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Archive of Letters of R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Rabbi of Kornitz - Letters, Documents and Halachic Responsa - Kornitz, ca. 1890s-1910s

Archive of letters of R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Rabbi of Kornitz and his family members - including early letters from his son R. Yaakov Landau. Kornitz (Kurenets, Vilna region, Vileyka district), ca. 1890s-1910s.
The archive includes: familial letters (from R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Rabbi of Kornitz, his wife Gitta Feiga, their son R. Yaakov Landau and their daughters); halachic responsa; draft letters of Torah thoughts handwritten by R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau (including drafts of halachic letters to "the Gadol of Minsk" R. Yerucham Yehuda Perelman and to R. Chaim Noach Meir Levin posek in Vilna); sale contracts and various other documents in R. Moshe Yehuda Leib's handwriting.
Most of the letters are addressed to R. Yaakov.
33 paper items, including 17 letters and draft letters signed by R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau. Size and condition vary.