Takanas Agunos after the Holocaust - collection of [11] documents signed by the rabbis of She'eris HaPleta in ...

Takanas Agunos after the Holocaust - collection of [11] documents signed by the rabbis of She'eris HaPleta in Hungary. [1945-1948]. 

[10] forms for obtaining evidence of the passing of a man/woman printed in Hebrew, Yiddish and Hungarian and aletter about Hataras Agunos, Hungary [1945-1948]:

[8] forms for obtaining evidence of the passing of a woman:

* Evidence of the passing of Blime Lichtenstein previously Grass. Hebrew. Erlau, [1946]. Signed by the Dayanim: Yochanan Sofer [the Admor of Erlau, author of Sefer Imrei Sofer]. Yekutiel Yehuda ben Rabbi Yisroel Dov and Moshe ben rabbi Shlomo Zvi Rosenberg. 

* Evidence of the passing of Mirel Kultshur. Hebrew. Erlau, [1946]. Signed by the Dayanim: Avraham Shmuel Binyomin ben Rabbi Moshe Sofer [author of Shut Divrei Sofer and Sefer Machazeh Avraham], David ben Rabbi Yaakov Weiser and Ze'ev ben Rabbi Alexander Hershkowitz. 

* Evidence of the passing of Reisel Friedman. A foreign language. Debretzin, [1945]. Signed by the Dayanim: Moshe Stern [Av Beis Din of Debretzin], Yosef [?] and Yehoshua ben Rabbi Shlomo Shabtai Halevi. 

* Evidence of the passing of Perl Weiss. A foreign language. Debretzin, [1946]. Signed by the Dayanim: Moshe Stern [Av Beis Din of Debretzin], Yosef [?] and Yehoshua ben Rabbi Shlomo Shabtai Halevi.

* Evidence of the passing of Chaya Grunbaum. A foreign language and Yiddish. Debretzin, [1946]. Signed by the Dayanim: Moshe Stern [Av Beis Din of Debretzin], Yosef [?] and Yehoshua ben Rabbi Shlomo Shabtai Halevi.

* Evidence of the passing of Anges Rudash. A foreign language. Debretzin, [1947]. Signed by the Dayanim: Moshe Stern [Av Beis Din of Debretzin], Yosef [?] and Yehoshua ben Rabbi Shlomo Shabtai Halevi.

* Evidence of the passing of Mrs. Kraus Anderne. Yiddish. Pest, [1947]. Signed by the Dayanim: Zvi Hirsch Hacohen [Rosh Yeshiva, Av Beis Din of Deretshke], Yaakov Segal Lubavitch [of Kopish, author of Sefer Mishnas Yaakov] and Yisroel Wolf [Rosh Yeshiva, Av Beis Din of Pest, author of Shut Divrei Yisroel and more]. 

* Evidence of the passing of Weinstok's wife, the daughter of Reb Amram Gestetner. A foreign language, Yiddish and Hebrew. Pest, [1948]. Signed by the Dayanim: Rabbi Moshe Nosson Schick [the secretary of the orthodox communities of Hungary and the Chief Rabbi of the Hungarian army during the years 1948-1949 and Rav of a synagogue in his name in Bedapest], Gabriel Yehuda Alovich [Av Beis Din of Shamshon and the vicinity, author of Sefer Guy Yinasseh] and Moshe Dov Wolfer. 

[2] forms for obtaining evidence of the passing of a man:

* Evidence of the passing of Grunewald Herman. Debretzin, [1948]. Signed by the Dayanim: Moshe Stern [Av Beis Din of Debretzin and Rav in Beunos Aires and New York, author of Shut Ba'er Moshe and more]. Avraham Yosef Greenwald and Aharon Yehuda Spitzer.

* Evidence of the passing of Fleisher Deyula. Pápa, [1948]. Signed by the Dayanim: Shimon Yisroel Posen [Av Beis Din of Shofran, Av Beis Din of Pápa and Rosh Yeshiva] and Shlomo David Mendelovich [Ram of the Shofran Yeshiva and Shoches and Bodek in Zurich and Paris].

- Letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Sofer to Rabbi Yaakov Lubavitch, Rosh of the special Beis Din for Takanas Agunos in Pest, about a Heter given to Leah the wife of Reb Shimon Polack. Tomshvar, 1948.

Background: in 1945, the central Beis Din for matters of Agunos was established in Budapest, by the initiative of the central office of the orthodox community headed by Rabbi Shmuel Kahn-Frankel. The rabbis of the Beis Din were some of the leading rabbis of She'eris HaPleta of the city, including Rabbi Yaakov Segal Leibowitz, Rabbi Yisroel Weltz, Rabbi Yehoshua Greenwald of Chust, Rabbi Shimon Yisroel Posen, Rabbi Zvi Hacohen of Derchka and more. For a year and a half, the rabbis dedicated themselves to their activity at the Beis Din, saving from Igun two thousand and eight husbands and seven hundred Agunos. The Beis Din initiated an appeal for obtaining detailed evidence from Holocaust survivors who passed through the city and established a database of evidence for future Agunos. The process of obtaining evidence was also undertaken by county rabbis, village rabbis, Shochatim and Bodkim and private people who travelled widely to obtain the evidence. The central Beis Din continued to act in Budapest until 1950 alongside additional Batei Din for Agunos which operated in Hungary. 

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