Handwritten and Signed Postcard from Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, the Admo"r of Erlau, Sent Immediately after the Holocaust

Handwritten and Signed Postcard from Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, the Admo"r of Erlau, Sent Immediately after the Holocaust

Early postcard sent by the Admo"r of Erlau immediately after the Holocaust to Shlomo Sofer, his cousin, in which he informs the Admo"r of his desire to collect responsa sent to his father, but "during the course of the expulsion they were lost" and he requests that his cousin turn to the rabbis with whom his father corresponded so that they would resend the responsa for him to print. The request is to turn to the rabbis: Rabbi Akiva Sofer, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, the gaon of Tchebin, and the author of Dover Meisharim.

Rabbi Yochanan Sofer, was the rabbi of Erlau [1923-2016], son of Moshe Sofer, Av Beit Din of Erlau, author of Shu"t Yad Sofer, son of the gaon, author of Hitorerut Teshuvah, son of the author of Ktav Sofer, and one of the leaders of Agudat Yisrael's Council of Torah Sages. He diligently and devotedly studied Torah all his life, authored books of Torah novellae and of halachic rulings, and was known as one of the greatest rabbis in the Land of Israel. In addition, he was occupied with the compilation of books by his ancestors, the geonim, and of books by other geonim of Hungary. He started serving as rabbi and adjudicator in Budapest after the Holocaust. After immigrating to Israel, he established the Ohel Shimon-Erlau yeshivah and the community of Erlau Chassidism - one of the most prominent Chassidic communities established in the Land of Israel after the Holocaust.

R' Shlomo Sofer, son of Rabbi Avraham Sofer, was a rabbi and manuscript editor.

[1] postcard. 16x11 cm. Written and signed by Rabbi Yochanan Sofer of Erlau.

Fine condition.