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Copy of Rabbi Yisrael Menachem Braun Rabbi of Brezovica father in law of the Va-Yaged Ya'akov of Papa & of Rabbi ...
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Copy of Rabbi Yisrael Menachem Braun Rabbi of Brezovica father in law of the Va-Yaged Ya'akov of Papa & of Rabbi Yeshaya Fuerst of Tyrnau.
Sefer Didrei Tahara, on Shulchan Aruch laws of Niddah. By Rabbi Elchanan Ashkenazi Av Beit Din of Shetland. Dyhernfurth, 1808.
Stamps of Rabbi Yisrael Menahem Braun (1861-1905), He was a son in law of Rabbi Avrohom Gestetner the father in law of the Arugas Habosem.
He Studied with Rabbi Shmuel Shmalka Klein, Av Beit Din Selish, author of "Tsror Ha-Hayim". Served as Rabbi of Brezovica for over fifty years, and was of the oldest Rabbis in Hungary before the Holocaust. He died in Budapest amidst the Holocaust at the age of 94.
His son in law is the Rebbe of Papa, Rebbi Ya'akv Yehezkiyah Greenwald, author of "Va-Yaged Ya'akov" (son of his brother in law Rabbi Moshe Ben Amram Greenwald, Rabbi of Chust, author of "Arugot Ha-Bosem").
Stamp of the Gaon Rabbi Yeshaya Fuerst (Furst) (1856-1943), a leading disciple of the Ktav Sofer and son of the Shevet Sofer in the Pressburg Yeshiva. Son of Rabbi Moshe Av Beit Din of Maros-Vásárhely, author of Mareh Moshe and son-in-law of Rabbi Shalom Kutna Av Beit Din Eisenstadt. For over 70 years he taught Torah.
From 1881, he served as Av Beit Din of Tyrnau and there established a yeshiva. In 1895, he moved to serve in the Eperies rabbinate and in 1897, served as Rabbi of the Orthodox community Kehal Adat Yisrael – the Schiffshul in Vienna (succeeding Rabbi Zalman Shpitzer son-in-law of the Chatam Sofer, the first rabbi of the Charedi community in Vienna), and was known as one of the greatest rabbis of his times. Many of the members of his community were active in the Agudat Yisrael movement. Rabbi Fuerst participated in the large Agudat Yisrael conventions and was a member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah. He had close connections with leading Rebbes who lived in Vienna concerning public matters. In 1938, he moved to London and was appointed chairman of the Mo’etzet Gedolei HaTorah in England. He died at the age of 87. Some of his Torah teachings were printed in the book Chazon Yeshaya (Brooklyn, 1986).
Good condition, water stained, loss to corners, last page torn, original binding detached.
