Auction 75
Lot 40:
"לדקדק על חתימת שמי שתהא בכתב ידי ממש" (!!!) – fascinating letter signed by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Gaon Av Beit Din and founder of HaEidah haChareidit – Jerusalem, 1924.
In his letter, Rabbeinu warns about a forgery of the Or Chadash Yeshiva, which used a fake stamp of Rabbeinu’s handwritten signature "כי חתימתי בצורת כתב ידי (שטאמבילע) על פנקסי השליחות לשם ישיבת אור חדש היא מזויפת, וכל מה שמתפרסם כעת בשמי או בחתימתי ביחס לישיבה זו, הוא בלא ידעתי ולמרות רצוני, כי מזה זמן אשר חדלתי לטפל בזה" !!! (since my signature-like stamp (Stambile) on the Pinkasei Shelichut for the Or Chadash Yeshiva is a fake, and all that is published now in my name or my signature regarding this yeshiva is וnbeknownst to me and despite my wishes…)
Maran the Gaon Av Beit Din then gives validity to his signature’s authenticity: "ומכאן מודעה לדקדק על חתימת שמי שתהא בכתב ידי ממש (original underlining) וכל חתימת שמי כתב יד שאינה בכתב ידי ממש רק בחותם… לא ממני יצאה" !!! (From now on, check that my signature is handwritten by me and any signature of my name that is not handwritten but stamped… is not by me).
Official stationery.
22.5X28 cm.
Fold lines. Filing perforations. Good condition.
The Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1849-1932) Gaon Av Beit Din of HaEidah 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 HaEidah HaChareidit and was appointed head of its Beit Din.
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