Leaf with four handwritten letters of recommendation by German rabbis, for Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben R' Asher, grandson of the author of Sha'agat Aryeh. Germany, 1840.
The first letter is by Rabbi Ya'akov Yehuda Kaufman Rabbi of Leipheim, who writes that Rabbi Aryeh Leib from Poland, grandson of the author of Sha'agat Aryeh came to his city and was in need of charity and monetary support (17th of Adar Aleph, 1840). Under this letter is another letter of recommendation by Rabbi Feitel Falhinger Rabbi of Bretten (17th of Adar Bet, 1840), and on the reverse side are two more letters. One is by Rabbi Eliyahu Hirsh Prager Rabbi of Bruchsal (10th of Adar Bet 1840), and the other is letter by Rabbi Elya Wilstetter Rabbi of Karlsruhe. All the writers lavishly praise Rabbi Aryeh Leib and note his greatness in Torah knowledge.
Rabbi Asher Walerstein Rabbi of Karlsruhe, son of the author of Sha'agat Aryeh and father of the subject of these recommendations was one of the greatest Torah scholars in his times and some of the most famous German rabbis were his disciples. Among them are the author of the Aruch LaNer and Rabbi Elyah Wilstetter, who wrote one of the recommendations and later succeeded him in the Karlsruhe rabbinate.
At the beginning of the book Gevurot Ari by the Sha'agat Aryeh, on Tractate Ta'anit, is a letter from 1836 written by Rabbi Aryeh Leib, the subject of the recommendations, in the name of his father, Rabbi Asher who was already blind and could not write by himself [there are also approbations by his disciples Rabbi Elya Wilstetter and Rabbi Eliyahu Hirsh Prager Rabbi of Bruchsal, from 1839].
Leaf, 19.5 cm. Written on both sides. Fair condition, stains, tears to margins and folding marks.