Letter handwritten and signed by R. Akiva Sofer Rabbi of Pressburg, author of Daat Sofer. Pressburg, [1912].
Sent to Jerusalem to his friend R. Mordechai Friedman, with good wishes upon the engagement of his son with the daughter of R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. His signature appears at the end of the letter: "Akiva son of R. S.B.S.". At the foot of the letter, following his signature, he sends regards to Rav Sonnenfeld.
The Gaon of Pressburg - R. Akiva Sofer (1878-1960), author of Daat Sofer, son of R. Simcha Bunim author of Shevet Sofer, who was the son of the Ketav Sofer. He served as rabbi and yeshiva dean in Pressburg since the passing of his father in 1907. Following the Holocaust, he reestablished his yeshiva and community in Jerusalem. He was one of the heads of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
The recipient of the letter, R. Mordechai Friedman (d. Elul 1944), immigrated to Eretz Israel from Hungary in 1908 and was one of the prominent members of the Hungarian Kollel in Jerusalem. His son, R. Menachem Mendel (1896-1958) was a leading disciple of the author of Maasai LaMelech in the Waitzen Yeshiva. In 1912, he became engaged to Rachel Breindel, daughter of R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, and together they raised a distinguished family in Jerusalem.
Postcard. 9X14 cm. Good condition. Postage stamp and postmarks.