Letter of Halachic Responsum from the Shoel UMeshiv - Lviv, 1864

Letter signed by R. Yosef Shaul Nathansohn, author of Shoel UMeshiv, addressed to R. Yaakov Shlomo Heilprin Rabbi of Premishlan (Peremyshliany). Lviv, Cheshvan 1864. Halachic responsum regarding the laws of errors in a divorce document, in the spelling of the name of the father of the women getting divorced. Written by a scribe, with the signature of R. "Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn Rabbi of Lviv and the region". The letter is addressed to: "R. Yaakov Shlomo, Rabbi of the Premishlan community" (inscribed on the back leaf). R. Yosef Shaul Natansohn (1808-1875) was a leading Torah scholar in Galicia. Already in his youth, he composed together with his brother-in-law R. Mordechai Zev Ettinger the books Mefarshei HaYam on Bava Kama and Magen Giborim on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. He sent responses to thousands of queries, and authored many books: Responsa Shoel UMeshiv - 15 parts; Divrei Shaul on the Torah, Rambam and Shulchan Aruch; Yadot Nedarim and others. From 1857, he served as Chief Rabbi of Lviv, which was the largest and primary Galician community. After his passing, he was eulogized by R. Shlomo Zalman Spitzer (son-in-law of the Chatam Sofer): "A leader of outstanding Torah scholars, master of the entire Jewish people… whom all the leading Torah scholars of our times addressed their questions to on difficult matters… he was holy from birth and was raised in holiness to Torah and worship of G-d… already 40 years ago, my father-in-law the Chatam Sofer praised him effusively and termed him a Gaon…". The recipient of the letter: R. Yaakov Shlomo Heilprin (1827-1895), rabbi of Dunayev and Premishlan, was the son of R. Dov Berish Heilprin Rabbi of Premishlan. He maintained close ties with R. Yosef Shaul Natansohn, and judging by the large number of responsa addressed to him contained in Responsa Shoel UMeshiv, it appears that he was one of his confidants. He composed the booklet Yefeh Anaf on the history of the Heilprin family. [1] double leaf. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Large tears to the right margin of the leaf, slightly affecting text. Based on our search, it appears that this responsum was not published in Responsa Shoel UMeshiv, though there is a responsum addressed to a different rabbi on the same topic (in Mahadura Tinyana, section 159). It is possible that this responsum was not published since the main points were addressed at length in the other responsum.