Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Letter by Rabbi Chanoch Zundel Yaffe Av Beit Din of Pułtusk, 1884

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Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Chanoch Zundel ben R' Ya'akov, Av Beit Din of Pułtusk". Pułtusk, Poland, 1884. Sent to Jerusalem to Rabbi Shmuel Salant. The letter is about the arrangement of a get for an agunah from Pułtusk whose husband moved to Jerusalem and abandoned Judaism. Rabbi Chanoch Zundel Yaffe-Grodzinski, Av Beit Din of Pułtusk and of Serock (1819-1891, Otzar HaRabbanim 6669), disciple of Lithuanian Torah scholars Rabbi Eliyahu Rogoler [while in Slobodka], Rabbi Leib Shapira, Av Beit Din of Kovno and Rabbi Yehuda Bachrach, author of Nimukei Hagriv. Son of Rabbi Ya’akov, Av Beit Din of Liudvinavas, author of Gufei Halachot (Warsaw, 1822) and brother of Rabbi Mordechai Zvi Grodzinski of Kalvarija. From 1847, he served in the rabbinates of Brats’ke, Serock, Zambrów and Vyshkove. From 1872, he served as Av Beit Din of Pułtusk. In the book Nefesh Chaya his signature in among the rabbis who signed on behalf of etrogim from Eretz Israel. His letter about his family genealogy was printed in the Megillat HaYachas in the book Zecher Yehosef, p. 210. Leaf, 21 cm. Good condition, folding marks.
Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives