatures & inscriptions from other family members. The holy Gaon Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, the 'Krasner Rav' [1900-1979] one of the greatest rabbis before the war. Grandson of Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyya. He served as junior rabbi of Krasna, under his father Rabbi Bendit Lichtenstein Rabbi of Krasna. Son-in-law of the Gaon of Shamloy Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich. He traveled to Maran the Maharid of Belz and Maran the Atzei Chaim of Siget and was also close to the holy Rav Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch. After the Holocaust, he established a yeshiva in the DP camp in Landsberg (Germany). Issuing hundreds of Heiter Agunot and building many Jewish homes. Afterwards, he moved to Paris and subsequently to Williamsburg New York where he established his Beit Midrash and was one of the leaders of the ultra-Orthodox circles in the US. In his Sefer Kavanat HaLev, the Rabbi of Krasna writes "Roni Akara" - his responsa concerning Holocaust Agunot.
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Signatures & writings by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Krasna & his son in law Rabbi
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