Letter by Rabbi Natan Nota HaLevi Kallel, Av Beit Din of Sharbagrad, Grandson of the Machatzit HaShekel

Letter by Rabbi Natan Nota HaLevi Kallel, Av Beit Din of Sharbagrad, Grandson of the Machatzit HaShekel

Letter by Rabbi Natan Nota HaLevi Kallel, to Sir Moses Montefiore, 1884.

Specifications: [1] leaf, paper, written on both sides. 14x22 cm. The opening of the letter was written in a scribe's elegant handwriting.

Unique Features: The letter opens with blessings and well wishes upon Sir Montefiore's ninety-ninth birthday, and ends with a request to come to his aid because of his many expenses. Amongst other things, he mentions his desire to send his sons to study at a yeshiva in Eisenstadt with the gaon RY"M Perles, but lacks the finances to do so, and notes that he is the grandson of the holy author of Machatzit HaShekel. (Refer to the book HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav p. 531, and Ohalei Shem, p. 290).

Background: Rabbi Natan Nota HaLevi Kallel, son of Rabbi Aharon son of Rabbi Yehudah, son of the Machatzit HaShekel, was born in 1851. He was a student of the Ktav Sofer and of the author of Machane Chaim. He served as Av Beit Din of Sharbagrad from 1870 until his passing in 1923. Many of his Torah novellae have been published in various journals: VaYelaket Yosef, Tel Talpiot and Torah MiTzion. 

Condition: Fine. Aging stains. Fold marks.