Autograph Letter Signed written in German on handwritten letterhead of “Bethaus Schiffgase” (Schiff-Shul).

SPITZER, BENJAMIN SOLOMON.

11th October

Vienna

1869

Concerning finding homes for ten students during the Sukoth holiday.

R. Binyamin Shlomo Zalman Spitzer (1826-94), son-in-law of the Chasam Sofer, was a disciple of the Kesav Sofer and the Maharam Shick. In 1852 he was appointed Dayan in Vienna, however he soon resigned from the Kultusgemeinde due to his strict Orthodox standards and refusal to accomodate Reformist tendencies. Thereafter, he exclusively served the Rabbinic needs of Vienna’s celebrated Schiff-Shul for almost four decades. He was the author of Tikun Shlomo, published by his son-in-law Joseph Baer Kohen in 1892. For a biographical essay, see Likutei Tikun Shlomo pp. 247-57; also, M. A. Z. Kinstlicher, HeChassam Sofer VeTalmidav (2005) p. 485 and EJ, Vol. XV cols. 287-.