Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Zvi Mecklenburg Av Beit Din of Königsberg. [Königsberg, not dated].
Written to a man by the name of Meizel on the back of a letter he received from his relative Rabbi Zvi Edelman. In his letter, Rabbi Zvi Edelman copied inscriptions from the Yizkor notebook of the community about Rabbi Meizel's father Rabbi Yitzchak son of R' Moshe Meizel from Poland who taught Torah in Königsberg and was buried there. On the same page is also a copy of a letter of recommendation by Rabbi Shlomo Hirshel Berlin Rabbi of London who in 1817 wrote about Rabbi Yitzchak Meizel. In the letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Zvi Mecklenburg which appears on the verso of the copies, he writes: "…My heart tells me that he will rejoice when he sees the above copies about his late renowned father…".
Rabbi Ya'akov Zvi Mecklenburg Av Beit Din of Königsberg (1786-1865), a foremost rabbi of his times. Close disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, his study method was strongly reminiscent of the Vilna Gaon's manner of study. In his book HaKtav V'HaKabbalah, he followed in the Gaon's path assimilating the Written Torah with the Oral Torah and he frequently referred to the books and writings of the Vilna Gaon from manuscripts which he accessed. He assisted in the printing of the Gaon's writings, especially his Kabbalistic teachings and he also participated in the biographic book about the Vilna Gaon titled Aliyot Eliyahu. His unique commentary HaKtav V'HaKabbalah was the forerunner of the celebrated commentary of the Malbim (who succeeded him in the Königsberg rabbinate) on the Bible.
[1] leaf, approximately 32 cm. Written on both sides. 6 lines handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Ya'akov Zvi Mecklenburg". Fair condition, wear damages to paper folds.