Shana Tova and rabbinical matters letter, by Rabbi Shimon Segal Walentin. Yankowitz, on the eve of Rosh Ha-Shana 1838.
The letter was sent to Rabbi Elyakim Getz Shwerin Av Beit Din of Baia and opens with blessings of “Shana Tova and blessings from the Almighty”- “I wish to let my rabbi know that today I have received the new rabbinical script he has prepared, written and signed by the members of my community”.
Rabbi Shimon Segal Walentin, Av Beit Din of Yankowitz near Baia, was among the rabbis who signed in the first Hungarian rabbinical gathering against the Neologists, which took place in Paks in 1844. (See enclosed expert authentication).
22 cm. Good condition, wrinkles and letter folding. Long address caption on the back of the letter, wax seal.