A letter in the handwriting and signature of the greatest Posek of America, Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Hankin - New York [1942], in which he confirms the divorce of a Jew from Brooklyn, and writes that the woman must wait ninety-two days until she marries another, and adds that a divorce is also required from court of the state according to the laws of the state in addition to the Get done according to Torah.
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Hankin [1881-1973], one of the greatest poskim in the United States, and director of the Ezrat Torah organization. In his youth, after six years of study in Slutsk, during which he became a definite disciple of Rabbi Meltzer, he was ordained a rabbi by him as well as by the Ridbaz, Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz who was then rabbi of nearby Lusk, and Rabbi Yechiel Michal Halevi Epstein, author of Aruch Hashalchan. Rabbi Hankin was a friend of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. The two lived close to each other on Manhattan's East Side, and throughout their decades of life in New York they maintained extensive halakhic ties, as evidenced by the fact that Rabbi Hankin is mentioned in the Igrot Moshe Responsa dozens of times - far beyond any other posek of the time. from his books "chidushey Ibra" and "Tshuvot Ibra". HaGris'h Elyashiv used to call it "Mara DeAtra of America".
Official stationery. 22x14 cm. Very good condition.
