Lot 259
Collection of Letters Sent to Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, Head of Telz Yeshiva
Collection of letters sent to Rabbi Eliezer Gordon Av Beit Din and head of the Telz Yeshiva and to members of his family. Ca. 1909-1910.
Some of the letters are from rabbis and Torah scholars discussing various halachic treatises. An interesting letter contains allusions to certain issues in response to questions regarding a convention of rabbis in Vilna signed by Rabbi "Ya'akov Cohen". Letters of condolence to his family, upon Rabbi Gordon's sudden death in England in Adar 1910.
Among the writers: Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Feinzilber Av Beit Din of Viekšniai; Rabbi Chaim Meir Gittleson of Slutzk; Rabbi David Shlomo Freidman Av Beit Din of Tichnitz - in the Rogachev region; Rabbi Nachum Rabin of Novoalexandrovsk. On the same leaf is another letter by Rabbi Avraham Aharon Burstein Av Beit Din of Tauragė; Rabbi Zerach Zelvin, Harford, Connecticut; Rabbi Ya'akov Ze'ev Fish, Chicago, Illinois; copy of a letter concerning shidduchim, by Rabbi Shmuel Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Seret, from a letter sent to Rabbi Ya'akov Lifshitz of Kovno; handwritten leaf of Torah novella; various letters in Russian, and more.
16 items. Size and condition vary.
