Auction 35
Lot 126:
Letter on official letterhead, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yonatan Steif, Ra’avad of the Yire’im community in Budapest, addressed to Rabbi [?], administrator of the Agudas HaTalmidim [?] in response to a “special request from someone important in our community…Zvi Elimelech Goldstein to give him… [?] to found a group…”. He signs at the end. Size 20x28cm. Folding creases, light stains, overall good condition.
The rabbi lived from 1877-1958 and was the son of Rabbi Zvi. He was a dayan and Ra’avad in Budapest and a great posek in the USA after the war. He was a student of the Shabas and Rabbi David Naiman of Pressburg and Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer of Paksh, the Yalkut Eliezer. He was son-in-law of Rabbi Michael Fishel of Paksh. He also served as Ram in Yeshivat Nitra in New York. He wrote “Chadashim Gam Yeshanim” and “Drosh v’Chiddush” and more.
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