Lot 273
Letter by Rabbi Mordechai Winkler Av Beit Din of Mád - Author of Levushei Mordechai
Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler. H. Mád, Nissan 1916.
Sent to Rabbi Yisrael, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek in the city of Szerencs. The letter is about the details of the laws of selling chametz. Rabbi Winkler cites a responsum which he received on this subject from "The Gaon HaTsaddik Av Beit Din of Erlau" [author of Hit'orerut Teshuva].
Rabbi Mordechai Winkler Av Beit Din of H. Mád, author of Levush Mordechai (1845-1932), close disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Landesberg Av Beit Din of Oradea (Grosswardein). From 1874, began teaching Torah and serving in the rabbinate and from 1901, he served as Rabbi of Mád for over 30 years and also established there a yeshiva gedola. He was revered as a prominent Hungarian Torah authority and his halachic responsa were unequivocally accepted and became a basic source among books of responsa (Cohen, Chachmei Transylvania pp. 98-99).
Official postcard, 14 cm. Approximately 18 handwritten lines. Very good condition.
