Letter written by Rabbi Gedalya Tiktin, rabbi of Breslau, to the great Sir Moses Montefiore on the fifth of the Ten Days of Repentance [1858].
Letter Content: “Sir should find enclosed 52 pounds … Sir Rothschild and his honor should forgive with compassion and send this amount with the enclosed letter to Jerusalem to … Rabbi Moshe Leib Zilberberg, previously Av Beit Din in Kutno, Poland … his friend who inquires as to his well being, busy with various concerns, Gedalya Tiktin.”
Rabbi Gedalya Tiktin, Av Beit Din Breslau [1808-1886] was the son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, rabbi of Breslau, son of Rabbi Avraham Tiktin, author of Petach HaBayit . Like his father, he feverishly battled Geiger and his friends and other Reform societies in Silesia.
[1] page, blue paper. Written, signed and stamped by Rabbi Gedalya Tiktin.
Fine condition, fold marks, the paper is faded at is margins, small tears.