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מכתב מרבי חיים צבי הירש מנהיימר בכתב-יד קדשו עם חתימה וחותמת. לרבי יחזקאל בנט. - MANNHEIMER, CHAIM TZVI HIRSCH (Rosh Yeshiva in Verbau, Av Beth Din in Ungvar, 1814-86). Autograph Letter Signed and stamped on plain paper, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Yechezkel Banet. Letter of recommendation for R. Yechezkel Banet in his quest for a rabbinic position. One page with integral blank, central tape along fold. Ungvar: Sunday of Parshath Emor 1885 One of the great rabbis of Hungary, R. Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Mannheimer was a devoted disciple of the Chasam Sofer. His Chiddushim were published in Ein Habdolach (Brooklyn, 1944). R. Yechezkel Banet (1862-1913) was appointed rabbi of Seini (or, Leuchtenburg) in Romania. His father, whom Rabbi Mannheimer mentions in this letter, was R. Gershon Wolf Banet (1830-1910), R. Mannheimer’s successor as the Av Beth Din of Ungvar. R. Yechezkel’s grandfather was R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-86), author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.