Draft of an agreement in the handwriting of R. Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, author of the "Chazon Ish". [Tel Aviv-Bnei Brak, ca. 1940]. Draft of a compromise agreement regarding the sale and construction of an apartment. Evidently, the agreement was written in the aftermath of a disagreement between a building contractor and the buyer of the apartment regarding ownership of the balcony adjacent to the apartment. The Chazon Ish writes in the draft of the agreement: "…the seller agrees to give the entire balcony to the buyer, and part of the partnership in the balcony, … and waives his claim to the tens of thousands of lirot that were the cost of the extra construction…The contractor will receive the sum of 3440 Israeli lirot as payment…". The draft was written on a "kivttel" (prayer request) that was presented to the Chazon Ish. The paper contains a list of people requesting that the Chazon Ish pray for them utilizing the traditional formula of their name with their mother's name. The names are written in a different handwriting, but at the bottom of the list a name was added in the Chazon Ish's handwriting: "Sara bat Leah Shifra". R. Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, author of the Chazon Ish (1879-1953), was a Torah scholar of great stature in halacha and Torah philosophy as well as a "hidden tzaddik". In 1911, he anonymously printed the first volume of his Chazon Ish series, by which name he was subsequently known. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and was immediately recognized as a foremost Torah scholar. He was the main propagator of the rejuvenation of Torah and Chassidut in our times. He wrote and published numerous volumes of his magnum opus on almost all Talmudic tractates, the Chazon Ish, each volume of which was written with laborious study and diligence. 1 leaf. 16X12 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks.

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