Letter from R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld Rabbi of Mattersdorf – Good Year Wishes – Tishrei 1963

Letter from R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld Rabbi of Mattersdorf – Good Year Wishes – Tishrei 1963
Letter signed by R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld Rabbi of Mattersdorf, dean of the Chatan Sofer yeshiva. [New York, Tishrei] 1963. Typewritten letter, hand-signed with his full signature: "Shmuel son of R. Sh.B.".
Addressed to R. Yehuda Aryeh Leib Rapaport, the letter contains good year wishes for a good final sealing, and a report of the success of his son Elimelech in his studies in the Chatan Sofer yeshiva.
R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld (1891-1980), Torah leader in Hungary and the United States. He was the son and successor of R. Simcha Bunim Rabbi of Mattersdorf (Mattersburg), and grandson of the Chatan Sofer. He was known for his great nobility. He served as rabbi of Mattersdorf from 1926, and as dean of the Chatan Sofer yeshiva in Mattersdorf and Brooklyn. He founded the Mattersdorf neighborhood in Jerusalem.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks.