Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter from R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin Rabbi of Kortshin, Disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz – Kortshin, 1876
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin Rabbi of Kortshin. Kortshin (Korczyna, Poland), Adar 1876.
Letter of friendship addressed to his friend R. Herzle Goldenstern of Lviv: "I hereby send him my letter, a remembrance of love…". Further in the letter, he informs him that he was notified by person from Lviv [who was on his way to Eretz Israel] "…that he is not well. I therefore request that he please inform me of his good health, and may G-d satisfy him with length of days and grant him strength, and may he rejoice with the joy of Purim… His friend, who seeks his wellbeing with much love, Shmuel Aharon Rubin".
R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin (1825-1877), a leading Polish-Galician rabbi and prominent disciple of the Divrei Chaim, rebbe of Sanz, whom he followed after the passing of his first teacher, R. Aryeh Leib of Vishnitsa, author of Aryeh Debei Ila'i. He served as rabbi of Zborov (on the Hungarian-Galician border) and from 1867, of Kortshin. In 1875, he spent several months in Lviv, preparing for print his teacher's responsa work – Divrei Chaim, published that year. The Divrei Chaim expressed his satisfaction of R. Shmuel Aharon's work in proofreading and editing his books. R. Shmuel Aharon left behind many compositions, of which only one was published in his lifetime – Beit Aharon on the laws of Gittin (Lviv, 1876); the others remain in manuscript. Some were eventually published by his descendants in Eretz Israel, in the 1960s-1990s.
The recipient of the letter, R. Herzle Goldenstern of Lviv, was a prominent Chassid of Sanz. According to various sources, he was the author of the anonymous polemic booklets published during the controversy between Sanz and Sadigura: Knesset HaGedola VeDivrei Chachamim (Lviv, 1869), Shever Poshim (Lviv, 1869), Tochachat Megulah (Lviv, 1874) and others.
Postcard. 12X8.5 cm. Good condition. Postmarks and embossed stamp of R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin.
Letter of friendship addressed to his friend R. Herzle Goldenstern of Lviv: "I hereby send him my letter, a remembrance of love…". Further in the letter, he informs him that he was notified by person from Lviv [who was on his way to Eretz Israel] "…that he is not well. I therefore request that he please inform me of his good health, and may G-d satisfy him with length of days and grant him strength, and may he rejoice with the joy of Purim… His friend, who seeks his wellbeing with much love, Shmuel Aharon Rubin".
R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin (1825-1877), a leading Polish-Galician rabbi and prominent disciple of the Divrei Chaim, rebbe of Sanz, whom he followed after the passing of his first teacher, R. Aryeh Leib of Vishnitsa, author of Aryeh Debei Ila'i. He served as rabbi of Zborov (on the Hungarian-Galician border) and from 1867, of Kortshin. In 1875, he spent several months in Lviv, preparing for print his teacher's responsa work – Divrei Chaim, published that year. The Divrei Chaim expressed his satisfaction of R. Shmuel Aharon's work in proofreading and editing his books. R. Shmuel Aharon left behind many compositions, of which only one was published in his lifetime – Beit Aharon on the laws of Gittin (Lviv, 1876); the others remain in manuscript. Some were eventually published by his descendants in Eretz Israel, in the 1960s-1990s.
The recipient of the letter, R. Herzle Goldenstern of Lviv, was a prominent Chassid of Sanz. According to various sources, he was the author of the anonymous polemic booklets published during the controversy between Sanz and Sadigura: Knesset HaGedola VeDivrei Chachamim (Lviv, 1869), Shever Poshim (Lviv, 1869), Tochachat Megulah (Lviv, 1874) and others.
Postcard. 12X8.5 cm. Good condition. Postmarks and embossed stamp of R. Shmuel Aharon Rubin.
Chassidut – Letters
Chassidut – Letters