A letter of recommendation from one of gdoley HaDor in the nineteenth century to come to the aid of one of the ...

A letter of recommendation from one of gdoley HaDor in the nineteenth century to come to the aid of one of the greatest scholars

An important and interesting letter of recommendation call to come to the aid of one genius in printing his writings - Frankfurt am Main, nineteenth century. We did not find out the identity of the writer, but from the content it is clear that he is one of the great scholar of the generation of Rabenu Hachat'm sofer. The letter is addressed to the franchisees of the Frankfurt Main community and call for coming to the aid of that scholar.

In his letter, the writer opens with the many virtues of the genius (without mentioning his name) - his greatness in all parts of the Torah and in all wisdom:"The generation, come  and see the deed of G-d that established in our generation goel Goder Peretz, meshovev Netivot Talmud, known from his youth ... And from heaven he was credited with composing several essays on halakhah...".

He then briefly details the hardships of that scholar who was forced to leave the State of Russia and seek rest in the nearby Ashkenazi cities due to his weakness, until he arrived in Frankfurt am Main. And so he writes: "And here it is for me nine years that I was expecting and waiting to know what will be done in honor of my friend the Rabbi  ... If he succeeded he wanted to arrange and find out and make them some connection in print ... And here is the day I was hoping for ... The rabbi added and lifted his heart on the way to study to make his teachings bundles bundles in the Rishonim ways ... ". The author then lists the writings of the genius that were in manuscript at the time, including 'Ma'amar Agan Hashar', 'Ma'amar Haharash VeHamasger'', the "Mor VeOalot Responsa" (According to this book, the author may be referring to Rabbi Eliyahu Posek, author of the Mor and Ohelot Responsa - Rabbi of Mohlika and Zaltopol in the Ukraine, although the other books mentioned are not known to have been authored), and more. Towards the end of the letter the writer notes that the above needs help that the printing work of his writings will be done by others and calls on the City of Frankfurt am main to come to his aid.

The identity of the author not clear to us, but from the content it is clear that he is one of the greatest rabbis in Frankfurt am Main in the nineteenth century.

[2] p. Very good condition.