Igrot Kodesh · Letter 6720 — Halachah

By the grace of Hashem*,

11 Adar Rishon* 5719,

Brooklyn,

To the great Rav, distinguished Chassid* who fears Hashem*, of vast knowledge, Rav Yitzchak Yaakov (note 1: Rav Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, of Manchester. See, on his subject, Letter no. 4227),

Greetings and blessings,

I have received, with pleasure, your letter from the eve of Shabbos* and, subsequently, your book, volume 2 of Minchas Yitzchak*. I thank you for what you have sent me and I hope that in the future, you will also honor me with what you publish. May Hashem* grant that, for many more years, you redouble your ardor in the Torah* and in its application, through the Halachah*, since such is the criterion that establishes that it is rigorously true (note 2: Since the result of study immediately receives a concrete application).

And, our Sages* say, in tractate Eruvin* 3b, that "the one and the other (note 3: When the Torah reports a controversy. Regarding study, one can admit two opposing opinions, study both of them) express the words of the Elokim* of life," but "the Halachah* is decided according to his opinion" (note 4: The Halachah can only retain one single opinion), for it is said: "Elokim* is with him" (note 5: A necessary condition for the Halachah to be decided according to his opinion), as tractate Sanhedrin* 106b emphasizes, and one can deduce that this is indeed so from the statement of our Sages*, in tractate Bava Basra* 156b, according to which: "One does not learn the Halachah*..." As a sign of friendship and as you request at the end of your letter, I reproduce here some remarks on your book (note 6: These have not reached us). Furthermore, our Sages* say that peace always reigns in the end (note 7: The controversies among the Sages do not undermine the friendship that reigns among them, however intense their discussions may be). With my respects and my blessing,

ו'תשכ

ב"ה, י"א אד"ר, תשי"ט
ברוקלין.
הרה"ג אי"א נו"נ רב פעלים צנמ"ס כו'

מו"ה יצחק יעקב שי'

שלום וברכה!

נעם לי לקבל מכתבו מאור ליום ועש"ק וכן אח"ז ספרו מנחת יצחק חלק שנ. ת"ח על העבר ובטח גם להבא יכבדני כגון דא.

ויה"ר אשר עוד רבות בשנים יוסיף חיילים לאורייתא הלכה למעשה, שזוהי הבחינה לתורת אמת לאמיתו, וכמובן ממאמר רז"ל (עירובין ג, ב) אלו ואלו דא"ח, הלכה כמותו מפני שנאמר והוי' עמו (סנה' קו, ב), וכמובן ג"כ ממאמר רז"ל דאין למדין הלכה (ב"ב קנו, ב).

לחביבותא דמילתא וכסיום כת"ר במכתבו, מועתק בזה איזה הערות, וכבר הודיעו רז"ל ואת והב בסופה.

בכבוד ובברכה.

ו'תשכ
מו"ה יצחק יעקב: ווייס, מנטשסטר. אגרת נוספת אליו - לעיל חי"ב ד'רכז.

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