Letter by Rabbi Moshe Greenwald of Chust Author of Arugat HaBosem

Letter by Rabbi Moshe Greenwald of Chust Author of Arugat HaBosem
Letter of recommendation to a disciple by Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, Av Bet Din of Chust, author of Arugat HaBosem. Chust, 1896.
A long handwritten letter, signed by hand and with his stamp, on behalf of his disciple "The outstanding young man Pinchas Ya'akov Cohen of Jánosháza", who studied in his yeshiva for several years, "And now desires to return to his father's home and I said that I will write a few words as a testimony so he will be esteemed in his city…".
The famous Torah genius Rabbi Moshe Ben-Amram Greenwald (1853-1910, HaChatam Sofer Ve'Talmidav p. 521), one of the leading Hungarian rabbis and heads of yeshiva. Disciple of Rabbi Menachem Katz Prostitz of Tzehlim and disciple of the Ktav Sofer in Pressburg. As a young man, he already headed a yeshiva in his native city of Cherna and later served in the rabbinate of several Hungarian communities. From 1893, he served as Av Bet Din of Chust. Although he studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, he was affiliated with Chassidism and would travel to the Belz and Siget rebbes. In Chust, he established his elaborate court and expanded his yeshiva which eventually became one of the largest yeshivas in Hungary. Disciples from all over the country and abroad flocked to his yeshiva and many Hungarian rabbis were his disciples. He was renowned for his compositions on Halacha and Aggada named Arugat HaBosem. His son was Rabbi Ya'akov Yechizkiya Greenwald Av Bet Din and Rebbe of Papa, and his grandson is Rebbe Yosef Greenwald of Papa, who established the Papa Chassidism in America after the Holocaust.
Leaf, 21 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and wear. Restored with tape on the reverse side.