Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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A letter by the heads of the Karlsburg community, concerning the management of the city's charity funds. Signed by them and by the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Freidman. February 1853.
Rabbi Avraham Friedman (d. 1879) served as Rabbi of the Shimanda community, next to Arad, in the 1830s. In 1834, the Chatam Sofer sent him a responsum instructing him not to allow a yevama to marry in opposition of Torah law (Chatam Sofer Responsa, Even HaEzer 2, Siman 82). The Chatam Sofer calls Rabbi Friedman "My Friend", "Great in Torah Knowledge" yet he attacks him strongly "not to find an excuse to publicly transgress the words of Torah, G-d forbid". After the passing of the Mareh Yechezkel in 1845, he was elected, through government intervention, as Rabbi of Karlsburg and General Rabbi of the Transylvania district. Most of the Charedi rabbis of the area did not cooperate with him and when Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein was elected as Rabbi of Klausenburg, Rabbi Friedman cancelled his election. With his passing, the office of "General Rabbi" was cancelled in Transylvania. (See Persons in the Chatam Sofer's Responsa, page 29; Chachmei Transylvania, pages 189-190).
Yiddish-Deitsch.
34 cm. Good-fair condition, folding marks, minor damage at top of leaf.
Rabbi Avraham Friedman (d. 1879) served as Rabbi of the Shimanda community, next to Arad, in the 1830s. In 1834, the Chatam Sofer sent him a responsum instructing him not to allow a yevama to marry in opposition of Torah law (Chatam Sofer Responsa, Even HaEzer 2, Siman 82). The Chatam Sofer calls Rabbi Friedman "My Friend", "Great in Torah Knowledge" yet he attacks him strongly "not to find an excuse to publicly transgress the words of Torah, G-d forbid". After the passing of the Mareh Yechezkel in 1845, he was elected, through government intervention, as Rabbi of Karlsburg and General Rabbi of the Transylvania district. Most of the Charedi rabbis of the area did not cooperate with him and when Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein was elected as Rabbi of Klausenburg, Rabbi Friedman cancelled his election. With his passing, the office of "General Rabbi" was cancelled in Transylvania. (See Persons in the Chatam Sofer's Responsa, page 29; Chachmei Transylvania, pages 189-190).
Yiddish-Deitsch.
34 cm. Good-fair condition, folding marks, minor damage at top of leaf.
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![A Beit Din document – an authorization of a get, [with halachic details of writing the names], handwritten and signed by Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale12-public/503.jpg "Beit Din Document by Rabbi Shlomo Auerbach, Av Beit Din of Lintshits")
Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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A Beit Din document – an authorization of a get, [with halachic details of writing the names], handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shlomo Auerbach, Av Beit Din of Lintshits. [1888].
Signed by: "Shlomo, the son of Meir Auerbach; Pinchas HaCohen; Yochanan son of Rabbi A.".
Rabbi Shlomo Auerbach, son of the Imrei Bina, successor of his lineage as Rabbi of Lintshits (from 1873). In 1878, the people of Jerusalem begged him to succeed his father as Rabbi of Jerusalem. When the Rebbe, author of Sfat Emet, became ill, Rabbi Auerbach prayed profusely for his health and when he returned home he felt ill and died at the same moment as the Sfat Emet, on the fifth of Shvat, 1905. (See Chachmei Polin, Part 1, pgs. 363-364; and in the introduction to the book Imrei Binah – Sermons", pg. 76-77).
Official stationary, 21 cm. Good condition, stains.
Signed by: "Shlomo, the son of Meir Auerbach; Pinchas HaCohen; Yochanan son of Rabbi A.".
Rabbi Shlomo Auerbach, son of the Imrei Bina, successor of his lineage as Rabbi of Lintshits (from 1873). In 1878, the people of Jerusalem begged him to succeed his father as Rabbi of Jerusalem. When the Rebbe, author of Sfat Emet, became ill, Rabbi Auerbach prayed profusely for his health and when he returned home he felt ill and died at the same moment as the Sfat Emet, on the fifth of Shvat, 1905. (See Chachmei Polin, Part 1, pgs. 363-364; and in the introduction to the book Imrei Binah – Sermons", pg. 76-77).
Official stationary, 21 cm. Good condition, stains.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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A letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel Klepfisz. Warsaw, 1895.
"A letter of certification (authorization of single status), "the dear boy… of this community, who traveled from here and left his homeland… was not betrothed or married".
