Letter from Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi Av Beit Din of סערהייא, Author of 'Eynot Mayim'

Letter from Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi Av Beit Din of סערהייא, Author of 'Eynot Mayim'

Letter from Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi Av Beit Din of  סערהייא, author of Eynot Mayim and head of his community, to the editor of HaMaggid, Eliezer Lipman Zilberman.  Sohrau, 1864. 

Specifications: [1] page, blue paper. 14x22 cm. Request to add their blessings to those printed about Montifiore on the pages of the journal 'HaMaggid.' 

Unique Features: Document signed in the handwriting of the seven heads of the community in סערהייא, Poland, led by Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi, in which they describe their desire to publish their enthusiastic admiration for "the great officer in Israel Moshe Montifiore for the salvation which he has brought by the word of G-d to multitudes of Jews on this day," and their blessing that G-d give him a long and pleasant life, "and may he have the merit to see when G-d returns the returnees to Zion and chooses Jerusalem once again. Amen."

Background: Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi, Av Beit Din of סערהייא, was one of the greatest rabbis of his time (see Zecher Yehosef by Rabbi Stern, Yevamot 119b) and a famous preacher. His important book Eynot Mayim (Warsaw 1857) received approbations from many of the leaders of the generation: Rabbi Shmuel Avigגor author of Tana Tosefta, Rabbi Yitzchak Izik Chaver, author of Emek Yehoshua, Zayit Ra'anan, HaKtav V'HaKabbalah, Amudei Ohr, and the author of Imrei Binah. 

Condition: Fine-very fine condition. Fold marks, one of the signatures is faded.