Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz, "to my dear beloved son Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu and to his wife, my dear daughter-in-law", and a letter (in Yiddish) in the handwriting of his wife, Rebbetzin Rashe Leah, to their son Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of the Chazon Ish. Kosava, Shevat 1907.
Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz (1852-1916), author of Beit Talmud, served as Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Kosava bordering with Grodno. Son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul Katzenelbogen Av-Beit-Din of Kobryn. His wife, Rebbetzin Rashe Leah was known for her righteousness and her modesty and not in vain did she merit seeing all nine sons and sons-in-laws become outstanding G-d fearing Torah scholars and important rabbis. Among them are Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of Chazon Ish, Rabbi Meir Karelitz Av Beit Din of Lyakhavichy and one of the heads of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah and Rabbi Ya’akov Yisrael Kanievsky author of Kehilot Ya’akov (the Steipler).
This rare letter is from an early time, when the Chazon Ish was about 30 years old, a hitherto unknown young man. From between the lines, we can discern the care and esteem the great father felt towards his son Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya.
Stamped postcard, 14 cm. Good-fair condition, slightly creased.