Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter by Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger - Jerusalem, 1885
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Long interesting autograph letter signed by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger. Jerusalem, 1885.
Sent to his friend and relative R. Gershon Segal [Litsch Rosenbaum] Rabbi of Tallya (Hungary). The letter contains good wishes upon the engagement of R. Gershon's "astute son" and criticism of young men abroad who postpone marriage. The letter also includes Torah thoughts (regarding names for divorce bills [gittin]) and a request for financial support to cover R. Schlesinger's expenses in marrying off his daughters.
R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1835-1922), author of Lev Ha'Ivri, son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyya was born in Pressburg and was circumcised by the Chatam Sofer. He was the disciple of leading Hungarian sages and fiercely fought the Reform and Enlightenment Movements. In 1870, he moved to Jerusalem persisting in his battle against heretics and "modernists". He was very active on behalf of the Jewish settlements in Eretz Israel and fell into a trenchant disagreement with members of the "Old Yishuv" in his opposition to the method of the distribution of funds (Chaluka) and on other polemics and controversies. The settlement Bene Ayish is named after him.
[2] pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Asymmetric left margin (the leaf was torn out of a notebook).
Sent to his friend and relative R. Gershon Segal [Litsch Rosenbaum] Rabbi of Tallya (Hungary). The letter contains good wishes upon the engagement of R. Gershon's "astute son" and criticism of young men abroad who postpone marriage. The letter also includes Torah thoughts (regarding names for divorce bills [gittin]) and a request for financial support to cover R. Schlesinger's expenses in marrying off his daughters.
R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1835-1922), author of Lev Ha'Ivri, son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyya was born in Pressburg and was circumcised by the Chatam Sofer. He was the disciple of leading Hungarian sages and fiercely fought the Reform and Enlightenment Movements. In 1870, he moved to Jerusalem persisting in his battle against heretics and "modernists". He was very active on behalf of the Jewish settlements in Eretz Israel and fell into a trenchant disagreement with members of the "Old Yishuv" in his opposition to the method of the distribution of funds (Chaluka) and on other polemics and controversies. The settlement Bene Ayish is named after him.
[2] pages. 21 cm. Good condition. Asymmetric left margin (the leaf was torn out of a notebook).
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