Letter by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman signed with his initials: "Y.H.L." [Szczuczyn?, 1920s].
Sent to the trustworthy manager of Va'ad HaYeshivot, Rabbi Yosef Shuv, with detailed work plans for collecting funds by various rabbis. Mentioned in the letter are Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, Rabbi Shimon Shkop, Rabbi Chaim Ozer, Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, Rabbi Avraham Yaffe, Rabbi Shabtai Yagel, etc. Rabbi Chasman relates that the Chafetz Chaim decreed upon the rabbis of his yeshiva that if they will not travel to collect for Va'ad HaYeshivot, they will not receive their yeshiva salary from Va'ad HaYeshivot. At the end of the letter he calls upon the rabbis to gather strength to inspire and awaken love for Torah, and to be a branch of those who sanctify G-d's name in those times of destruction of Torah and yeshivot.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman (1869-1934), a leading Torah scholar of his times, study partner and companion of Rabbi Chaim Ozer from their youth in their native city of Iwye. Disciple of Beit HaTalmud in Kelm. Served as mashgiach of Telz Yeshiva during the time of Rabbi Shimon Shkop. From 1909 he served as Av Beit Din of Szczuczyn and there established a Yeshiva Gedola which shut down at the outbreak of World War I. After the war during which Torah institutes and communities were destroyed, he was a driving force behind Va'ad HaYeshivot in Vilna and dedicated himself to these activities. He was a confidant of the heads of the Va'ad: Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzensky, the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Shimon Shkop. this letter indicates that he led operations to activate heads of yeshivot and preachers for extensive fundraising campaigns.
In 1927, the Saba of Slobodka called him to succeed him as mashgiach of his yeshiva in Hebron, a position he held until his death in 1935. His Torah novellae were printed in his book Minchat Yehuda and his discourses were printed by his leading disciples in the three volumes of Or Yahel.
2 pages, 17 cm. Good condition. Tear at top of leaf.