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Letter by Rabbi Koppel Reich, Budapest 1922. Recommendation for a Talmid Chochom from his ...
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Letter by Rabbi Koppel Reich, Budapest 1922. Recommendation for a Talmid Chochom from his community.
מכתב המלצה עבור הרב המאור הגדול המופלג בהפלגת חכמים כש"ת הרב אייזק שלום לעווינגער (לעווינגער) אחד מתלמידי החכמים שבקהלתו מורה ומגיד מישרים באחד מבתי הכנסיות העומדים תחת יד הגאונים דקהלת היראים דבודפשט.
כתוב וחתום בידי רבי קאפל רייך זצ"ל בתאריך ב' שבט תרפ"ב.
Rabbi Koppel Reich (1838-1929), eminent Torah scholar and leader of Orthodox Hungarian Jewry. Grandson of R. Ya'akov Koppel Charif Rabbi of Vrbové (Verbó), author of Chiddushei Ya'avetz. Disciple of the Ktav Sofer. Son-in-law and successor of R. Yisrael Shoyer, Rabbi of Sobotište. From 1872, he served as Rabbi of Vrbové and in 1890 was appointed Ra'avad of Budapest and leader of the Orthodox Office of Hungarian Communities. For over 50 years, he stood at the helm of Hungarian Orthodox Jewry which he led with supremacy and wisdom. The recipient, R. Aryeh Leib Lifshitz, Rabbi of Santov (Abaújszántó; died in Cheshvan 1904), son and successor of R. Yitzchak Natan Lifshitz (died in 1877) in the Santov rabbinate. In 1896, R. Aryeh Leib was appointed President of the Orthodox Office in Budapest. He was elected at an assembly initiated by the author of the Yitav Lev, Rabbi of Sighet, in the home of the Pressburg Rabbi, author of Shevet Sofer.
