Letter from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Baharan [1889]

About Rabbi Baharan, you may look at item no. 264.
A letter from Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Baharan to his son, Rabbi Israel Chaim Baharan, and to the other students who were at his home in Jerusalem. The letter was written in Jaffa, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah [1888].
At the beginning of his letter, Rabbi Baharan tells a story about a case from a law of the Torah discussion that came before him in Jaffa, "and I had to ... that it is never my way, and I said to write to you to keep the commandment of teaching your children ...".
The judgment deals with the laws of Loan and business permit. Rabbi Baharan wrote the question with a thick pen, and the answer with a fine pen. From the letter we learn just how much he was appreciated, that even at a place where he visited like Jaffa, residents asked for him to be the dayan (judge) and not the local rabbinical court in Jaffa.
At the end of his answer he added after some time, a scholar note of several lines, and then signs with the words: "and there's nothing to look into here". The paper is unsigned , but the handwriting is definitely his handwriting, compared with his other letters.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Levi Baharan (1834 – 1909), a leading Rabbi of Jerusalem and a main activist. Genius humble and holy, he served as head of the Yeshiva at the 'Ra"n Yeshiva', that he founded in memory of his father, Rabbi Nahum Shadik. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman used to go to Jaffa at the end of the summer, where he handled the picking and purchasing of etrog citrus fruits from the orchards owners. During this season he had more time to learn, and most of his written innovations were from these times.
Condition: Good.