Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Interesting Letter by R. Yehuda Assad - Polemic Regarding the Rabbinic Position of his Son-in-Law, R. Aharon Bichler
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Autograph letter with the full signature of R. Yehuda Assad Rabbi of Szerdahely (Dunaszerdahely), to his mechutan R. David Bichler Rabbi of Pásztó. Szerdahely, Cheshvan 1860.
Interesting letter with an account by R. Yehuda of a polemic letter he received opposing R. Bichler. The content implies that the polemic evolved around the appointment of R. Aharon Bichler (son-in-law of R. Yehuda Assad) to the Jászberény rabbinate.
R. Yehudah Assad (1796-1866), illustrious Torah scholar and head of yeshiva in Hungary, disciple of R. Aharon Suditz and of R. Mordechai [Maharam] Bennet, served in the Senica (Semnitz) and Dunaszerdahely rabbinates. Recommended to the rabbinate by the Chatam Sofer. Among his works: Mahari responsa - Yehuda Ya'aleh, Mahari novellae on the Talmud, Divrei Mahari on the Torah.
The recipient is R. David Bichler Rabbi of Pásztó, father of R. Aharon Bichler-Suditz who was R. Yehuda Assad's son-in-law. R. Aharon was appointed as Rabbi of Jászberény between 1861 and 1863 [in his book HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, p. 478, Kinstlicher writes that R. Aharon Bichler was appointed to the Jászberény rabbinate in 1861, but it is appears from a letter by R. Yehuda Assad (featured in Kedem Auction 53, Item 68) that he was only appointed in 1863].
Folded leaf, approx. 25 cm. 24 autograph lines. On the verso, are post stamps, a wax seal and address. Good condition. Minor tears to margins. Folding creases and wear.
Interesting letter with an account by R. Yehuda of a polemic letter he received opposing R. Bichler. The content implies that the polemic evolved around the appointment of R. Aharon Bichler (son-in-law of R. Yehuda Assad) to the Jászberény rabbinate.
R. Yehudah Assad (1796-1866), illustrious Torah scholar and head of yeshiva in Hungary, disciple of R. Aharon Suditz and of R. Mordechai [Maharam] Bennet, served in the Senica (Semnitz) and Dunaszerdahely rabbinates. Recommended to the rabbinate by the Chatam Sofer. Among his works: Mahari responsa - Yehuda Ya'aleh, Mahari novellae on the Talmud, Divrei Mahari on the Torah.
The recipient is R. David Bichler Rabbi of Pásztó, father of R. Aharon Bichler-Suditz who was R. Yehuda Assad's son-in-law. R. Aharon was appointed as Rabbi of Jászberény between 1861 and 1863 [in his book HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, p. 478, Kinstlicher writes that R. Aharon Bichler was appointed to the Jászberény rabbinate in 1861, but it is appears from a letter by R. Yehuda Assad (featured in Kedem Auction 53, Item 68) that he was only appointed in 1863].
Folded leaf, approx. 25 cm. 24 autograph lines. On the verso, are post stamps, a wax seal and address. Good condition. Minor tears to margins. Folding creases and wear.