Bidspirit auction | RABBI YEHUDA MODERN OF SIGHET,

RABBI YEHUDA MODERN OF SIGHET, RARE UNPUBLISHED TESHUVA WRITTEN TO RABBI SHLOMO ZALMAN EHRENREICH, RABBI OF SOMLYO. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED RESPONSUM. In this rare responsum, the elderly Rabbi Yehuda Modern of Sighet explains that he is currently at a spa for health reasons and is not accustomed to issue responsa on halachic questions, but due to his admiration for the recipient’s grandfather, the Kol Aryeh, he feels obliged to reply to him. Manuscripts by Rabbi Yehuda Modern are scarce. Rabbi Yehuda Modern (1820-1893), a disciple of the Maharam Ash, the Yismach Moshe and the Chasam Sofer. He refused to accept rabbinic positions offered to him, but headed a Yeshiva in Sighet. Authored notes to his grandfather’s Kuntres Hasfeikos as well as Pri Ha’etz and Zichron Shmuel. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich (1863-1944), grandson and disciple of Rabbi Avraham Yehuda Schwartz – author of Kol Aryeh , Rabbi of Szikso (1888), Csaba (1892) and Somlyo (1899) where he headed a large Yeshiva and was greatly respected. Author of Lechem Shlomo and 30 unpublished manuscripts - lost after his murder in the Holocaust. 6 sides. 17 x 21 cm. Excellent condition.