A very rare long personal letter from the Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman - to his student Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer ...

A very rare long personal letter from the Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman - to his student Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Weber Rabbi of Ada - at the time of his appointment as rabbi of the Ada community - Makava

רבי שלמה זלמן אולמן [תקנ"ב- תרכג], מגדולי חכמי דורו ומרביצי התורה בהונגריה. חתנו של רבי שמחה בונם איגר-גינז ממטרסדורף, אחיו של הגרעק"א. רבי שלמה זלמן היה רב בצהלים, ברענדעק, ואחר כך במאקווא. על מצבתו נחקק: "...איש האלקים רבינו הגדול הגאון האמיתי אור מאיר עיני הגולה כבוד קדושת שם תפארתו מרן שלמה זלמן אוללמנן בעל המחבר ספר יריעות שלמה...".

Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Webber was most beloved by his rabbi, the 'Divrei Chaim' of Sanz, who corresponded with him in responsa. The Divrei Chaim, in his deep affection for him, referred to him as 'The rabbi of Ada bar Ahavah' (due to his many years as rabbi of Ada). In the 1880s, he was involved in a major controversy when he came out in defense of the rulings by his rabbi, the Divrei Chaim, against the attacks from the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Gantzfried. His opponents printed pashkevillim, and the sons of the Divrei Chaim came to his defense, "He has not been invisible nor disappeared in the eyes of all who heard and saw his greatness and glory; his honor, our father, the Admo"r, the rabbi, the gaon and sacred ... held him to be truly in fear of Heaven and a tremendous Torah scholar ... who set all his time for Torah and fear of Heaven."