Letter by Rabbi Eliezer Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád - To Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Erlau

Letter by Rabbi Eliezer Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád - To Rabbi Moshe Sofer of Erlau
Long letter of responsa, by R. Eliezer Deutsch, to R. Moshe Sofer of Erlau [author of Yad Sofer]. Bonyhád, 1915.
Responsa on the laws of a long narrow etrog, and on the laws of a chicken hatchery ("machine-warmed eggs"). Most of the letter is written by a copier-scribe. At the end of the fourth page are about nine short lines handwritten and signed by R. Eliezer Deutsch himself who writes "If there is any mistake by the copier, he should understand" and apologizes that he did not respond to all of his questions since he is not well.
The renowned Torah scholar Rabbi Eliezer Chaim Deutsch (1850-1915), was a posek and prominent Hungarian rabbi. Disciple of the Mahari Asad and the Maharam Ash. Author of the Pri Sadeh responsa, Tevuot HaSadeh and Chelkat HaSadeh, and more. In 1876, he was appointed Rabbi of Hanušovce and in 1897 moved to serve as Rabbi of Bonyhád. His son was R. Moshe Deutsch Rabbi of Lemešany and his son-in-law was Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Shwartz, author of VaYilaket Yosef.
2 leaves of official stationery, [4] written pages. 48 cm. Greenish paper. Good condition.
These responsa was printed with variations in the HaNesher anthology, Year 11 (Trnava, 1943), Siman 134, Leaf 193; and in the book Eretz Binyamin - Pri HaSadeh, Jerusalem, 1978. The second part of the responsa was printed in the book Divrei Aharon (Goldman), Yoreh De'ah Siman 23, [there the content is erroneously attributed to R. Yosef Schwartz (son-in-law of R. Eliezer Deutsch) author of VaYelaket Yosef].