Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter by the Maharshag – Concerning the Orthodox Community of Satmar – 1928
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Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shimon Greenfeld – the Maharshag. Budszentmihaly (Szabolcs district), Tevet 1928.
the letter is about the disputes within the Satmar Orthodox community between those who sided with the head of the community Rabbi Chaim Freind [brother of the Rabbi of Năsăud and son of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freind, an veteran disciple of the Yitav Lev], and the opposing party. In this letter, the Maharshag protests bringing the case to court and writes that the opposition have entirely lost their community rights because they have applied to (non-Jewish) adjudication and evaded coming to a Din-Torah. therefore, they are not fitting of the title "Orthodox".
the polemic surrounding the management of the Satmar community in those days ended with the victory of the Siget Chassidic circles, the disciples of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum. At the conclusion of the controversy in 1932, he served in the Satmar rabbinate.
the renowned Torah scholar Rabbi Shimon Greenfeld – the Maharshag (1860-1930), a leading Hungarian Rabbi was a prominent posek in his times and a disciple of Maharam Schick. He served as Dayan in Mukacheve and from 1907 as Rabbi of Budszentmihaly. Many of his disciples later served in the Hungarian rabbinate. He authored the Maharshag responsa among other works.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition, minor damages to margins.
the letter is about the disputes within the Satmar Orthodox community between those who sided with the head of the community Rabbi Chaim Freind [brother of the Rabbi of Năsăud and son of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freind, an veteran disciple of the Yitav Lev], and the opposing party. In this letter, the Maharshag protests bringing the case to court and writes that the opposition have entirely lost their community rights because they have applied to (non-Jewish) adjudication and evaded coming to a Din-Torah. therefore, they are not fitting of the title "Orthodox".
the polemic surrounding the management of the Satmar community in those days ended with the victory of the Siget Chassidic circles, the disciples of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum. At the conclusion of the controversy in 1932, he served in the Satmar rabbinate.
the renowned Torah scholar Rabbi Shimon Greenfeld – the Maharshag (1860-1930), a leading Hungarian Rabbi was a prominent posek in his times and a disciple of Maharam Schick. He served as Dayan in Mukacheve and from 1907 as Rabbi of Budszentmihaly. Many of his disciples later served in the Hungarian rabbinate. He authored the Maharshag responsa among other works.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition, minor damages to margins.
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