Letter regarding cantorial position in Mako, sent to R. Yisrael Ullman by R. Yaakov Tzvi Katz in the name of Maharam Ash. Ungvar (Uzhorod), 1867. On the letter's margins is a letter of recommendation "as per your request"; five lines handwritten and signed by "R. Menachem ben Meir Ash", rabbi of Ungvar.
Rabbi Menachem Eisenstaedter - Maharam Ash the Second (1808-1870, Otzar HaRabbanim 13208), was the son and successor of Rabbi Meir Ash, rabbi of Uzhorod, one of the senior disciples of the Chatam Sofer and grandson of R. David Deutch, author of Ohel David. R. Menachem Ash was considered one of the greatest rabbis and Roshei Yeshiva in Hungary. Some of his renowned disciples were: R. Eliezer Deutch, rabbi of Bonyhad, author of Tvu'ot Hasadeh; and R. Yosef Meir Weiss, Rebbe of Spinka (Sapanta), author of Imrei Yosef. See his eulogy in the book Hayashar V'hatov by his close associate Rebbe Zvi Hirsh of Liska (Olaszliszka).
The recipient of the letter was R. Yisrael Ulman, son of the rabbi of Mako, R. Shlomo Zalman Ulman, author of Yeriot Shlomo.
21 cm. Good condition. Folding creases and slight staining.