Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Letter from R. Yeshaya Silberstein, Rabbi of Waitzen – Renewal of Machzikei HaDat in Hungary After WWI
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. "Yeshaya Silberstein, rabbi of Waitzen". [Waitzen (Vác, Hungary), 1925].
The letter is written at the foot of a lithographed appeal, asking rabbis to sign a declaration in favor of renewing the activities of the Machzikei HaDat society, which had been interrupted by WWI. In his letter – six lines in his handwriting and with his signature – R. Yeshaya Silberstein agrees to join the society and support its activities.
Machzikei HaDat societies were founded in 1909-1911 for the purpose of strengthening Torah observance in Hungary. In 1925, R. Efraim Fishel Sussman-Sofer, who wished to reinstate the societies whose activities were interrupted by WWI, wrote this appeal seeking rabbinic support for a conference in Budapest in December 1925 in favor of the Machzikei HaDat societies.
R. Yeshaya Silberstein (1857-1930), rabbi of Waitzen, author of Maasai LeMelech and foremost Hungarian rabbi.
[1] leaf. 31 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Wear and folding marks.
The letter is written at the foot of a lithographed appeal, asking rabbis to sign a declaration in favor of renewing the activities of the Machzikei HaDat society, which had been interrupted by WWI. In his letter – six lines in his handwriting and with his signature – R. Yeshaya Silberstein agrees to join the society and support its activities.
Machzikei HaDat societies were founded in 1909-1911 for the purpose of strengthening Torah observance in Hungary. In 1925, R. Efraim Fishel Sussman-Sofer, who wished to reinstate the societies whose activities were interrupted by WWI, wrote this appeal seeking rabbinic support for a conference in Budapest in December 1925 in favor of the Machzikei HaDat societies.
R. Yeshaya Silberstein (1857-1930), rabbi of Waitzen, author of Maasai LeMelech and foremost Hungarian rabbi.
[1] leaf. 31 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Wear and folding marks.
Rabbinic Letters
Rabbinic Letters