Letter by the Rabbi & elected officials of the Szabadka community addressed to the heads of the Kanitz community informing them that one of theirs had passed away in Szabadka. At the bottom there’s a 2 line addition in the hand & signature of their Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hakohen Schapiro.
The Gaon Rabbi Avraham Ulman was born in Ansbach in 1791 to his father the holy Gaon Rabbi Shalom Ulman-Charif Rabbi in Ansbach & Lakenbach. One of the great Hungarian Rabbis in the generation of the Chasam Sofer who writes about him ” i know that this great man that his teachings are holy”
He served as a Rosh Yeshiva in Topoltchan from 1808, in around 1820 he served as Rabbi of
Szabadka (Subotica) & afterwards filled his fathers place in Lakenbach.
Szabadka (Subotica) & afterwards filled his fathers place in Lakenbach.
He is mentioned in many Seforim by the great sages of his generation. He passed away in 1849 & the Gaon the Csav Sofer eulogized him ”He Avraham was a Tzadik throughout until the end, i knew him well & he was my confident. A Tzadik the son of a Tzadik, he was famous for his Torah greatness & was a Charif.
For his & his holy forefathers full biography see the wonderful Sefer ‘Lemalu Bakodesh’.
The Gaon Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hakohen Schapiro was born in Triest around 1770 to his father Rabbi Abraham Hakohen who served as Rava”d there. He served as a Dayan in that city, from 1806 he was Rabbi of Schaffa, from 1810 he was Rabbi of Habern, from 1814 he was Rabbi of Reichenau & from 1824 he was Rabbi of
Kanitz (Dolni Kounice)
until his passing in 1830.
Kanitz (Dolni Kounice)
until his passing in 1830.
Author of Sefer Mesillah Laelokeinu (Prague 1810).
Included is a contemporary German translation of the letter that was sent together at the time.
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