Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Letter from Rabbi Shaul Ehrenfeld (Grandson of the Chatam Sofer) – Siks, 1891 – Blessings for a Complete Recovery and Offspring
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Sold for: $688
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Postcard with a letter handwritten and signed by R. Shaul Ehrenfeld Rabbi of Siks. Siks (Szikszó), [1891].
Addressed to his colleague R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger in Jerusalem. He reports that he sent someone to pray at the gravesite of his mother-in-law (wife of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia) to pray for his daughter, and blesses her with a complete recovery and sons.
R. Shaul Ehrenfeld (1839-1905), grandson of the Chatam Sofer. An outstanding Torah scholar, leader of Hungarian Orthodox Jewry. Rabbi of Siks.
Postcard. 14.5X9 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and creases. Open tear to corner, affecting text. Postmarks (partially damaged) of Szikszó, Trieste and Jerusalem.
Hungarian Jewry and Desciples of the "Chatam Sofer" – Rabbinical Letters, Manuscripts and Printed Items
Hungarian Jewry and Desciples of the "Chatam Sofer" – Rabbinical Letters, Manuscripts and Printed Items