Long letter of responsa (2 pages, approximately 60 handwritten lines), signed by R. "Yoel Katz… author of Responsa Tirat Kessef" [Ardud, ca. 1930s-40s].
Letter handwritten by a scribe and signed by R. Katz. The responsa deals with the laws of Jewish divorce, and was sent to R. Shalom Dov Asher Zeidel, rabbi of Galanta.
R. Yoel Katz (died in 1944), rabbi of Ardud, was a disciple of R. Yehuda Greenwald (Gruenwald), rabbi of Satmar, of R. Shimon Greenfeld (Maharshag) and of R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, rabbi of Simleul. He was renowned as an expert in the laws of Jewish divorce and agunot. His Beit Din in Ardud would arrange the divorces of the members of the nearby community of Satmar, due to the many difficulties in the spelling of the name of the city (Satmar) on the certificate of divorce. He authored Responsa Tirat Kessef, Responsa Pardes Rimonim and others.
[2] written pages. 29.5 cm. Fair condition. Wear and tears along the fold lines and margins. Stains.