Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Two Letters of Recommendation by Rabbi Pinchas Leib Frieden, Rabbi of Komarom - Semicha to a Disciple
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Two autograph letters signed by R. Pinchas Leib Frieden. Komarom (Komarno), 1835-1839.
Two letters of recommendation and a certificate for his disciple R. Yehoshua Tauber. The first recommendation from the month of Shevat 1835 was written after his disciple went to study under the tutelage of R. Zvi Hirsh Heller, author of Tiv Gittin who died [in Tishrei 1834], and the disciple sought a new place for his studies. In the letter, R. Frieden also gives his disciple the title Chaver: "It has been a year or more since this wonderful young man has left my Beit Midrash…until the sun began to rise in our country at the time a great light shone in our region with the arrival of the famous Torah prodigy…R. Zvi Hirsh Heller to Oven Yashan. Then this young man…in the great Beit Midrash and studied there until …the light dimmed [R. Heller died]. Now that this young man came to me and I have found him…at the highest level and he has told me pleasant and well-grounded Torah novellae, therefore it is right to praise him at gatherings and to call him to the Torah [for an aliya] and to every holy matter by the title, Chaver Yehoshua…".
In the second letter written in Tishrei 1839, the rabbi writes a recommendation for his disciple that he is fitting to give halachic rulings and for the title Moreinu: "…He is fitting to be a rabbi and halachic authority and to lead G-d's children, even one of the large communities…to call him to the Torah [for an aliya] and to every holy matter by the title Moreinu Rabbi Yehoshua…".
R. Pinchas Leib Frieden Rabbi of Komarom (1802-1873) was born in Bonyhád, son of the Dayan R. Moshe of Leipnik. He studied under the tutelage of R. Wolf Boskowitz, author of Seder Mishnah. After his father's death in 1826, he succeeded him as dayan in Bonyhád. In 1831, he was appointed Rabbi of Komarom and held this position for 42 years. He headed an important yeshiva and many Hungarian and Slovakian rabbis were his disciples. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Chatam Sofer and with the Ktav Sofer. Authored the book Divrei Pnei Aryeh (Vienna, 1859). His sons and sons-in-law served in the rabbinate: his son-in-law R. Mordechai Eliezer Weber the Rabbi of Ada (disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz); his son-in-law R. Mordechai Reichenfeld, Rabbi of Yanusha; his son-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Lipman Waldeler Rabbi of Shalanky (Otzar HaRabbanim 18871); his son R. Mordechai Freidman a rabbi in Yanusha (Otzar HaRabbanim 13981), and his son R. Moshe Frieden, Rabbi of Colmar and teacher in Hamburg (Otzar HaRabbanim 15036).
The recipient, R. Yehoshua HaLevi Tauber (1818-1884), son of R. Aharon Tauber Rabbi of Bátorove Kosihy (Bátorkesz), author of Yad Aharon. Disciple of R. Pinchas Leib Frieden and of R. Zvi Hirsh Charif Heller. He was ordained by the Chatam Sofer and by leading rabbis of his times and was appointed Rabbi of Kiskoros, but following harassment by some of the city residents, he was forced to move to Nagytétény, there he served in the rabbinate. See the book Chiddushei Mahari Katz (Jerusalem, 1959, pp. 118-120).
Two letters, size and condition vary. Good to good-fair condition, wear and tears.
Two letters of recommendation and a certificate for his disciple R. Yehoshua Tauber. The first recommendation from the month of Shevat 1835 was written after his disciple went to study under the tutelage of R. Zvi Hirsh Heller, author of Tiv Gittin who died [in Tishrei 1834], and the disciple sought a new place for his studies. In the letter, R. Frieden also gives his disciple the title Chaver: "It has been a year or more since this wonderful young man has left my Beit Midrash…until the sun began to rise in our country at the time a great light shone in our region with the arrival of the famous Torah prodigy…R. Zvi Hirsh Heller to Oven Yashan. Then this young man…in the great Beit Midrash and studied there until …the light dimmed [R. Heller died]. Now that this young man came to me and I have found him…at the highest level and he has told me pleasant and well-grounded Torah novellae, therefore it is right to praise him at gatherings and to call him to the Torah [for an aliya] and to every holy matter by the title, Chaver Yehoshua…".
In the second letter written in Tishrei 1839, the rabbi writes a recommendation for his disciple that he is fitting to give halachic rulings and for the title Moreinu: "…He is fitting to be a rabbi and halachic authority and to lead G-d's children, even one of the large communities…to call him to the Torah [for an aliya] and to every holy matter by the title Moreinu Rabbi Yehoshua…".
R. Pinchas Leib Frieden Rabbi of Komarom (1802-1873) was born in Bonyhád, son of the Dayan R. Moshe of Leipnik. He studied under the tutelage of R. Wolf Boskowitz, author of Seder Mishnah. After his father's death in 1826, he succeeded him as dayan in Bonyhád. In 1831, he was appointed Rabbi of Komarom and held this position for 42 years. He headed an important yeshiva and many Hungarian and Slovakian rabbis were his disciples. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Chatam Sofer and with the Ktav Sofer. Authored the book Divrei Pnei Aryeh (Vienna, 1859). His sons and sons-in-law served in the rabbinate: his son-in-law R. Mordechai Eliezer Weber the Rabbi of Ada (disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz); his son-in-law R. Mordechai Reichenfeld, Rabbi of Yanusha; his son-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Lipman Waldeler Rabbi of Shalanky (Otzar HaRabbanim 18871); his son R. Mordechai Freidman a rabbi in Yanusha (Otzar HaRabbanim 13981), and his son R. Moshe Frieden, Rabbi of Colmar and teacher in Hamburg (Otzar HaRabbanim 15036).
The recipient, R. Yehoshua HaLevi Tauber (1818-1884), son of R. Aharon Tauber Rabbi of Bátorove Kosihy (Bátorkesz), author of Yad Aharon. Disciple of R. Pinchas Leib Frieden and of R. Zvi Hirsh Charif Heller. He was ordained by the Chatam Sofer and by leading rabbis of his times and was appointed Rabbi of Kiskoros, but following harassment by some of the city residents, he was forced to move to Nagytétény, there he served in the rabbinate. See the book Chiddushei Mahari Katz (Jerusalem, 1959, pp. 118-120).
Two letters, size and condition vary. Good to good-fair condition, wear and tears.
The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts
The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts