A letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Eliyahu David" Rabinowitz-Teomim, [Jerusalem], 1903. A halachic responsum, to Rabbi Yoseph HaLevi, rabbi of the Rishon LeZion winery, about koshering wine bottles for Passover.
Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim – Ha-Aderet (1845-1905), Rabbi of Ponevezh, Mir and Jerusalem. At a very young age he was appointed Rabbi of Ponevezh. Twenty years later, he served in the Mir rabbinate thereafter he was called by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the aged rabbi of Jerusalem to succeed him as Rabbi. Two and a half years after accepting the position he died in 1905 at the age of 60, during the life of Rabbi Salant who died in 1909 at almost one hundred years old. He left more than 100 writings, most of which were never printed. His son-in-law was Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook.
The recipient of the letter was Rabbi Yoseph HaLevi (1870-1951), son of Rabbi Naftali Hertz, Rabbi of Jaffa. He served in the rabbinate and was responsible for all matters of kashrut of the Carmel Mizrachi wineries in Rishon LeZion.
Leaf 21 cm. Dry paper, good-fair condition.