Homily Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Shamloy – Av 1938

Homily Handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Shamloy – Av 1938
Double leaf (two written pages) handwritten by R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich Rabbi of Shamloy (Şimleu Silvaniei), homily for Parashat Vaetchanan. [Shamloy?, Av] 1938.
The homily concludes with blessings for the fulfillment of the verse "all of you are alive this day". At the foot of the homily, R. Ehrenreich refers to teachings found in his book Tiyul BaPardes.
On verso, letter handwritten and signed by R. Mordechai Ze'ev Ehrenreich (of New York), addressed to the philanthropist R. Yehuda Aryeh Leib Rapaport: "…I am hereby fulfilling his request for a manuscript of my grandfather R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich rabbi of Shamloy, from his grandson M.Z. Ehrenreich".
The present homily was printed in Even Shleimah on the Torah (1974).
R. Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich Rabbi of Tshaba (Hejőcsaba) and Shamloy (1863-1944), grandson of R. Avraham Yehuda Schwartz author of Kol Arieh, rabbi of Mád. A tremendous Torah scholar, kabbalist and Chassid, he was one of the leading halachic authorities and Orthodox rabbis in Hungary. He was a close disciple of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, and a colleague and admirer of the latter's son Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. He was held in high esteem by the rabbis and rebbes of his generation for his outstanding Torah knowledge and fear of G-d. R. Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert proclaimed that he was unparalleled in his times as a halachic authority. R. Avraham Yehoshua Freund of Năsăud, himself a leader to thousands of Chassidim, would humble himself before him and the Darchei Teshuvah termed him a second Shaagat Aryeh. He authored: Responsa Lechem Shlomo, Tiyul BaPardes, Rachamei Av, and more.
[1] double leaf (two written pages). 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and minor tears.
An additional leaf is enclosed – a photocopy of a letter from 1964 handwritten and signed by the author's grandson, R. Mordechai Ze'ev Ehrenreich (with the addition of one handwritten line), appealing to R. Leib Rapaport to help fund the publication of his grandfather's writings. He writes there that he has enclosed a manuscript of his grandfather the author.