Bidspirit auction | RABBI DAVID LEIB SILBERSTEIN (1820-1884),

RABBI DAVID LEIB SILBERSTEIN (1820-1884), AUTHOR OF SHVILEI DAVID – RARE LETTER TO AUTHOR OF KOL ARYEH, RABBI AVRAHAM YEHUDA HACOHEN SCHWARTZ (1824-1884), RABBI OF BEREGSZASZ . Request by the Shvilei David for assistance in obtaining appointment as Rabbi of Nagykapos – signed letter in his own handwriting. ‘... It is now said that they are seeking a rabbi and someone from there told me that a few of the distinguished people there began to speak of me [as a suitable candidate], I ask your honour to do me a favour and suggest my name to them ...’ Letters from the author of Shvilei David are rare. Rabbi David Leib Silberstein, disciple of Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt and of Rabbi Koppel Charif, Dayan at Ujhely and then Rabbi of Szenta. In 1859 he left Hungary for Jersualem, where he lived for eight years, before returning to Hungary and serving as Rabbi of Kerestier, Terebesch and Weitzen. Author of Shvilei David and Shvilei David Yehuda. Rabbi Avraham Yehuda Hacohen Schwartz, favoured disciple of the Chasam Sofer, as well as of Rabbi Yitzchak Nathan Lipschitz of Santov and Rabbi Binyamin Zev Low of Verbau. Appointed Rabbi of Bergszasz (1861) on the recommendation of his rebbe – the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, and from 1881 Rabbi of Mad. Author of Kol Aryeh. [1] side, 14x21 cm. Good condition, tape on underside.