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RABBI SHIMON SOFER, RABBI OF ERLAU, LETTER OF CONDOLENCE AFTER THE PASSING OF RABBI ELIEZER ZUSSMAN SOFER OF PAKS, AUTHOR OF YALKUT SOFER. Dated 12th Tishri 5663 (1902), expressing the deep sorrow of the Rabbi of Erlau at the passing of the Rabbi of Paks on the Eve of Yom Kippur and apologising for being unable to attend the funeral due to his weakness after the fast. ‘My heart is broken at the breaking of the Tablets – the [loss of the] ark of the Torah and the Covenant, the pride and light of the world’. Very interesting and rare content. Rabbi Shimon Sofer (1850-1944), son of the Ksav Sofer, Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Erlau from 1881 until the deportation by the Nazis. Known as ‘Rabbi Shimon Hatzadik’, author of Hisorerus Teshuva and Shir Mo’on. [1] side. 15 x 23.5 cm. Very good condition.