Letter from the "Auxiliary Committee for Building Mikvaot", handwritten by Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky "the Steipler" (brother-in-law of the Chazon Ish) and signed by Rabbi Zelig HaCohen Shapira. Bnei Brak, 1951.
Written to Rabbi Aharon HaLevi Katzenelbogin [one of the Heads of the Torah U'Yirah Yeshiva in Jerusalem and of the Niturei Karta], requesting that he participate in a fundraising campaign for constructing mikvaot in the new settlements. He makes a special offer [apparently, because of their difference of opinion about their attitude to the "State"] that he "can stipulate that all the funds which he collects will be directed to any place he chooses".
Further in the letter they explain that "the Chazon Ish under no condition is willing to get officially involved in public matters, and his reasons are many and obvious…”.
An interesting letter from the home of the Chazon Ish, written by his brother-in-law the Steipler and signed by his famous faithful assistant Rabbi Zelig HaCohen Shapira. this letter attests to the involvement of the Chazon Ish in reinforcing the fulfillment of Torah law throughout Israel. [In the book Pe’er HaDor Vol 4, p. 61, the author writes that more than 93 [!] mikvaot were built with money given by the Chazon Ish, by means of his assistant Rabbi Zelig HaCohen Shapira of Warsaw].
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition, ink stains and wear.