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Postcard with blessings for a good year handwritten and signed by the holy Gaon Rabbi Skiva Sofer of Pressburg, the author of Da’as Sofer. Jerusalem, 1952.
The letter that was handwritten and signed by the Da’as Sofer was sent to Rabbi Chaim Yoel Duhan, the author of Sefer Yad Chaim and one of the rabbis of Shikun Harabbanim of Russian immigrants of Jerusalem, and contains the Da’as Sofer’s blessing for the New Year:
הנוטה כדוק שמיים יחתום לחיים טובים ומתוקים. וטוב עין הוא יבורך בברכת גמר חתימה טובה שישמע הקול תפילתניו ביום צום הקדוש הבא עלינו לטובה ויחיש עלינו שנה טובה ומבורכת שנת גאולה שלמה לעמו הנדכא הנכאה.
Maran of Pressburg’s handwritten signature and stamp appear on verso of the leaf.
The great Gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg (1878-1959) Gaon Av Beis Din of Pressburg – author of the ‘Da’as Sofer’ one of the greatest rabbis and leaders of his generation. The great-grandson of Maran the Chasam Sofer and the successor of his ancestors the Kesav Sofer and the Sheves Sofer in leading the community and heading the Yeshiva of Pressburg. He served as the president of the orthodox communities of Hungary. He immigrated to Eretz Yisroel shortly before the outbreak of World War II, reestablished the Pressburg Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was appointed to serve as a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
[1] postcard. Fold lines, On verso, the address handwritten by him and his stamp, which is slightly faded. Good-very good condition.
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