Large collection of 18 letters sent to R. David Sperber Rabbi of Braşov. Hungary, Galicia and Romania. [ca. 1900-1941].
Letters from prominent rabbis, Chassidim and various Torah scholars. Most letters contain Torah thoughts or halachic responsa.
The writers of the letters include: R. Binyamin Aryeh Weiss Rabbi of Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), author of Even Yekarah; R. Shemaya Steinberg Rabbi of Premishlan (Peremyshliany); R. Moshe Weiss of Satmar (Satu Mare; 2 letters); R. Yekutiel Yehuda Rosenberger Rabbi of Ghiriş (Cîmpia Turzii); R. Chaim Gelernter Rabbi of Kutev (Kuty); R. Yehoshua Heshel Babad Rabbi of Yassi (Iași); R. Yosef HaKohen Schwartz of Grosswardein (Oradea; 2 letters); R. Yosef Ben Tzion Glick of Luduş; R. "Shmelke Sak – in the home of the rebbe of Kosov"; and others.
The recipient of the letters, R. David Sperber (1877-1962), leading Galician and Romanian rabbi. Born in Zablotov to a family of Kosov-Vizhnitz Chassidim, he was a close disciple of R. Meir Arik. He also studied under Rebbe Moshe Hager of Kosov, author of Ezor HaEmunah, and arranged the latter's writings for printing. He frequented the courts of the Chakal Yitzchak, rebbe of Spinka, and the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. From 1908, he served as dayan and posek in Polien Riskeve (Poienile de sub Munte), and from 1922, as rabbi of Braşov (Kronstadt). He was renowned for the marriage permits he issued for agunot in the aftermath of the Holocaust. In the winter of 1950, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, where he became known as "the rabbi of Braşov", and served as a leader of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah and Chinuch HaAtzma'i. He authored Afarkasta D'Anya, Michtam LeDavid, Tehillah LeDavid, and other books.
18 letters (some on postcards). Size and condition vary.