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Halachic Ruling Signed by the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa – Szombathely, 1945

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Halachic ruling signed by Rebbe Yosef Grünwald, the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa, and his court. [Szombathely (Hungary), Kislev 1945].
Record of a testimony about a woman who perished in the Holocaust, in order to permit her husband to remarry. Signed by dayanim Rebbe "Yosef Grünwald", R. "Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann", "Elimelech Wieder". Stamp of Rebbe Yosef Grünwald.


Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (1903-1984), last Rabbi of Pápa, Hungary, and leading rabbi in the United States. Son and successor of R. Yaakov Yechizkiyah Grünwald, Rabbi of Pápa, the Vayaged Yaakov (son of R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem). He served as posek and yeshiva dean in Satmar, and in 1941 after the passing of his father the Vayaged Yaakov, he moved to Pápa and served as town rabbi. After the Holocaust he served as Rabbi in Pápa and Szombathely, later relocating to Belgium and finally the United States, where he established the Kehillat Yaakov Pupa community, and served as rabbi and yeshiva dean.


[1] leaf. 21x15 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks. Signed inscriptions on verso.

Letters and Documents – Rebbes and Rabbis of Hungary and Its Environs
Letters and Documents – Rebbes and Rabbis of Hungary and Its Environs