RABBI YOSEF LEIB SOFER OF PAKS, AUTHOR OF YALKUT...

RABBI YOSEF LEIB SOFER OF PAKS, AUTHOR OF YALKUT SOFER. LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION WRITTEN ON HIS BEHALF BY RABBI YITZCHAK TZVI SOFER, RABBI OF TEMESVAR TO RABBI YOSEF HACOHEN SCHWARTZ – NOTED PRE-WWII HUNGARIAN RABBI AND AUTHOR.

Letter dated 1910, written by Rabbi Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer (on behalf of his uncle Rabbi Yosef Leib Sofer - who was in Karlsbad at the time - and on his stationery). Letter of recommendation for Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Friedlander, son of Rabbi David – a brother of the Rebbe of Liszka and author of Tal Chaim, sent to Rabbi Yosef Schwartz, who held a rabbinical position in Klausenburg at the time.

Rabbi Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer (1888-1966), son of Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fischel of Sarvar, but orphaned at a young age and adopted by his uncle Rabbi Yosef Leib Sofer of Paks. Studied at the Yeshiva of Pressburg. Son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Lowi of Temesvar, whom he succeeded as Rabbi in 1912. Author of Mispar Hasofer.

Rabbi Yosef haCohen Schwartz (1875-1944), son of Rabbi Naftali Schwartz, author of Beis Naftali and Rabbi of Mad. Disciple of Rabbi Yaakov Tenenbaum, author of Naharei Afarsemon, and son-in-law of Rabbi Eliezer Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhad and author of Pri Hasadeh and Tevuas Hasadeh. Dayan in Bonyhad and Rabbi of the Machzikei Torah community in Groswardein. Authored a large number of halachic works and edited his father-in-law’s writings for publication. For 20 years he served as editor of the respected rabbinical journal ‘Vayelaket Yosef’ including many of his own contributions.

1 side. 14 x 22 cm. Very good condition.