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LOT 235:
Letter of recommendation on behalf of the Pressburg Yeshiva by the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer-Da'as Sofer. Jerusalem 1945.
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Letter of recommendation on behalf of the Pressburg Yeshiva by the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer-Da'as Sofer. Jerusalem 1945.
8 lines in his Holy hand at the end of a typed letter by the Pressburg Yeshiva.
''We are not experienced in asking money from the public in this way & we did not see it by our forefathers Zy''a''
It's known that Maran the Holy Belzer Rebbe Zt''l said that the Gaon was ''King Of Israel'' in his years in Pressburg & was astounded how simple a life he led after he went up to Israel.
In this letter we can see hints of this phenomenon.
The great Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg (1878-1959) Gaon Av Beis Din of Pressburg - author of the 'Da'as Sofer' one of the greatest rabbis and leaders of his generation. The great-grandson of Maran the Chasam Sofer and the successor of his ancestors the Kesav Sofer and the Sheves Sofer in leading the community and heading the Yeshiva of Pressburg. He served as the president of the orthodox communities of Hungary. He immigrated to Eretz Yisroel shortly before the outbreak of World War II, reestablished the Pressburg Yeshiva in Jerusalem, was appointed to serve as a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
