Rare Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Ginzler, Av Beit Din of Vishova

Rare Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Ginzler, Av Beit Din of Vishova

Short letter of Torah novellae, entirely handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Ginzler, Av Beit Din of Ober Vishova and author of Meishiv Nafesh, to his nephew. The letter contains Torah novellae in Tractate Mo'ed Kattan. Extraordinarily rare and important.

In his letter dealing with the serious halachahs of niddah, regarding the halachah that a dead woman is considered to be in niddah, because in the terror of the moment of death, she became niddah, the gaon discusses, inter alia, what the law would be if she experienced a serene death [מיתת-נשיקה]. 

The gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Ginzler, Av Beit Din of Ober-Vishova [1835-1911] was born in Ujhely, and was blessed in his childhood by the author of Yismach Moshe. In his youth, he was sent by his father to study with the latter's son-in-law, the renowned gaon, the author of Kol Aryeh. His brother-in-law, the 'Kol Aryeh, ' watched over him like a son and said that he fit the definition of a disciple who causes his teacher to become wiser. Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke was rabbinically ordained by the author of Minchat Chinuch, the author of Sho'el U'Meishiv and by the gaon Rabbi Shmelke of Selish. For close to fifty years, he served in the Ober-Vishova rabbinate, and his name preceded him throughout the land as one of the leading rabbinic instructors. Among his many works, his book Meishiv Nafesh al HaTorah was printed (Sighet, 1912).

[1] leaf paper, approximately 16x10 cm. Entirely in his hand and with his signature.

Very fine condition.