Bidspirit auction | KASHRUS SCANDAL IN CSABA (HUNGARY)!


KASHRUS SCANDAL IN CSABA (HUNGARY)! SIGNED HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM RABBI EFRAYIM FISHEL ZUSSMAN SOFER, ROSH BEIS DIN OF BUDAPEST TO RABBI MOSHE ELIYAHU ROGOSNITZKY, DAYAN OF LEIPZIG AND RABBI OF CARDIFF. The letter, dated 1935, seeks to allay the fears of Rabbi Rogosnitzky about the kashrus of a consignment of meat sent from Csaba, Hungary, to Leipzig in Germany (where shechita had been forbidden under Nazi laws). Rabbi Mordechai Efrayim Fishel Zussman-Sofer (1867-1942), son of Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Wolf of Budapest, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Reich of Budapest. Disciple of Rabbi Eliezer Zussman-Sofer of Halas and Paks and of the Shevet Sofer. Rabbi of Kastalan (1891), Tshuz (1893) and from 1914 Dayan and later Rosh Beis Din of Budapest. Author of Ateres Paz and Eleh Masei. Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Rogosnitzky, son of Rabbi Leib of Nalibok (Lithuania) and leading disciple of Rabbi Zalman Sender Cahana – Shapira of Krinik. Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva in Leipzig. Rabbi of Cardiff, Wales. 2 sides. 15 x 23.5 cm. Excellent condition.