Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Short Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher of Greiditz - 1872
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Short letter (6 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz (Grodzisk Wielkopolski). Cheshvan 1872. Yiddish.
A note sent to one of the community heads, informing about the acceptance of "Lehmann" as shochet (ritual slaughterer) for a trial period, to replace R. Zalman Spielbach until he resumes shechita. At the end, R. Eliyahu requests that the note be returned to him. At the foot of the note, two lines handwritten by one of the community leaders, who writes that he is returning the note.
R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz (1796-1875), disciple of R. Akiva Eger, served as rabbi of Pleschen (Pleszew) until ca. 1840, thereafter moving to serve in the Greiditz rabbinate. His eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh, succeeded him as rabbi of Pleschen. Famed as a holy kabbalist, in his senior years his name spread throughout the Jewish world as a wonder-worker, with amazing stories circulating of the great miracles and salvations attained through the blessings of "der Greiditzer Tzaddik" (the Tzaddik of Greiditz), "from all countries people came to seek his blessings and prayers, each one according to his needs" (Igrot Sofrim, at the foot of letter 29).
After his eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh Rabbi of Pleschen, died in his lifetime childless (in 1871), he published his son’s books Nachalat Zvi and Ken Meforeshet (Lviv, 1873). In the introduction to Ken Meforeshet, R. Eliyahu promises: "If someone seeks deliverance from G-d… he should study a Mishnah with the Rav (Bartenura), Tosafot Yom Tov and my son’s commentary and then stand and pray in any language… detailing his request so he will be answered…".
[1] leaf. 9X12.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and minor tears. Adhesive tape on margin.
A note sent to one of the community heads, informing about the acceptance of "Lehmann" as shochet (ritual slaughterer) for a trial period, to replace R. Zalman Spielbach until he resumes shechita. At the end, R. Eliyahu requests that the note be returned to him. At the foot of the note, two lines handwritten by one of the community leaders, who writes that he is returning the note.
R. Eliyahu Guttmacher Rabbi of Greiditz (1796-1875), disciple of R. Akiva Eger, served as rabbi of Pleschen (Pleszew) until ca. 1840, thereafter moving to serve in the Greiditz rabbinate. His eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh, succeeded him as rabbi of Pleschen. Famed as a holy kabbalist, in his senior years his name spread throughout the Jewish world as a wonder-worker, with amazing stories circulating of the great miracles and salvations attained through the blessings of "der Greiditzer Tzaddik" (the Tzaddik of Greiditz), "from all countries people came to seek his blessings and prayers, each one according to his needs" (Igrot Sofrim, at the foot of letter 29).
After his eldest son, R. Tzvi Hirsh Rabbi of Pleschen, died in his lifetime childless (in 1871), he published his son’s books Nachalat Zvi and Ken Meforeshet (Lviv, 1873). In the introduction to Ken Meforeshet, R. Eliyahu promises: "If someone seeks deliverance from G-d… he should study a Mishnah with the Rav (Bartenura), Tosafot Yom Tov and my son’s commentary and then stand and pray in any language… detailing his request so he will be answered…".
[1] leaf. 9X12.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and minor tears. Adhesive tape on margin.
Letters - Rabbis and Communities
Letters - Rabbis and Communities