Lot 248
Letter from Beit Din of City of Dzialozyce and from Gabayim of Charity Funds of Eretz Israel, 1894
Letter by Badatz Kashrut of city of Zaloshitz, to Ga’on Rabbi Shimshon Orenstein, Av Beit Din of Kalish and “President of Holy City”. Signed by the rabbis of the city Rabbi Moshe Yechiel HaLevi and the three Dayanim along with signatures of an additional five leaders of the congregation and Gabayim of charity funds of Eretz Israel. Zaloshitz, 1894.
Letter pertains to discrimination regarding division of funds in the Poland Kollel; refusal to include Rabbi Tzvi Asher Cahana Shapiro as recipient of funds despite the rabbinical ruling of the Badatz. Signed by: “Rabbi Moshe Yechiel HaLevi” and Dayanim: “Levi son of Rabbi D---“, “Shmuel…”, “Yosef --- rabbinical authority”. Leaders of the congregation: “Moshe Mamelak”, “Yisrael Holtzberger HaCohen”, [“Ben Zion--?”], “Avraham Yehoshua --- Gabay of Etrogim [citrons] for Eretz Israel” and Rabbi “Tzvi Yissachar Dov Hershnowitz”.
Ga’on Rabbi Moshe Yechiel HaLevi (Stashevsky) Av Beit Din of Dzialozyce (adjacent to Kielce, Poland), among Chassidim of Peshischa. (Passed away in 1904 at the age of ninety, Hapeles, year 4, pp. 882 – and Otzar HaRabbanim 15482 lists that passed away at age 83).
33.5 cm. Fair condition, wear damage and spotting. Four stamps in Hebrew and Polish.
