Shu"t VaYomer Avraham by Rabbi Avraham Segal Pollack, Dayan and Rabbinic Instructor in Bonyhád, Early 20th Century

Shu"t VaYomer Avraham by Rabbi Avraham Segal Pollack, Dayan and Rabbinic Instructor in Bonyhád, Early 20th Century

51 missives and Torah letters from correspondence of the author, the gaon Rabbi Avraham Segal Pollack, dayan and moreh tzedek of Bonyhád, with rabbis of Hungary and beyond. To the best of our examination, this manuscript has never been published. The responsa are dated 1900 onward.

Written and arranged by his disciple, Rabbi Yosef HaKohen Schwartz, dayan and moreh tzedek of Machzikei Torah in Grosswardein, whose name is mentioned in dozens of books of responsa, from his correspondence with rabbinic leaders of the generation in the framework of the Torah journal VaYilaket Yosef. The manuscript contains, as mentioned, 51 responsa. The author of VaYilaket Yosef had started to compose indices for the book, but did not complete them.

The gaon Rabbi Avraham Segal Pollack [1870-1944] was a dayan and moreh tzedek of Bonyhád. He was a tremendous gaon and huge expert, very well-known in the generation before the Holocaust. Before the age of 19, he was already asked to become Av Beit Din. He, his father, and grandfather were three generations who studied at the Pressburg yeshivah, and he heard much from them about the Chata"m Sofer and his disciples. His father was the gaon Rabbi Moshe Segal, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád and author of VaYedaber Moshe and Tikkun Moshe, a disciple of the Ktav Sofer, and the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zekkel HaLevi Pollack ztz"l, primary disciple of Rabbeinu, the Chata"m Sofer. Rabbi Avraham Segal Pollack himself also studied at the yeshivah of the author of Shevet Sofer, alongside studying with his father and grandfather. His was martyred in Auschwitz. His novellae were printed in his father's books and in the VaYilaket Yosef anthology.

The gaon Rabbi Yosef HaKohen Schwartz [1875-1944] was a son of the author of Beit Naftali and a grandson of the author of Kol Aryeh. He was rabbinically ordained by the author of Arugat HaBosem and by the Maharsha"m of of Berzhan. He served as a dayan in Bonyhád. Beginning in 1924, he served as rabbi of the 'Machzikei Torah' community in Grosswardein. He authored many books of in-depth studies and halachah. Most of his literary work was in the famous Torah journal, VaYilaket Yosef, which was published  in Hungary over the course of 20 years.

Approximately 70 pages. 15x25 cm. Fine condition. Not bound.