Bidspirit auction | An early and rare letter

An early and rare letter from Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer - in favor of his brother-in-law Rabbi Noah Yaakov Deitch of Yarmot - Selish, 1922 - An early and rare letter from Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer - in favor of his brother-in-law Rabbi Noah Yaakov Deitch of Yarmot - Selish, 1922 Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer Rabbi of Selish (later rabbi of Kraków). Selish (Vynohradiv), 1922. R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer (1880-1933), born in Kraków to the rabbi of the town, R. Akiva Kornitzer (grandson of the Chatam Sofer) who was the son-in-law and successor of R. Shimon Sofer Rabbi of Kraków. In 1901, he married the daughter of R. Pinchas Chaim Klein Rabbi of Selish, and was appointed dean of the yeshiva there. Over the years, he became the deputy rabbi of Selish, and after his father-in-law's passing, he succeeded him as rabbi of the city. In 1925, he went to serve as rabbi of Kraków, succeeding his father and grandfather. His novellae and responsa were published in Bnei Brak by his son-in-law R. Shabtai Frankel (publisher of the renowned Rambam Frankel edition).