Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Azriel Hildesheimer. Eisenstadt, 7th Adar II 1862.
Letter of Torah thoughts on various topics, sent to R. Gershon Litsch-Rosenbaum in Pressburg.
To the best of our knowledge, the present letter was not published, thought later correspondence between them from Sivan 1862 was published in Responsa R. Azriel Hildesheimer and in the Tzohar Torah anthology.
R. Azriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899), a leader in his times, disciple of the Aruch LaNer and of R. Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg. He served as rabbi of Eisenstadt and later Berlin, where he established the Rabbinical seminary, standing at the helm of Orthodox Jewry in Germany.
The recipient of the letter, R. Gershon Segal Litsch-Rosenbaum (1837-1901), was a disciple of the Ketav Sofer and R. Yehuda Aszód. Rabbi of Tállya for over thirty years.
[1] double leaf (one and a half written pages). 23.5 cm. Thin, bluish paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. Wear and tears.

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