Letter from Rabbi Meir Arik - Tarnów, 1924 - Halachic Responsum

Letter from Rabbi Meir Arik - Tarnów, 1924 - Halachic Responsum
Lengthy letter (4 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Meir Arik Rabbi of Tarnów. Tarnów, 1924.
Halachic responsum pertaining to laws of loans with interest and other topics. Following the signature, R. Meir adds some familial news: "My daughter came this Sunday from Lviv, escaping great danger. Praise G-d for His great kindness to us. The wedding of my granddaughter Reizel was set for Friday, 5th Shevat…".
R. Meir Arik (1855-1925), a leading Galician Torah scholar, served as rabbi of Yazlovets, Buchach and Tarnów. He was a disciple of R. Yaakov of Rimalov (Hrymailiv) and of the Maharsham. From 1885, he served as rabbi of Yazlovets, in place of his teacher the Maharsham who moved to Berezhany. From 1912, he served as rabbi of Buchach. During WWI, he fled to Vienna, studying Torah there with his friend R. Yosef Engel. Following the war, he returned to Galicia and was appointed rabbi of Tarnów. Many of Poland's leading Torah scholars were his disciples, the most renowned ones include R. Meir Shapiro of Lublin, R. Aryeh Tzvi Frumer - the Gaon of Koziegłowy, R. David Sperber Gaon of Brașov, R. Yehuda Horowitz - Rebbe of Dzikov, R. Meshulam Roth author of Kol Mevaser, R. Reuven Margolies and R. Yehoshua Erenberg Rabbi of Tel Aviv.
He published many books, yet most of his manuscripts were lost during his escape to Vienna during WWI, including five large volumes of halachic responsa. His books: Sheyarei Tahara on Mishnayot Order Taharot (Kolomyia, 1890); Minchat Kenaot on Tractate Sota (Lviv, 1894); Minchat Pitim on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah and Even HaEzer (Munkacs, 1898-1908); Tal Torah (Vienna, 1921); Responsa Imrei Yosher part I (Munkacs, 1913), part II (Kraków-Tarnów, 1925); and other books containing selections of his Torah thought and letters: Minchat Aharon - Me'irat Einayim (Brooklyn, 1978) and Imrei Yosher HaChadash - Tal Torah HaChadash (Jerusalem, 1997). [1] double leaf (4 pages). Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and minor stains. This responsum was printed (without the private matters mentioned in the letter) in the book Imrei Yosher HeChadash, Section 88 (pp. 94-95).