Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Letter Concerning Agunah, Signed by Rabbis of Rozwadów, Rzeszów and Dembiza – 1826
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Letter regarding Agunah [woman bound in marriage by husband who refuses to grant divorce or who is missing] by court of justice of Rozwadów, signed by Rabbi of the city, Rabbi “Yisrael Isser Pearlman” and seven additional signatures of Dayanim and community leaders. Rozwadów, (western Galicia), 10 Elul, 1826.
On margins of leaf additional letters pertaining to same matter: letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi “Yechezkel Tzvi Blumenfield” Av Beit Din of Rzeszów, 15 Elul, 1826, and letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi “Chanoch Henoch” Av Beit Din of Dembiza, 3 Tishrei, 1826.
Ga’on Rabbi Yisrael Isser Pearlman, among disciples of Seer of Lublin, served in rabbinate of Rozwadów until approximately 1850. Following his demise his wife, Esther Faiga, [who was wife of Rabbe Rabbi Shlomo Leib of Lenchna in first marriage] immigrated together with their young son, Rabbi Elimelech Pearlman, to Eretz Israel, to her father, Ga’on Rabbi Asher Kahana-Shapira Av Beit Din of Zalin, who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1840. Daughter of son of Rabbi Yisrael Isser was wife of Rebbe Rabbi Reuven Horowitz Av Beit Din of Dembiza [son of Rebbe Rabbi Eliezer of Dzików- Ropczyce and brother of Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Horowitz Av Beit Din of Rozwadów].
Ga’on Rabbi Yechezkel Tzvi Flumenfield (passed away in 1855), served for approximately forty five years in rabbinate of Rzeszów, succeeding his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Blumenfield Av Beit Din of Rzeszów. His grandson (son of his daughter) is Ga’on Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Wallerstein who served in rabbinate of Rzeszów until 1882, father of Ga’on Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Wallerstein Av Beit Din of Rzeszów and disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz.
Ga’on Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Stemler-Gvirtz served in rabbinate of Dembiza until mid 1820’s and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Eliyahu.
33 cm. leaf. Good-fair condition, slight wear damage. Stamps of court of justice of Rozwadów and wax stamp.
Rare and important document for history of rabbis and congregations of Galicia, from early 19th century, a period from which historical documentation of rabbis of Rozwadów is scarce (see Sefer Rozwadów, Jerusalem 1968). Memorial volume of congregation of Dembiza (Tel Aviv, 1960) mistakenly notes that Rabbi Chanoch Henoch passed away in 1820, whereas this document was written and signed in Tishrei, 1826.
On margins of leaf additional letters pertaining to same matter: letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi “Yechezkel Tzvi Blumenfield” Av Beit Din of Rzeszów, 15 Elul, 1826, and letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi “Chanoch Henoch” Av Beit Din of Dembiza, 3 Tishrei, 1826.
Ga’on Rabbi Yisrael Isser Pearlman, among disciples of Seer of Lublin, served in rabbinate of Rozwadów until approximately 1850. Following his demise his wife, Esther Faiga, [who was wife of Rabbe Rabbi Shlomo Leib of Lenchna in first marriage] immigrated together with their young son, Rabbi Elimelech Pearlman, to Eretz Israel, to her father, Ga’on Rabbi Asher Kahana-Shapira Av Beit Din of Zalin, who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1840. Daughter of son of Rabbi Yisrael Isser was wife of Rebbe Rabbi Reuven Horowitz Av Beit Din of Dembiza [son of Rebbe Rabbi Eliezer of Dzików- Ropczyce and brother of Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Horowitz Av Beit Din of Rozwadów].
Ga’on Rabbi Yechezkel Tzvi Flumenfield (passed away in 1855), served for approximately forty five years in rabbinate of Rzeszów, succeeding his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Blumenfield Av Beit Din of Rzeszów. His grandson (son of his daughter) is Ga’on Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Wallerstein who served in rabbinate of Rzeszów until 1882, father of Ga’on Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Wallerstein Av Beit Din of Rzeszów and disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz.
Ga’on Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Stemler-Gvirtz served in rabbinate of Dembiza until mid 1820’s and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Eliyahu.
33 cm. leaf. Good-fair condition, slight wear damage. Stamps of court of justice of Rozwadów and wax stamp.
Rare and important document for history of rabbis and congregations of Galicia, from early 19th century, a period from which historical documentation of rabbis of Rozwadów is scarce (see Sefer Rozwadów, Jerusalem 1968). Memorial volume of congregation of Dembiza (Tel Aviv, 1960) mistakenly notes that Rabbi Chanoch Henoch passed away in 1820, whereas this document was written and signed in Tishrei, 1826.
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