Letter by Rabbanit Hena, Wife of Rabbi David Tzvi Auerbach Av Beit Din of Mahalov (Mother-In-Law of Rabbi Natan of ...

Letter by Rabbanit Hena, Wife of Rabbi David Tzvi Auerbach Av Beit Din of Mahalov (Mother-In-Law of Rabbi Natan of Breslov)
Letter handwritten and signed by the famous Rabbanit “Hena daughter of Rabbi Aharon HaKohen”, to her son, Ga’on Rabbi Menachem Mendel Auerbach Av Beit Din of Kremnitz. Mahalov, 1820. Letter in Yiddish. On reverse side, notations of address and notations of Divrei Torah in handwriting of her son Rabbi Menachem Mendel Auerbach, Av Beit Din of Kremnitz.
Rabbanit Hena Auerbach, daughter of Rabbi Aharon HaKohen of Brad (grandson of the Smichat Chachamim) and wife of Rabbi David Tzvi Av Beit Din of Kremnitz and Mahalov (passed away in 1808), son of Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Av Beit Din of Stanislav, disciple of the Ba’al Shem Tov. Wise and pious woman, composed several supplemental prayers one of which is known as Et Ratzon and printed in many editions of supplication books.
Her sons and sons-in law were Torah giants of the generation – most famous is her son-in-law, the holy Rabbi Natan, prominent disciple of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
her son, the recipient of the letter: Ga’on Rabbi Menachem Mendel Auerbach Av Beit Din of Kremnitz, son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel, Av Beit Din of Zalzitz. Among his descendants: Rabbi David Zvi, author of "Malbushei Tahara" and the Auerbach family of Safed.
21.5 cm. Blue paper, good-fair condition, wear and foxing. Filing holes.