Lot 325
Letters by the Warsaw Tsaddik – Rabbi Chaim Naftali Zilberberg
Letters handwritten and signed by Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Naftali Zilberberg, sent to Jerusalem to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. 1900-1926. [Breslau, 1900; Warsaw, 1913; 1922; 1926].
the "Warsaw Tsaddik" – Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Naftali Zilberberg (1850-1930), a leading Warsaw posek. Disciple of the disciples of Rabbi Akiva Eiger and disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and the Beit HaLevi. He was also accustomed to visiting the rebbes of his times, Rabbi Avraham of Ciechanów and the Sfat Emet of Ger. He was a confidant of the Netziv of Volozhin and the Chafetz Chaim (Rabbi Elchanan always referred to Rabbi Naftali with the title "HaGaon HaTsaddik"). Rabbi Zilberberg was very active in reinforcing Shabbat and family purity observance and he printed proclamations solidifying halachic adherence. He edited the writings of his father Rabbi Avraham Binyamim Av Beit Din of Wieruszów and the writings of his grandfather, the Gaon of Kutno, author of Zayit Ra'anan in preparation for printing. throughout his lifetime he worked to publish the books of the Maharal Zunz.
4 letters, varied size and condition.
