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Lot 144

Letter by Rabbi Yechezkel Grosfeld Rabbi of Csap - Disciple of the Yitav Lev

Authograph letter signed by R. "Yechezkel Grosfeld Rabbi here and of the region". Csap, (Ungvár district), 1894.
Sent to R. Ze'ev Singer Rabbi of Miklosh. Request and pleas to assist a childless widow whose brothers-in-law did not agree to release her by chalitza.
R. Yechezkel Grosfeld (died in 1911) was a disciple of R. Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum Rabbi of Siget author of Yitav Lev, disciple of R. Yehuda Asad and of R. Menachem (the Maharam) Rabbi of Ungvár. In his youth, he served as orator in Kisvárda (Kleinwardein) and from 1880 he served as Rabbi of Csap. Authored Binyan Ohel Mo'ed (Mukacheve, 1887).
Leaf, 21 cm. 27 handwritten lines. Good condition. Folding creases.