Halachic Response by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein of Selish (Av Beit Din of Szilágycseh) – Agunot of Missing ...

Halachic Response by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein of Selish (Av Beit Din of Szilágycseh) – Agunot of Missing Soldiers
Halachic response pertaining to ordinance of Agunot for wife of missing soldier during World War I (Hungary, c. 1936).
According to quotation in response to his book Takanat Agunot and citations from that book, it is apparent that the response was written by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein, Av Beit Din of Szilágycseh.
Born in 1862 in town of Selish where he served in the rabbinate of his grandfather the holy Ga’on Rabbi Shmelke author of Tzror HaChaim. Studied in the Yeshiva of his uncle, Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Klein, in Selish. In 1880, upon the death of his father, rabbi of Szilágycseh, the community decided that his 18 year old son would succeed him after his marriage. Occupied rabbinical position for over sixty years until his demise in Cheshvan 1941. Was extensively involved with rulings regarding World War I Agunot and after the Holocaust his son printed the Ateret Shlomo pamphlet – rulings for Agunot on these matters, in Budapest.
4 pages, 34 cm. Good-fair condition, tears and wear on leaf margins.