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Letters and Halachic Rulings Signed by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the Dayan of Pupa

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Seven halachic rulings signed by R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the head of the Beit Din of Pupa (Pápa). Celldömölk, 1946 / Antwerp, 1949-1950.
Contains: Two letters written during his residence in Antwerp, on his official stationery; five testimonies recorded in Celldömölk on women who perished in the Holocaust, signed by R. Neumann and his court.
The testimonies, recorded in order to permit remarriage, were written and signed by the Special Beit Din for Agunot established in Budapest after the Holocaust.


R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the dayan of Pupa (Pápa; 1911-2007), a prominent rabbi and posek in the previous generation. Taught thousands of students over the course of seventy years. Was a faithful disciple of the Pupa rebbes, appointed by the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa to head the Pupa Beit Midrash and after the Holocaust assisted Rebbe Yosef Grünwald, the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa. He later served as Rabbi of the Melbourne community (Australia) and Machazikei HaDat community in Montreal (Canada).


7 leaves. Varying size and condition.

Letters and Documents – Rebbes and Rabbis of Hungary and Its Environs
Letters and Documents – Rebbes and Rabbis of Hungary and Its Environs