Letter to R. Yosef Rosen Rogachover Gaon from His Mechutan R. Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro. Bobruisk 1930.

Letter to R. Yosef Rosen Rogachover Gaon from His Mechutan R. Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro. Bobruisk 1930.
Lengthy autograph letter by R. Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, to his mechutan R. Yosef Rosen, the Rogatchover Gaon. He opens the letter by explaining the delay in his response due to his poor health. He then writes of an invitation he had received to travel to America which he is considering. After continuing with family matters, he discusses the question of what the Halacha is if one forgot to recite Havdalah after Yom Tov. He concludes the letter (in Yiddish), by wishing the Rebbetzin the warmest regards.
After the passing of his wife in 1921, the Rogatchover married his deceased wife’s sister who had been recently widowed. She brought into the marriage a son, Yitzchok who was therefore both a nephew and a stepson of the Rogatchover. In 1923, Yitzchak married Gittel, the daughter of R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro, Rov of Bobruisk.
R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro (1873-1933), was a son of R. Moshe Shmuel Schapiro, who was the youngest son of R. Aryeh Leib Schapiro (R. Leibel’eh Kovner). One of R. Leibel’eh’s sons was R. Refoel Schapiro who initially served as the Rav of the Misnagdim in Bobruisk. On R. Refoel’s appointment as Rosh Yeshiva in Volozhin, he was succeeded in Bobruisk by his youngest brother R. Moshe Shmuel. From 1900-1917, R. Chaim Tzvi Shapiro was the Rav in Lupitz, a suburb of Minsk. Upon the passing of his father, he succeeded him as Rav of Bobruisk. He served there faithfully under the harsh decrees of the Communists, until his passing in 1933.
13.5 by 21 cm. Very fine condition.
Opening bid $200