Auction 9 Rare Books, Books of Hassidism, Bibliographies, Facsimile Books, Chabad, Letters, Manuscripts, Hanukkah Lamps, Coins, Banknotes, Medals, and more
By Ometz auctions
Dec 23, 2018
Rav Shach 25 Beitar Ilit, Israel
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LOT 113:

Letter by Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg author of Daat Sofer to Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog - Jerusalem, 1958.

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Letter by Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg author of Daat Sofer to Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog - Jerusalem, 1958.
Letter of Blessings by Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg author of Daat Sofer to Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Herzog on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Rabbi Akiva Sofer [1878-1959] Author of 'Daat Sofer', son of Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer, rabbi of Pressburg, author of Shevet Sofer. The last Rabbi of Bratislava.

At the age of 29, he was appointed as the chief rabbi of Pressburg (then in the Kingdom of Hungary) under his father. He was elected president of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis, an organization that incorporated more than 300 Orthodox communities in Hungary. During the Second World War he fled to Switzerland and from there to Palestine.He was also a member of the Council of Torah Sages. Upon his immigration to Israel after the Second World War, he re-established the Pressburg Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and at the same time served as President of Kollel Shomrei HaChomot and Batei Ungarin in Jerusalem.
[1] page. 24x15.5 cm, all in his handwriting and signature.
Very good condition. Folding marks.


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