Lot 306
Letter of Torah Thoughts from R. Mordechai Brisk Rabbi of Tăşnad – To Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Erloi, Author of Divrei Sofer
Lengthy letter (3 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Mordechai Brisk, Rabbi and dean of Tăşnad. [Tăşnad, ca. 1939-1940].
Response to various points raised by the student R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Erloi on his book Maharam Brisk part I (printed in 1939).
R. Mordechai Brisk – Maharam Brisk (1886-1944; perished in the Holocaust), leading Hungarian Torah scholar and prominent Torah disseminator. Posek in Margareten and later rabbi of Tasnad, where he established his famous yeshiva and taught his thousands of disciples.
The recipient of the letter, R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (1922-1948), eldest son of R. Moshe Sofer of Erloi the Yad Sofer, and brother of R. Yochanan Sofer of Erloi. An outstanding, brilliant Torah scholar. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the leading Torah scholars of his times, who held him in high esteem. He authored Responsa Divrei Sofer.
[1] double leaf (2 and a half written pages), official stationery. 34 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Folding marks.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
