Letter by Rabbi Mordechai Nurok – Mitau, 1902 – With Response of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz

Letter by Rabbi Mordechai Nurok – Mitau, 1902 – With Response of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz
Letter by Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Nurok, to Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz Rabbi of Goldingen. Mitau, Kislev 1901.
In the letter, Rabbi Nurok describes his efforts to arrange residential rights in Goldingen (Latvia) for Rabbi Dov Nochimovsky, grandson of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz. On the remaining empty page is a draft of the response to Rabbi Nurok, in the handwriting of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz.
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Nurok (1885-1962), son of Rabbi Zvi Nurok Rabbi of Mitau, Latvia and his successor in its rabbinate. A leader of Latvian Jewry, active in Zionism, he was affiliated with the Mizrachi movement and member of the Latvian parliament. Was very active in attaining authorizations for Jews to reside in the Corland region which includes the city of Mitau, and this letter is an example. He ascended to Eretz Yisrael after the Holocaust, served as Knesset member for many years and even served as Post Minister.
The recipient of the letter, Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hirshowitz Rabbi of Goldengen (1798-1904), friend of the Netziv from the days they studied together at the Volozhin Yeshiva, and close disciple of Rabbi Yisrael of Salant. Served for a short while in the Boisk rabbinate, and from the year 1851, served for over 50 years as Rabbi of Goldengen. Authored Even Yisrael from the teachings of his teacher Rabbi Yisrael Salant and Even Bochan, his glosses on the Alfes [Gilayon Alfes] printed in the Talmud editions of the Re'em printing press in Vilnius. His grandson (his granddaughter's husband) Rabbi Dov Nochimovsky, who is discussed in this letter, eventually succeeded him as rabbi of Goldengen (died in 1930).
[4] pages. 21 cm. Fair condition, stains, folding marks and tears, reinforced with glue.