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Confirmation by the rabbinate of Pressburg, with the signature and stamp of Maran the Ksav Sofer. Pressburg, 1861.
A German document, apparently the marriage certificate of Samuel Schlesinger and Mrs. Marie Oberbreit in Pest, with noterary confirmation by the rabbinate of Pressburg with the foreign signature of Maran the Ksav Sofer – the holy Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer, with his foreign stamp. Pressburg, 13.03.1861.
[1] leaf, 34 cm. stamped document, German, with the signature and stamp of "S[amuel].W[olf]. Schriber", the Ksav Sofer, the Rav of Pressburg. Written on the back of the document are the names of the couple and serial numbers.
Maran the great Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyomin Sofer, the Ksav Sofer [1815-1872], the spiritual leader of Hungarian Jewry after the passing of his father Maran the Chasam Sofer, his successor and author of many Torah innovations, on Sugyos HaShas, Aggadic innovations, sermons, Shut and more. had thousands of disciples, great rabbis and Torah scholars.
Historical background: In 1848, a Hungarian uprising against the Austrian rule broke out. After the Austrians crushed the Hungarian uprising, with the assistance of the Russian empire, a marital law was instituted in Hungary. Hungary became part of Austria, subject to the absolute rule of the Austrian Emperor and the Austrian law. Hungarians were forbidden to demonstrate their Hungarian nationality and German was declared the official language. Therefore, this official document that was written in Hungary in 1861 was written in German.
Fold marks, minor stains, very good-good condition.
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