Bidspirit auction | RABBI PINCHAS CHAIM TAUB, REBBE

RABBI PINCHAS CHAIM TAUB, REBBE OF ROZDOL, A THREE-PAGE LETTER INCLUDING NEW YEAR GREETINGS AND KABALISTIC TEACHINGS, ADDRESSED TO RABBI SHLOMO ZALMAN EHRENREICH, RABBI OF SOMLYO. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER. Dated 1924. The letter expresses thanks to Rabbi Ehrenreich for his sefer Lechem Shlomo and adds a few comments to it, continuing with Kabalistic teachings and ideas related to Rosh Hashana and the month of Tishri. Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Taub of Rozdol (1867-1935), son of Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi (II) of Rozdol (descendant of Rabbi Yitzchak Eisek – the Rebbe of Kalov) and son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Chaim of Linsk (II). Studied under his maternal grandfather Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi of Komarna. In 1886 he succeeded his father as Rabbi of Rozdol, where he remained until WWI. He escaped the battlefront of Eastern Galicia and settled in Margereten, Hungary and remained there for eight years - returning to Rozdol in 1923. Rabbi Pinchas Chaim was greatly revered for his Torah knowledge, particularly in Kabala, and was held in high esteem by the chassidic leaders of his time. Most of his writings remained in manuscript. 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 Author of Lechem Shlomo and 30 unpublished manuscripts - lost after his murder in the Holocaust. 3 sides. 21 x 34.5 cm. Slight tears, but no loss of text.