Letter from R. Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger Rabbi of Lviv - Good Year Wishes

Letter from R. Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger Rabbi of Lviv - Good Year Wishes
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger (Etting)Rabbi of Lviv. Lviv, Elul 1887. Addressed to R. Yehoshua Falk Zev (Wolfson) Rabbi of Foltshen (Fălticeni, Romania), regarding a scandal of breach of monopoly caused by the appointment of an additional Shochet, without the approval of the rabbi. The letter opens with blessings for the new year: "As the sound of the Shofar resounds, may G-d bless my honorable friend, the renowned, proficient, astute rabbi…". The letter concludes: "It is the duty of the distinguished members of the city to courageously support you in eliminating thorns from G-d's vineyard, and in this merit may G-d bless them with a good and blessed year, and drape upon them His sukkah of peace. So is the plea of your friend, who seeks your wellbeing with great love. Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger". R. Yitzchak Aharon HaLevi Ettinger (1827-1891), prominent Galician Torah scholar, was the son of R. Mordechai Zev HaLevi Ettinger, foremost Galician Torah scholar, author of Mefarshei HaYam and Magen Giborim, and son-in-law of R. Mordechai Zev Orenstein. He spent most his life in Lviv and was one of its leading Torah scholars. Despite receiving offers of rabbinic positions in large cities, he refused to abandon his town, apart from serving as rabbi of Pshemishel (Przemyśl) for a short time. After the passing of his uncle the Shoel UMeshiv in 1875, the Chassidic communities wished to appoint him rabbi of Lviv, due to his closeness to the Rebbes of Ziditchov, but ultimately, R. Tzvi Hirsh Orenstein received the position. After the latter's passing in Nisan 1888, R. Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger was appointed rabbi of Lviv, yet even previously, his opinion bore weight in all communities of Galicia and the surroundings (as this letter discloses). His novellae were published in his illustrious father's book - Maamar Mordechai, and in his book Responsa of R. Yitzchak Aharon HaLevi. [1] leaf. 18 cm. Approx. 14 autograph lines, apart from the signature. Good-fair condition. Marginal wear and minor tears, repaired with (acid-free) tape. Stains.