“Because the sefer Galut Aliyot … was not among the sefarim that fell in my lot …”
Rare letter with interesting content, entirely handwritten and signed by the sacred gaon Rabbi Avraham Yosef Greenwald, av beit din of Makava, Chust and Ungvar, author of Shu”t Avnei Shoham and firstborn son and successor of the Arugat HaBosem. The letter was sent on the day after the first yahrtzeit of the author of Arugat HaBosem , as appears in this letter: “Yesterday was my father, ztzllh”h’s yahrtzeit …” Chust, Wednesday of the week VaEtchanan is read [8 Av], 1911.
The letter was addressed to the gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Stern, ra’ava”d of Mishkholtz, and it discusses the Sefer Galut Aliyot (on mikva’ot ) lent by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac to the author of Arugat HaBosem . Its owner is requesting its return now that the father has passed away. Rabbi Avraham Yosef responds that this sefer did not fall in his part of the inheritance, and he asked his brother and his brother-in-law about the sefer when they came to Chust for their father’s first yahrtzeit. However, they also do not have the sefer in their possession, so it was apparently lost or stolen. Hence the gaon Rabbi Avraham Yosef requests that the ra’ava”d of Mishkoltz inform him of the price of the sefer so that he may compensate him for it.
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Stern also requested that he look in the satchel of the Arugat HaBosem’s writings to see if there is a responsum there about civil marriage. Rabbi Yosef Avraham responds that he did not find anything about this.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Avraham Yosef Greenwald .
[1] leaf paper, 22×23 cm, entirely handwritten and signed by the Avnei Shoham.
Fine condition. Light aging stains. Fold marks.