Bidspirit auction | RABBI SHEMAYA LOW OF KERESTIR,

RABBI SHEMAYA LOW OF KERESTIR, LONG INTERESTING HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER TO RABBI YOSEF ADLER OR TURDA, WITH REPLY. Dated Kerestir 1939. The opening section of the letter is a halachic discussion of the permissibility of moving a Sefer Torah from a synagogue to an adjoining room. The later section concerns a Rabbinical Court ruling that apparently had not been in favour of the Rabbi of Turda. Rabbi Low sharply criticises the ruling, but points out that the two rabbinical judges are both distinguished Torah scholars and advises the Rabbi of Turda to accept the decision, quoting in the name of the Rebbe of Sieniawa, that it can happen that someone is judged to be guilty when he himself knows that he is in fact innocent, due to actions that took place in earlier gilgulim of his soul. The response of the Rabbi of Turda to the halachic points of the letter follows. Rabbi Shemaya Low (d. 1944), Rabbi of Sekeli and Kerestir, son of Rabbi Asher Zelig of Orishar and grandson of Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda of Interdam and of Rabbi Yehuda Grunfeld of Szentmihaly. Author of Benei Shemaya. Rabbi Yosef Adler (d. 1977), Rabbi of Shesburg and Turda. Leading Romanian rabbinical leader, President of the Romanian Orthodox Jewish Federation and member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. 4 large sides. 23.5 x 30 cm. Very good condition.