Two Letters from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer - To Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) - Jerusalem, 1927 and 1940

Two Letters from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer - To Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) - Jerusalem, 1927 and 1940
Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, addressed to R. Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan). Jerusalem, 1927 and 1940.
In the first letter, dated 1927, R. Isser Zalman describes at length the correct methods rabbis should use to influence the youth and act on religious matters. Most of the letter discusses ways of bolstering the tithing of produce in the agricultural settlements in Eretz Israel, by appointing a person specifically responsible for the tithing, who would travel from one settlement to the other, and exercise his influence "on the youth to take this into account, since it affects the public, and something which the public requires must be done, even if it goes against their views".
In the second letter, dated Cheshvan 1940, he discusses the salary of R. Yeshaya Kieselstein, rabbi of Binyamina.
R. Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1954), author of Even HaEzel, disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk in the Volozhin yeshiva. He served as rabbi and dean of Slutzk. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1924 and was appointed head lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He was one of the leaders of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His son-in-law was R. Aharon Kotler, dean of the Kletzk and Lakewood yeshivot.
The recipient of the letter, R. Meir Berlin - Bar-Ilan (1880-1949), youngest son of the Netziv of Volozhin and a leader of the Mizrachi movement. He was very active in rabbinical matters and in strengthening religious observance. He helped reestablish the Lithuanian yeshivot in Eretz Israel, and rescue the Mir yeshiva during the Holocaust. He was the initiator and founder of the Encyclopedia Talmudit project.
2 letters, on official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Filing holes and minor marginal tears. Folding marks. Tears to date of first letter (repaired with tape).