Bidspirit auction | RABBI CHAIM HALBERSTAM OF RATZFERT,

RABBI CHAIM HALBERSTAM OF RATZFERT, DAYAN OF SZATMAR – LETTER AND WEDDING INVITATION TO RABBI YEHOSHUA EHRENREICH OF SOMLYO (AND JERUSALEM). RARE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER. In this rare letter, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Ratzfert expresses his reluctance to ask for financial help but says he has no option due to his difficult situation and the funds needed for forthcoming wedding of his daughter Channa Breindel to Rabbi Avraham Naftali Halberstam, son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Stropkov. He asks that the invitation be handed over to the wealthy Reb Benzion Zitron and appeals for his generous assistance. ‘You know that it is against my nature to impose on people or ask for help, but now I am very desperate for help with Hachnasas Kallah’ Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1882-1942), eldest son of Rabbi Shalom Eliezer, Rebbe of Ratzfert and son-in-law of (I) Rabbi Avraham Shalom Pinchas Rottenberg of Walbrom – Czenstochowa and (II) of Rabbi Baruch Rubin of Brizdowitz. Rabbi and Dayan in Szatmar, where he was highly respected. Passed away before the deportations and was buried in Szatmar. Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich (d. 1959), son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Somlyo. Succeeded his father as Rabbi of Somlyo after WWII, before settling in Jerusalem, where he published his father’s writings. Invitation. 15.5 x 23 cm. Very good condition.