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Interesting letter on the purification of a widow’s name and support for orphans from the Austria Kollel ...
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Interesting letter on the purification of a widow’s name and support for orphans from the Austria Kollel, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Haim Zonenfeld and Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank and more—Jerusalem 1921.
Three pages with recommendations from two beit din members and a member of the administration of the Austria Kollel in Jerusalem, from Kislev 1920/1. The matter is regarding the bad name publicized about an anonymous widow, “that she caused her husband’s death God forbid”. In the letter, the beit din members clear her name and that of the orphans, and sign the bottom. Among the signatories are Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonenfeld even added some handwritten lines: “It is a great mitzvah to provide justice for an unfortunate widow…” The latter blesses her with spiritual and material success. Additional signatures: Rabbi Nachum Wallenstein, Rabbi David Limpan Shuveks (Av Beit Din of the Chassidic kollels), and more. On a separate page is a testimony from the Austria Kollel with official stamps. Written on official letterhead of the Ashkenazi Beit Din in Jerusalem. 14x22.5cm. Folded page, folding creases and stains, small hole in the middle with no damage to text, generally good condition.
Rabbi Yosef Zonenfeld (1859-1933) was Ga’avad of the Charedi community and a great Israeli sage.
Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank (1874-1961) was a great posek of his generation, a founder of the Chief Rabbinate, member of the Chief Rabbinate and Chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Jerusalem from 1936-1961.
