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Interesting letter handwritten by the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, the author of the Kitzur...

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Interesting letter handwritten by the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, the author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – on Remazim, Gematria and the halachos learned from them – written to the Kaon Rabbi Aharon Kornfeld of Prague, with regard to the publishing of his book Tziyunim LeDivrei HaKabbalah – written between the years 1865-1882

This letter was written to the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Kornfeld after the publishing of his book Tziyunim LeDivrei HaKabbalah (Prague, 1865) – an original, genius book on the Parashiyos of the Torah, demonstrating how many halachos of the Torah Shebe’al Peh are implied in the Gematria of varied verses (the book refers to the commentary of Ba’al Haturim on the Torah; the Gematria there, however, is most complex). Beneath the Gematria, he notes its Talmudic reference.

In this letter, the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried refers to additional Talmudic sources that base Halachos from the Gematria of verses. The letter is incomplete, ending in the middle and without a signature.

The letter was published in the Moriya journal, Shevat 2013, issu 375-377, pp. 196-197.

The Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886) the renowned Rav of Ungvár (Uzhhorod) was a disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Heller, the author of Tiv Gittin. Author of many books including Keset Sofer, Torat Zevach, Lechem VeSimlah, Ohalei Shem; however he is most renowned for his valuable book the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, which is a basic and important book and had 14 editions that were printed in his lifetime. Many famed Geonim wrote of his greatness including the Chasam Sofer, the holy gaon Rabbi Shimon Sofer and the Maharam Schick. When he was 30, in 1834, he published for the first time his famed book on Hilchot Stam, Keset Sofer, which received an enthusiastic approbation from the Chasam Sofer.

The Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried taught students his entire life, writing down the new things he had learned during those lessons. In his lifetime, he published his innovations on the Shas in his book Pnei Shlomo on tractate Bava Batra only. His innovations on the other tractates of the Shas remained unpublished. Only in the years 1989-1999, the Jerusalem Institute published the five volumes of Pnei Shlomo series on the entire Shas.

Rabbi Aharon Kornfeld (1795-1882) was an original Gaon. In 1865, he published his original book Tziyunim LeDivrei HaKabbalah. Rabbi Aharon headed a yeshiva in Bienikoi with many students who revered him.

Folded sheet. Greenish paper. [2] leaves (4 written pages). 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear.

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