Auction 62
Lot 125:
Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Gaon Av Beit Din and founder of HaEdah HaChareidit, about the book Mateh Shimon by Rabbi Shimon Lasarovich – Jerusalem, 1922.
The letter was written on a letter by Rabbi Yechiel Michl Horowitz Moreh Tzedek of Jerusalem who wrote Rabbi Meir Shimon a recommendation and blessing for his book Mateh Shimon. On the lower part of the letter, Rabbeinu added several lines:
"ב"ה נאמן עלי החתום ומצווה רבה לסייעו ליישב עה"ת והעבודה למען יגדל בתורה וכל מן דין סמוכו לנא השי"ת ברחמיו יחון על עניי עמו בכלל ובפרט על עניים השוקדים על התורה כעתירת הבעה"ח לכבוד השוקדים על התורה המחכה לישועה קרובה לכלל ופרט הק’ יוסף חיים ז"פ"
On verso of the leaf, the signatures of the Dayanim of HaEdah HaChareidit – Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin, Rabbi Yitzchak Frankel and Rabbi David Zvi Karlenstein.
16C21 cm.
Filing perforations. Good condition.
The Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1849-1932) Gaon Av Beit Din of HaEdah HaChareidit of Jerusalem, one of the prominent leaders of the Chareidi Jewry of Jerusalem. At the age of 16, started studying at the yeshiva of the Ketav Sofer and after his marriage, followed his rav Rabbi Avraham Shag. In 1874 immigrated with his Rav to Eretz Yisrael, where he became the right-hand man of Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Diskin and Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin in their activities for the Jews of Jerusalem. In 1919, he founded the HaEdah HaChareidit and was appointed head of its Beit Din.
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