Special: Highly Personal Letter of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld,
Just Hours Before His Second Marriage – Jerusalem, 1927
"May the Almighty, in His mercy, grant that our marriage be pleasing before Him… and that we receive the coming of our righteous Messiah together."
A rare letter in the handwriting and signature of the esteemed Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the head of the Edah Chareidis in Jerusalem.
This letter was written by Rabbi Yosef Chaim to his sons shortly before his second marriage, to Rebbezhin Chayala, just a few hours before the wedding. In the letter, he requests them to honor and support his new wife.
At the end of the letter, he blesses them: "May the Almighty be with us as He was with our forefathers and grant us the merit to fulfill His holy commandments as He desires, and may He grant much success and salvation before Him, may we be privileged to witness imminent salvation for the community and the individual… Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, your father who desires peace for all of you and for all his people, the house of Israel.’"
The leader of the Haredi Jewish community in the Land of Israel,
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1849-1932), immigrated from Hungary to Eretz YIsrael in his youth, with his teacher, Rabbi Abraham Shag. In Jerusalem, he became close to Rabbi Yeushua Leib Diskin and received Torah and guidance from him. In addition to his greatness in Torah, he served as the head of the Hungarian Community for many years, and from 1920, he served as the first Chief Rabbi of the Edah Chareidis.
On the reverse side of the page, he wrote Torah insights and Musar on the goodness of the Holy One – Torah insights written by Rabbi Yosef Chaim for himself are extremely rare!
Jerusalem, Wednesday of Selichot, the year 1927 A double-page, two written sides Page size: 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Condition: Good, with fold marks. Minor tears at the margins, and slight ink smudges
