(The Mattersdorfer Rav, 1891-1980). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Binyamin Wolf Singer.

EHRENFELD, SHMUEL

n.p

c. 1930’s

A letter of recommendation for a young communal scribe named Moshe Klois.

R. Shmuel Ehrenfeld was the paternal grandson, of Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld (the Chasan Sofer, 1835-83), who was in turn, was one of the oldest grandsons of the Chasam Sofer. R. Binyamin Singer (1855-1930), a student of R. Esriel Hildesheimer, was the rabbi of Miklos (Rum: Sânnicolau-Mare). His father was R. Pesach Feivel Singer, rabbi of Kirchdorf, Slovakia.