Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yechiel Yehudah Isaacson, Rabbi of Sighet (son-in-law of the Atzei Chaim of Sighet, brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). Sighet, 25 Adar, 1947.

Written on his official stationery, with his signature and stamp. Sent to the Special Beit Din for Agunot founded in Budapest after the Holocaust – a clarification about two missing people in the Holocaust.

R. Yechiel Yehudah Isaacson (1921-1977), son of R. Avraham Yissachar Dov Isaacson, Rabbi of Polien-Riskeve (Poienile de sub Munte) and son-in-law of R. Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Atzei Chaim of Sighet (brother of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar). Disciple of R. Yehudah Segal Rosner, Rabbi of Székelyhíd (Săcueni). After the Holocaust, he served for a short period of time as She'erit HaPletah rabbi in Sighet, in place of his brother-in-law Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum, the Berach Moshe. He later immigrated to Israel and served as rabbi of Achuzat Shmuel, Haifa. In his later years he immigrated to the United States and served as rabbi of the Magen Avraham community and dean of the Torat Emet yeshiva in Los Angeles.

[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 20x16 cm. Good condition. Folds. Browning of margins. Small marginal open tear.