Diverse collection of over twenty letters to and from Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, later "Rishon LeZion – Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel". Palestine and Europe, 1910s-1940s. Some on official stationery with official stamps. Many letters include draft responses and notes in R. Uziel's handwriting.
The collection includes letters from R. Uziel, and letters to R. Uziel from various rabbis, including:
• R. Haim David Suranga, Jerusalem, [1912]. • R. Shmuel Moshe Mizrahi, Jerusalem, 1912. • Hakham Bashi R. Moshe Franco. Jerusalem, 1915. • Rishon LeZion R. Yaakov Meir. Jerusalem, 1931. • R. Shlomo HaCohen Aharonson, first Ashkenazi rabbi of Jaffa and the Tel Aviv district. 1930. • R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, dayan of the London Bet Din. London, 1930. • R. Yehuda Leib Nekritz, son-in-law of rabbi Avraham Yoffen, Rosh Yeshiva of the "Beit Yosef" Novardok Yeshivah. Bialystok, 1938. Two letters on official postcards. • R. Yehoshua Menachem Ehrenberg, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus – regarding an agunah in one of the Cyprus internment camps whose husband was lost in the Siege of Stalingrad. Cyprus, 1948. • R. Zev Tzvi HaCohen Klein, rabbi in Berlin – regarding kosher food supply for travelers on ships under his supervision. Berlin, 1935. • And more (for more details, please refer to Hebrew description).
Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), among the leading rabbis of Eretz Israel in the early 20th century. Born in Jerusalem to a distinguished Sephardic family of Jerusalem rabbis, descendant of the author of "Chikrei Lev". At 20 he was appointed rabbi at the "Tiferet Yerushalayim" Yeshiva, and later became its director. He served as president of the "Porat Yosef" Yeshiva and established several educational institutions for Sephardic youth in Jerusalem. In 1911, he was appointed Hakham Bashi and Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Jaffa. In 1921 he travelled to Thessaloniki to serve there as Chief Rabbi, returning to Jaffa in 1923 to serve as Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, alongside Rabbi Shlomo Aharonson. In 1939, he became Chief Rabbi and Rishon LeZion of Eretz Israel. His works include "Mishpetei Uziel", "Mikhmanei Uziel", "HaShofet VeHaMishpat" and more.
22 letters. Size and condition vary.
PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.
