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Lot 228

Large Collection of Letters – English Rabbis – Ca. 1890s-1960s

Large assorted collection of over 70 letters, from rabbis and community leaders from England, ca. 1890s-1960s. Hebrew and English.


The authors of the letters include: Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler (Tishrei 1895); R. Eliyahu son of R. Shlomo Yaakov, rabbi in Manchester (Tevet 1889 and 1899); R. Yisrael Yaakov HaKohen Yaffe (Manchester, Kislev 1920); R. Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (London, 1926); R. Shemaryah Yitzchak Bloch (Birmingham, 1914); R. Shemaryah Menasheh HaKohen Adler (London, Tishrei 1921; sent to R. Shlomo Breuer, Rabbi of Frankfurt); R. Aharon Hyman (2 letters, ca. 1900-1901); R. Yoel HaLevi Herzog (4 letters; Leeds, ca. 1909-1910); R. Yisrael Chaim Deiches (Leeds, 1934); R. Yehudah Leib Ostrinsky (Leeds; two letters); R. Binyamin Benish Atlas, Rabbi of Glasgow (6 letters); R. Yaakov David Luria (Glasgow; 6 letters); R. Michel Asher HaKohen Matlin, Rabbi of Dublin (4 letters); R. Yitzchak Meir Yoselson (Dublin, 1909); R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (London, 1931); R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi Herzog; R. Isser Yehudah Unterman (Liverpool; 5 letters); R. Asher Grunis (Cardiff, 1937); R. Nachman Shlomo Greenspan of Leeds (a letter from him, and many letters to him); R. Chaim Heller and R. Yerucham Leiner (postcard to R. Greenspan with letters from both of them); R. Joseph Hertz, Chief Rabbi of England (two letters); R. Yisrael Brody, Chief Rabbi of England; R. Avraham Moshe Babad (Sunderland, 1946); R. Yaakov Schechter, Rabbi of Belfast (2 letters); R. Aryeh Leib Grossnass and his Beit Din (London, 1966); and more letters from many rabbis.


77 items, including over 70 signed letters, most on official stationery. Varying size and condition.