Letter from the Holy Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Kahana of Ungvar, 1934

Handwritten letter from ...

Letter from the Holy Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Kahana of Ungvar, 1934

Handwritten letter from Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Ungvar Kahana addressed to Rabbi Naftali HaCohen Fried.

Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Ungvar Kahana (1862 - 1944) was a prominent Hungarian Torah authority. Raised under the auspices of his illustrious grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Bilitzer, author of Be'er Yitzchak, he was a prized disciple of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Manheimer, Av Beis Din of Ungvar and author of Ein Habdolach. He learned as well under the Shevet Sofer of Pressburg and resided in the home of Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried of Ungvar, while studying in Ungvar. He was ordained by Rabbi Ganzfried at the young age of seventeen and assisted in the organization of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Beginning in 1930 he served as rabbi of Ungvar until the rise of the Nazi regime. His novellae were published in Chidushei Mahary"a HaCohen.

14 x 23 cm | Fine condition

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