Rabbi Shmuel Klepfisz (1825-1902), disciple of the Gaon of Kutna, author of Za'it Ra'anan. From 1850, he served as a rabbi in Warsaw, and from 1873 he served as Head of Beit Din and Deputy Rabbi, a position that at that time held the most senior Torah authority in the capital city of Warsaw. He was renowned for his tremendous wisdom and was one of the greatest poskim and many of the great rabbis of his generation (such as the Chidushei HaRim and the Beit HaLevi) relied on his halachic decisions. (See Chachmei Polin, Part 1, pgs. 343-345).
Official stationary, 21 cm. Good condition, stains.
"A letter of certification (authorization of single status), "the dear boy… of this community, who traveled from here and left his homeland… was not betrothed or married".
Rabbi Shmuel Klepfisz (1825-1902), disciple of the Gaon of Kutna, author of Za'it Ra'anan. From 1850, he served as a rabbi in Warsaw, and from 1873 he served as Head of Beit Din and Deputy Rabbi, a position that at that time held the most senior Torah authority in the capital city of Warsaw. He was renowned for his tremendous wisdom and was one of the greatest poskim and many of the great rabbis of his generation (such as the Chidushei HaRim and the Beit HaLevi) relied on his halachic decisions. (See Chachmei Polin, Part 1, pgs. 343-345).
Official stationary, 21 cm. Good condition, stains.
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![A letter by the rabbis of Slonim, Rabbi Yoseph [Shlopfer] and Rabbi Shmuel David HaCohen Rotner. Slonim, 1894.
An authorizati](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale12-public/505.jpg "Letter by Rabbi Yoseph Shlopfer, Rabbi of Slonim")
Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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A letter by the rabbis of Slonim, Rabbi Yoseph [Shlopfer] and Rabbi Shmuel David HaCohen Rotner. Slonim, 1894.
An authorization of unmarried status, for the "dear young man of good descent from Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shimon Sofer Stam". Signed by "Yoseph who lives here in Slonim", "Shmuel David son of Rabbi M. HaCohen Rotner".
Rabbi Yoseph Shlopfer (Otzar HaRabbanim 8660), "the genius of Dinaburg" student of Volozhin Yeshiva. Son-in-law of the renowned Rabbi Izele Charif (Yehoshua Isaac Shapira), Av Beit Din of Slonim. [He is the subject of the famous story: Rabbi Izele chose him as a son-in-law because he ran after the wagon traveling from the Volozhin Yeshiva to ask Rabbi Izele the answer to his question].
He served as Rabbi of Dretchin; in 1885 after the death of Rabbi Yoseph Reizin of Telz who served as Rabbi of Slonim he succeeded his father-in-law as Rabbi until his death in 1905. Rabbi Mordechai Ushminer was his successor as Rabbi of Slonim See attached material.
16 cm. Good condition, stains.
An authorization of unmarried status, for the "dear young man of good descent from Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shimon Sofer Stam". Signed by "Yoseph who lives here in Slonim", "Shmuel David son of Rabbi M. HaCohen Rotner".
Rabbi Yoseph Shlopfer (Otzar HaRabbanim 8660), "the genius of Dinaburg" student of Volozhin Yeshiva. Son-in-law of the renowned Rabbi Izele Charif (Yehoshua Isaac Shapira), Av Beit Din of Slonim. [He is the subject of the famous story: Rabbi Izele chose him as a son-in-law because he ran after the wagon traveling from the Volozhin Yeshiva to ask Rabbi Izele the answer to his question].
He served as Rabbi of Dretchin; in 1885 after the death of Rabbi Yoseph Reizin of Telz who served as Rabbi of Slonim he succeeded his father-in-law as Rabbi until his death in 1905. Rabbi Mordechai Ushminer was his successor as Rabbi of Slonim See attached material.
16 cm. Good condition, stains.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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A letter by Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi. Yanov, 1882.
A letter of authorization for marriage: "For the young man Yoseph HaCohen from an honorable family and his father is Yehuda son of the late Tzaddik and Great Rabbi Aryeh Leib who was Rabbi here… ".
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi, Rabbi of Eishishok, Ponovezh and Yanov (Kovna district). In 1872, he was one of the five great rabbis that gave their approbation of the first edition of the book Chafetz Chaim that had then been published anonymouslyy. In the approbation he writes about the Chafetz Chaim: "My friend the Great Rabbi G-d Fearing… and as I know this Rabbi and his ways that he did not write this book for money or honor, his only intent was for the sake of Heaven". He died c. 1892. See attached material.
