A letter by Rabbi Moshe Schick to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ulman Av Beit Din of Mako. Chust, 1863.
He writes: "… His words of Torah brought me joy." The letter deals with the matter of transfer of money. He signs: "Moshe Schick of Brezva".
Rabbi Moshe (Maharam) Schick (1807-1979, Otzar HaRabbanim 15194), a tremendous gaon, amongst the greatest rabbis of his generation and one of the leaders of Hungarian Jewry. At the age of 14, he came to the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer and within a short time he became one of its most important disciples. He served many years as rabbi of the city of Yergin near Pressburg, afterwards serving as rabbi of Chust until his death, where he established a yeshiva and taught renowned disciples. He left a vast amount of Torah works including responsa, sermons, novella on the Talmud, on the 613 mitzvot etc. He was amongst the greatest fighters of the reformists.
24X18 cm. Fair condition. Upper right corner cut. Creases and Tears to margins, stains.