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SONNENFELD, YOSEPH CHAIM. (Rabbi of the Eidah Chareidith of Jerusalem, 1848-1932). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to his grandson, Yitzchak. One page. 4to. Jerusalem: Sunday, Parshath Yithro 1931 R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld was a student of R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the Kesav Sofer. Upon emigrating to Eretz Yisrael he became the right hand man of R. Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Subsequently he was co-founder, along with R.Yitzchok Yerucham Diskin, of the Edah Chareidis. He is known for his uncompromising stances toward the nascent Zionist movement in Eretz Israel.