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Letter with Divrei Torah Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal, Author of ”Em Ha'Banim Smechah” - Hungary, 1917 - Long letter with Divrei Torah handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal Av Beit Din of Pishtian (Hungary) to Rabbi Moshe Sofer, Dayan and Moreh Tzeddek of Erlau. The letter is from the fifth day of Hanukkah 1917. Written on the official stationery of Rabbi Teichtal. Nice, orderly handwriting. Written on both sides of the leaf. The letter deals almost completely with Divrei Torah on two matters: Pilpul on the words of the ”Tosfot Yom Tov” in the Bechorot tractate and Pilpul on the Rambam on the laws ”Bi'at Ha'Mikdash”. The letters begins with words of praise to the addressee, Rabbi Moshe Sofer. At the end of the first section of the letter, Rabbi Teichtal asks Rabbi Sofer to present it to his father. To the best of our knowledge, these Divrei Torah have never been published! Rabbi Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal (1885-1945), was one of the most prominent rabbis of Hungary. He was born inHungary and studied in Pressburg. He served as a Dayan and teacher of several communities. Until the Holocaust, he held anti-Zionist views, which were the prevalent views at that time, and totally objected to immigration to the Land of Israel. In 1942 he escaped Pishtian (Czechoslovakia) and ended in Budapest. The horrors he had seen caused him to reexamine Da'at Torah on Zionism and as a result, he changed his opinion on the subject. His carefully constructed arguments are outlined in his book Em Habanim Smechah penned during his wanderings in hiding from his Nazi oppressors and their collaborators. The book was published in Budapest in 1943. Rabbi Teichtal was transported with his family to Auschwitz. As the Soviet army advanced through Poland, in January 1945, the inmates of Auschwitz, including Teichtal and his family, were transported deeper into Germany. Teichtal was murdered by an Ukranian in a train on his way to the Mauthausen concentration camp on the 10th of Shevat, 5705 (January 24, 1945), due to his defending another Jew who had asked for water. The two sections of his book ”Mishneh Sachir” responsa were published when he was still alive. After his death, three more sections of the book were published as well as three additional editions of his book ”Em Ha'Banim Smecha”. The addressee of the letter, Rabbi Moshe Sofer, author of the ”Yad Sofer” Responsa, the son of Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau. Died during the Holocaust. A leaf written on both its sides. 14x22 cm. Condition: Good. Folding marks.