10.5 cm. Thin and light-colored paper, good-fair condition, tears and stains on margins. Wax stamp.
A letter of authorization for marriage: "For the young man Yoseph HaCohen from an honorable family and his father is Yehuda son of the late Tzaddik and Great Rabbi Aryeh Leib who was Rabbi here… ".
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi, Rabbi of Eishishok, Ponovezh and Yanov (Kovna district). In 1872, he was one of the five great rabbis that gave their approbation of the first edition of the book Chafetz Chaim that had then been published anonymouslyy. In the approbation he writes about the Chafetz Chaim: "My friend the Great Rabbi G-d Fearing… and as I know this Rabbi and his ways that he did not write this book for money or honor, his only intent was for the sake of Heaven". He died c. 1892. See attached material.
10.5 cm. Thin and light-colored paper, good-fair condition, tears and stains on margins. Wax stamp.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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Letter by Rabbi Meshulam Roth, concerning monetary matters for the orphans of his brother-in-law, the rabbi from Kitzman. Jerusalem, (1951).
Rabbi Meshulam Roth (1877-1963, Otzar Harabbanim 15707) served as Rabbi of Chernowitz. He was one of the leading halachic authorities in his time, and a member of the Chief Rabbinic Council in Eretz Israel.
14X9 cm. postcard. Very good condition.
Rabbi Meshulam Roth (1877-1963, Otzar Harabbanim 15707) served as Rabbi of Chernowitz. He was one of the leading halachic authorities in his time, and a member of the Chief Rabbinic Council in Eretz Israel.
14X9 cm. postcard. Very good condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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Collection of letters written by rabbis and authors from Israel, America and Canada, to writer, Ephraim Tobenhaus of Haifa, between 1950-1964.
Letters from rabbis: Rabbi Yeshayah HaLevi Horwitz (Winnipeg, Canada – Safed); Rabbi Meir Schwarzman (Canada); Rabbi Shmuel Ephraim Tiktin (New York); Rabbi Yehoshua Kaniol – Chief Rabbi of Haifa; Rabbi Avraham Abish Kanner (Chassidic Rebbe in Haifa); letters from Sadigur Rebbe's residence in Tel Aviv, and more.
The letters relate to diverse issues: books and authors, advertisements and articles in Israeli newspapers and worldwide, topics concerning the Sadigur headquarters in Tel Aviv. The letters also contain many autobiographical notes from the rabbis, who related their life history to Tobenhaus in his capacity as editor of the Tidhar "Encyclopedia".
Rabbi Ephraim Tobenhaus (1905-1983) Haifa resident, prolific writer, authored books and articles, an ardent supporter of the Sadigur Chassidut and a member of the "Mizrachi" movement. Participated in many literary projects, notably as an editor of the "Encyclopedia of Pioneers of the Settlement and its Builders" , a Tidhar publication.
Over 70 letters. Varying size and condition.
Letters from rabbis: Rabbi Yeshayah HaLevi Horwitz (Winnipeg, Canada – Safed); Rabbi Meir Schwarzman (Canada); Rabbi Shmuel Ephraim Tiktin (New York); Rabbi Yehoshua Kaniol – Chief Rabbi of Haifa; Rabbi Avraham Abish Kanner (Chassidic Rebbe in Haifa); letters from Sadigur Rebbe's residence in Tel Aviv, and more.
The letters relate to diverse issues: books and authors, advertisements and articles in Israeli newspapers and worldwide, topics concerning the Sadigur headquarters in Tel Aviv. The letters also contain many autobiographical notes from the rabbis, who related their life history to Tobenhaus in his capacity as editor of the Tidhar "Encyclopedia".
Rabbi Ephraim Tobenhaus (1905-1983) Haifa resident, prolific writer, authored books and articles, an ardent supporter of the Sadigur Chassidut and a member of the "Mizrachi" movement. Participated in many literary projects, notably as an editor of the "Encyclopedia of Pioneers of the Settlement and its Builders" , a Tidhar publication.
Over 70 letters. Varying size and condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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Collection of signed letters and documents from Torah Leaders and Yeshiva Principals in Israel:
Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, Rabbi Elazar (Menachem) Shach, Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira, Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg, Rabbi Mechel Yehudah Lefkowitz, Rabbi Nissim Karelitz.
10 items, varying size and condition.
Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, Rabbi Elazar (Menachem) Shach, Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira, Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg, Rabbi Mechel Yehudah Lefkowitz, Rabbi Nissim Karelitz.
