Letter from Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer, to Rabbi Yehuda Asad. Eisenstadt, (1865).
In the beginning of the letter he writes in reference to a letter which he received “from our friend, our famous and prominent rabbi, Av Beit Din of the holy congregation of Pressburg [author of the Ktav Sofer]. The letter states that my esteemed friend is studying this precious letter which this person has written to me a number of weeks ago”. In the continuation of the letter he very humbly writes “why should I trouble my esteemed friend who dedicated all of his time to Torah and holiness and the spreading of Torah to his many disciples”.
The topic of the letter was enigmatically written, however, it is apparent that it deals with methods of struggling against the reformists without encountering difficulties with the Austrian-Hungarian authorities, which supported the organization of the neological congregations. [This letter was written during the famous “congress” era]. The writer claims that everything he does is in accordance with the advice of his rabbis.
Rabbi Azriel Hlidesheimer (1820-1899), was among the leading torah authorities of his generation. Disciple of the Aruch LaNer and of Rabbi Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg. He served as Rabbi of Eisenstadt in years 1851-1869, and during that time established there one of the major Yeshivot of Hungary and Germany. In 1869 he was appointed as Rabbi of Berlin, where he established the Beit Midrash LeRabbanim. He led Orthodox Jewry in Germany. His works were published by "Machon Yerushalaim".
2 pages, 21cm. Good condition, folding marks and minor damage to page margins.