Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
Letter with a Halachic Responsum by the Tosher Rebbe - Ebelsberg, 1950
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Interesting letter signed by Rebbe "Meshulam Feish Segal Lőwy". Ebelsberg, 1950.
Sent to the celebrated R. Efraim Fishel, "Rabbi of R.P" [Regensburg?]. On verso is a draft of a halachic responsum (on the laws of Kiddush Levana) in the handwriting of the recipient R. Efraim Fishel Hershkowitz [Rabbi of Hallein]. The letter begins addressing the sale of Chumashim [apparently, the Komarno Chumashim Hechal HaBeracha] that belonged to R. Efraim Fishel, "at the time the Chumashim left the printing press, I took from the new ones…". The letter contains halachic questions on the topic of Kiddush Levana in the northern countries in which the moon cannot be seen for several months. Also discussed is the subject of conditional burial.
The Tosher Rebbe, R. Meshulam Feish Segal Lőwy (1922-2015), son of R. Mordechai of Demecser, grandson of R. Meshulam Feish Lőwy of Tosh (the first), stayed in the DP camp in Ebelsberg, Germany after the Holocaust, in 1951 he immigrated to Montreal, Canada and in 1963 established the Beit HaLevi enclave of Tosh Chassidism. He was celebrated for his long prayers and devout conduct; serving G-d with incredible devotion. Many flocked to spend Shabbat in his presence, among them some of the leading Chassidic figures in the US and Canada. Some of his Torah thoughts were printed in the series of the Avodat Avodah books. This letter was printed (with a few mistakes) in Avodat Avodah - Michtevei Kodesh" (Kiryat Tosh Canada, 2016), Letter no. 51.
The recipient, R. Efraim Fishel Hershkowitz (1922-2017), became a leading posek in the US. Born in Mukacheve, he was a disciple of the author of Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka. After the Holocaust he served as Rabbi of Hallein (Austria) and in the Regensburg DP camp. In those days, he became very close to the Klausenburg-Sanz Rebbe. Upon his arrival in the US, the Klausenburg Rebbe appointed him Ra'avad of the Beit Din of the US Sanz-Klausenburg community, a position he held for over 60 years. R. Hershkowitz was known by the title "Hallein Rabbi" and was celebrated as a prominent posek and Torah figure in American Charedi circles. He was asked to speak at public assemblies and his approbations appear in hundreds of halachic books printed in our times.
Leaf, 28.5 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition. Wear and minor stains.
Sent to the celebrated R. Efraim Fishel, "Rabbi of R.P" [Regensburg?]. On verso is a draft of a halachic responsum (on the laws of Kiddush Levana) in the handwriting of the recipient R. Efraim Fishel Hershkowitz [Rabbi of Hallein]. The letter begins addressing the sale of Chumashim [apparently, the Komarno Chumashim Hechal HaBeracha] that belonged to R. Efraim Fishel, "at the time the Chumashim left the printing press, I took from the new ones…". The letter contains halachic questions on the topic of Kiddush Levana in the northern countries in which the moon cannot be seen for several months. Also discussed is the subject of conditional burial.
The Tosher Rebbe, R. Meshulam Feish Segal Lőwy (1922-2015), son of R. Mordechai of Demecser, grandson of R. Meshulam Feish Lőwy of Tosh (the first), stayed in the DP camp in Ebelsberg, Germany after the Holocaust, in 1951 he immigrated to Montreal, Canada and in 1963 established the Beit HaLevi enclave of Tosh Chassidism. He was celebrated for his long prayers and devout conduct; serving G-d with incredible devotion. Many flocked to spend Shabbat in his presence, among them some of the leading Chassidic figures in the US and Canada. Some of his Torah thoughts were printed in the series of the Avodat Avodah books. This letter was printed (with a few mistakes) in Avodat Avodah - Michtevei Kodesh" (Kiryat Tosh Canada, 2016), Letter no. 51.
The recipient, R. Efraim Fishel Hershkowitz (1922-2017), became a leading posek in the US. Born in Mukacheve, he was a disciple of the author of Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka. After the Holocaust he served as Rabbi of Hallein (Austria) and in the Regensburg DP camp. In those days, he became very close to the Klausenburg-Sanz Rebbe. Upon his arrival in the US, the Klausenburg Rebbe appointed him Ra'avad of the Beit Din of the US Sanz-Klausenburg community, a position he held for over 60 years. R. Hershkowitz was known by the title "Hallein Rabbi" and was celebrated as a prominent posek and Torah figure in American Charedi circles. He was asked to speak at public assemblies and his approbations appear in hundreds of halachic books printed in our times.
Leaf, 28.5 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition. Wear and minor stains.