Typed letter of recommendation signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Landau the Rav of Bnei Brak.
Underneath are 5 lines in the Holy hand & signature of Maran the Steipler Gaon.
Maran the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899-1985), an extraordinary Torah leader of the past generation. He was known as The Steipler, appellation derived from his hometown Hornostaipil, Ukraine. A foremost student of the Novardok yeshivot in Ukraine and Poland, he was reputed as one of the most diligent and scholarly students in the yeshiva world.
Following his wedding to the sister of the Chazon Ish, he was appointed dean of the Novardok yeshiva in Pinsk, and in 1934, he immigrated to Eretz Israel to serve as dean of the Beit Yosef – Novardok yeshiva in Bnei Brak. For many years, he lived in Bnei Brak in the same house as his brother-in-law, the Chazon Ish. After the yeshiva shut down, he resumed his studies in Kollel Chazon Ish and in his home, and authored the Kehillot Yaakov series on most Talmudic topics and tractates. His writings were first published (between 1936-1956) in ten parts consisting of novellae on Talmudic topics from various tractates, and were later reorganized as a series of Seforim following the sequence of Talmudic tractates. He was known as a wonder-worker who benefitted from divine inspiration, and many sought his blessings and counsel.
The Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Landau the Rav of Bnei Berak, one of the Poskei Halacha of his generation. One of the greatest and most important Chabad Lubavitch Chassidim. A modest and humble man yet firm and uncompromising in the war of Kashrus and leadership.
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