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RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF RABBI AVRAHAM YAAKOV HEIMAN, RABBI OF NAGYSZENTMIKLOS. Letter of authorisation to a Shochet. 1832. Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Heiman. Little is known of his life, other than that he was a disciple of Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Boskowitz of Bonyhad. Rabbi of Nagyszentmiklos from c. 1818 and corresponded with the Chasam Sofer. His epitaph praises him as being ‘free of sin’. Father-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Efraim Fishel Sofer of Sharvar. 1 side. 12 x 19 cm. Good condition, but one word faded.