Auction 77
Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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Mar 15, 2021
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LOT 282:
Letter from R. Tzvi Hirsh Meisels Rabbi of Waitzen – Matchmaking Proposal for the Son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Erlau
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Letter from R. Tzvi Hirsh Meisels Rabbi of Waitzen – Matchmaking Proposal for the Son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Erlau
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh [Meisels]. Waitzen (Vác, Hungary), [ca. 1940s].
Addressed to R. Moshe Sofer, dayan and posek in Erlau, regarding a matchmaking proposal for his son [presumably his eldest son, Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, who passed away single after the Holocaust]. R. Tzvi praises the girl in question, and discusses the question of a match in which the prospective bride and mother-in-law share the same first name.
R. Tzvi Hirsh Meisels (1904-1970), rabbi of Waitzen and after the Holocaust, of the Bergen Belsen DP camp and the British occupation zone in Germany. Leading American rabbi.
The recipient of the letter, R. Moshe Sofer, author of Yad Sofer (1888-1944), grandson of the Ketav Sofer. Perished in the Holocaust.
[1] leaf, written on both sides (signature and conclusion on verso). Approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Dry paper. Creases. Marginal tears (margins cut unevenly).
