Auction 42 Tiferet 42 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Jan 11, 2023
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 50:

Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Sofer Av Beis Din of Temeshvor to Rabbi Tzadok Kraus, with a request to assist ...

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Auction took place on Jan 11, 2023 at Tiferet Auctions

Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Sofer Av Beis Din of Temeshvor to Rabbi Tzadok Kraus, with a request to assist his impoverished relative in Jerusalem. Temeshvor, [1936]. 


"And I plead with him to convince the managers to agree to give him a larger room ..."; letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Sofer to the scribe of the Kollel of Jerusalem, Rabbi Tzadok Kraus, with a request to assist the impoverished Rabbi David Simcha Bonem Sofer who studies Torah, serves as the supervisor of Batei Hachnasat Orchim and lives in a too-small room. 


[2] pp. Over [30] lines, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Sofer Av Beis Din of Temeshvor and with his stamp. 


The Gaon Rav Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Sofer (passed away in 1966) - the son of Rabbi Yisroel Mordechai Ephraim Fischel Sofer Av Beis Din of Miklos, the grandson of Rabbi Sussman Eliezer Sofer Av Beis Din of paks and the brother of Rabbi Menachem Sofer Av Beis Din of Vesarheli. Studied at the Paks Yeshiva and published Torah innovations in the Nitei Bachurim booklet. Was Av Beis Din of Temeshvor and author of Shut Mispar Hasofer (two sections), a considerable part of which was dedicated to Heiter Agunos after the Holocaust in Transylvania. In his old age managed to leave Communist Romania and immigrated to Jerusalem. His son, Rabbi Eliezer Mordechai Ephraim Fischel Sofer, was a scribe, Rav and Ram of the Toldos Yaakov Papa community of Jerusalem. 


Rabbi Simcha Bonem David Sofer (1912-1988) - editor of the book Mazkeret Paks and additional books. His writings were published in Kuntres Zikaron Basefer (Jerusalem, 1989). Immigrated in his youth to Jerusalem and at first, suffered from poverty and financial distress. His father, Rabbi Shmuel Binyomin Sofer, authored the book Divrei Sofrim. 


Fold lines. Minor aging stains. Filing perforations. Good condition.  

Measurement:  34 cm

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