10 items, varying size and condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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An interesting collection of letters from Petach Tikvah rabbis: Rabbi Reuven Katz, Rabbi Amram Aburbiye, Rabbi Baruch Shimon Salomon, Rabbi Moshe Malka, Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Aaronson and Rabbi Shlomo Romm.
Contents of letters: concerning ritual bathhouses and dietary laws, contamination (ritual) of Cohanim in hospitals, Sabbath observance and prevention of inappropriate advertising. [Letter dated 1970 in which the mayor, Mr. Feinberg deplores what he terms as an unnecessary protest by the rabbis against desecration of the Sabbath in the Hechal Cinema].
10 letters, of which 8 are written by rabbis. Varying size and condition.
Contents of letters: concerning ritual bathhouses and dietary laws, contamination (ritual) of Cohanim in hospitals, Sabbath observance and prevention of inappropriate advertising. [Letter dated 1970 in which the mayor, Mr. Feinberg deplores what he terms as an unnecessary protest by the rabbis against desecration of the Sabbath in the Hechal Cinema].
10 letters, of which 8 are written by rabbis. Varying size and condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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"Rabbinical ordination in the city of Rangoon", rabbinical ordination for the ritual slaughterer Rabbi Benjamin Atzlan "from the city of Bahgdad, and now a resident of the city of Rangoon". Rangoon (Yangon, Burma), 1884.
Oriental writing. Signed: "Eliyahu Zion", Yechezkel Meir Shimon Shamash", "Elisha Salman Elisha".
A small Jewish community was established in the 19th Century in Rangoon, capital of Burma, the majority of its members were expatriates from Iraq (Babylon).
Folded page, 33 cm. Good condition. Slightly torn on the margins and fold marks.
Oriental writing. Signed: "Eliyahu Zion", Yechezkel Meir Shimon Shamash", "Elisha Salman Elisha".
A small Jewish community was established in the 19th Century in Rangoon, capital of Burma, the majority of its members were expatriates from Iraq (Babylon).
Folded page, 33 cm. Good condition. Slightly torn on the margins and fold marks.
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![Collection of manuscripts: documents, letters and signed certificates. Yemen, [19-20 centuries].
Authorization for slaughter](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale12-public/512.jpg "Collection of Yemenite Manuscripts")
Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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Collection of manuscripts: documents, letters and signed certificates. Yemen, [19-20 centuries].
Authorization for slaughterers by representative of Tzan'a Beit Din, (1887), authorization for slaughterer from Jerusalem rabbis. Handwritten signature and glosses by Rabbi Yosef Tzarum, among the rabbis of Tzan'a. Marriage Ketubah (1895). The collection contains other letters and documents as well.
7 items, various sizes and conditions.
Authorization for slaughterers by representative of Tzan'a Beit Din, (1887), authorization for slaughterer from Jerusalem rabbis. Handwritten signature and glosses by Rabbi Yosef Tzarum, among the rabbis of Tzan'a. Marriage Ketubah (1895). The collection contains other letters and documents as well.
7 items, various sizes and conditions.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
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Sold for: $375
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Three interesting letters from the “Chief Rabbinate of the Israel Congregation of Tiberias”, which were sent to the Jerusalem Rabbinate and to Rabbi Chaim Moshe Elyashar. Tiberias, (1919-1920).
In one of the letters: “the deliverer of this letter Mr. Lotfi son of Yitzchak Shachod from Baghdad, who [according to what we have heard from him] is a Jew who was raised by Muslims, and who now desires to return to his forefathers’ heritage…”
In another letter they relate: “Four of our fellows were sentenced and imprisoned for participating in the skirmish which took place on the eve of the 14th of Iyar between the Jews and gentiles”, and the Jews were coerced to perform labor on Shabbat.
The letters are from the chief rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Abulafia who signs all the letters and Rabbi Ya’akov Chai Zrehan whose name and signature appear [however, not in his handwriting].
Various sizes and conditions.
In one of the letters: “the deliverer of this letter Mr. Lotfi son of Yitzchak Shachod from Baghdad, who [according to what we have heard from him] is a Jew who was raised by Muslims, and who now desires to return to his forefathers’ heritage…”
In another letter they relate: “Four of our fellows were sentenced and imprisoned for participating in the skirmish which took place on the eve of the 14th of Iyar between the Jews and gentiles”, and the Jews were coerced to perform labor on Shabbat.
The letters are from the chief rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Abulafia who signs all the letters and Rabbi Ya’akov Chai Zrehan whose name and signature appear [however, not in his handwriting].
Various sizes and conditions.
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