Collection of Rabbinic Letters – Rabbis of She'erit Hapletah in Hungary and Romania After the Holocaust – Letters ...

Collection of Rabbinic Letters – Rabbis of She'erit Hapletah in Hungary and Romania After the Holocaust – Letters of Responsa and Torah Thoughts Sent to R. David Sperber Rabbi of Braşov
12 letters sent to R. David Sperber Rabbi of Braşov, from Hungarian and Romanian rabbis. [Ca. 1945-1950].
Letters from prominent rabbis, Chassidim and Torah scholars. Most letters are related to matters of the rabbinate and to halachic questions which arose in the renewed Jewish communities of Romania after the Holocaust.
Letters include: A long, interesting letter from R. Yochanan Sofer of Erloi (from the beginning of his tenure as rabbi after the Holocaust); letter from R. Yaakov Hager Rabbi of Pașcani, Iași 1948; letter from R. Avraham Yosef Kleinman Rabbi of Székelyhíd (Săcueni), 1948; the last leaf of a letter by R. Bezalel Stern (author of BeTzel HaChochmah); letter from R. Shalom Rosenzweig (Dermer) Rabbi in Storozhynets and Siret; letter from R. Mordechai Menachem Grün, Dej 1948; long letter from R. David Deutsch, Marghita 1950; letter from R. David Leib Freund; letter from R. Yosef Adler Rabbi of Turda, regarding a rabbinic committee established in Jerusalem at the time the rabbi of Braşov immigrated to Eretz Israel, Jerusalem, Iyar 1950; and more.
The recipient of the letters, R. David Sperber (1877-1962), leading Galician and Romanian rabbi. Born in Zablotov to a family of Kosov-Vizhnitz Chassidim, he was a close disciple of R. Meir Arik. He also studied under Rebbe Moshe Hager of Kosov, author of Ezor HaEmunah, and arranged the latter's writings for printing. He frequented the courts of the Chakal Yitzchak, rebbe of Spinka, and the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. From 1908, he served as dayan and posek in Polien Riskeve (Poienile de sub Munte), and from 1922, as rabbi of Braşov (Kronstadt). He was renowned for the marriage permits he issued for agunot in the aftermath of the Holocaust. In the winter of 1950, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, where he became known as "the rabbi of Braşov", and served as a leader of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah and Chinuch HaAtzma'i. He authored Afarkasta D'Anya, Michtam LeDavid, Tehillah LeDavid, and other books.
12 letters (some several pages long). Size and condition vary.