Letter by Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer – To Rabbi Moshe Leib Litch Rosenbaum, Disciple of the Chatam Sofer

Autograph letter signed by R. Azriel Hildesheimer. Eisenstadt, 1864.
Sent to R. Moshe Leib Litch Rosenbaum a dayan in Pressburg, disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Thank-you letter upon receiving the new book written by R. Moshe Leib on the laws of a Sefer Torah (MeEl HaMiluim, Pressburg, 1864). The rest of the letter relates to the author's request to distribute the book in the Eisenstadt community.
R. Azriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was a prominent rabbi in his times. Disciple of the author of Aruch LaNer and of R. Yitzchak Berneis of Hamburg. From 1851-1869, he served as Rabbi of Eisenstadt where he founded a yeshiva, the first of its kind, in which secular studies were integrated with Torah study following the school of Torah with Derech Eretz. This move provoked opposition and criticism both by the Reform Movement as well as from certain sects of the Orthodox community, however, Torah leaders in Hungary and Germany perceived his greatness and supported his yeshiva. In 1869, he was appointed Rabbi of Berlin, wherein he established the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary and stood at the helm of German Orthodox Jewry.
Folded leaf. Approx. 23.5 cm. Over 12 handwritten lines. Thin bluish high-quality paper. Good condition. Folding marks and stains.