Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $750
Sold for: $1,025
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Archives of philanthropist Rabbi Shalom Yoel Yavner of Switzerland. Letters from Rabbis and documents.
In the archives: letters and signatures from various Rabbis requesting his favours and extending their thanks, included: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Shneur Kotler [and his family], Rabbi Mordechai Shulman, Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz, Rabbi Chaim Shmuel Lopian, Rabbi Yitzchak Kulitz, Rabbi Yosef Liss, Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, Rabbi Binyamin Beinish Finkel, Rabbi Avraham Farbstein, Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sarna [and his family], and many more.
Letters from the administration of yeshivas and other Torah institutions, including: Ponevezh Yeshiva (with photograph), chevron Yeshiva, Slabodka Yeshiva, and Rabbi Chaim Berlin Metivta; chequebook of Yavner (without cheques), registered on the stubs are names of yeshivas and rabbis [Rabbis: Soloveichik, Abramski and others] and the sum of the donation received from him. Telegrams, one from Rabbi Kahanemann. A lengthy letter exchange addressing the medical recovery of the wife of one of the Yeshiva principles; personal letters from friends of Rabbi Shalom Yoel Yavner, documents relating to the dispute in the Yeshiva of Nechalim.
Rabbi Shalom Yoel Yavner (d.???), student of Telz, settled in Switzerland after the war, renowned as a philanthropist and dedicated communal worker. He bequeathed his fortune to a special trust fund providing for yeshivas.
Approx. 80 items (paper). Varying state and size.
In the archives: letters and signatures from various Rabbis requesting his favours and extending their thanks, included: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Shneur Kotler [and his family], Rabbi Mordechai Shulman, Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz, Rabbi Chaim Shmuel Lopian, Rabbi Yitzchak Kulitz, Rabbi Yosef Liss, Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, Rabbi Binyamin Beinish Finkel, Rabbi Avraham Farbstein, Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sarna [and his family], and many more.
Letters from the administration of yeshivas and other Torah institutions, including: Ponevezh Yeshiva (with photograph), chevron Yeshiva, Slabodka Yeshiva, and Rabbi Chaim Berlin Metivta; chequebook of Yavner (without cheques), registered on the stubs are names of yeshivas and rabbis [Rabbis: Soloveichik, Abramski and others] and the sum of the donation received from him. Telegrams, one from Rabbi Kahanemann. A lengthy letter exchange addressing the medical recovery of the wife of one of the Yeshiva principles; personal letters from friends of Rabbi Shalom Yoel Yavner, documents relating to the dispute in the Yeshiva of Nechalim.
Rabbi Shalom Yoel Yavner (d.???), student of Telz, settled in Switzerland after the war, renowned as a philanthropist and dedicated communal worker. He bequeathed his fortune to a special trust fund providing for yeshivas.
Approx. 80 items (paper). Varying state and size.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
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Letters from Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, to "a very dear friend, Mr. Yavner", and one letter from his wife the Rebbetzen. All letters are handwritten.
3 letters (in Yiddish), varying size, Good condition.
3 letters (in Yiddish), varying size, Good condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,000
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Court ruling on handing over a divorce, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, and signatures of his fellow members of the Bet Din: Rabbi Mechel Birnbaum and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Chaiat. 1958-1970.
Attached: Letter from Rabbi Aryeh Leib Grossnass, member of the London Bet Din, two official documents of the London Bet Din and another letter in English, all concerning the related issue.
5 leaves. Varying size. Good condition.
Attached: Letter from Rabbi Aryeh Leib Grossnass, member of the London Bet Din, two official documents of the London Bet Din and another letter in English, all concerning the related issue.
5 leaves. Varying size. Good condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $200
Sold for: $375
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Four handwritten and signed letters by Rabbi Sinai Schiffer, to his son-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Menachem Lieben. Karlsruhe, [1914-1921].
The letters deal in matters pertaining to Torah, laws of Mila [circumcision], Tzitzit and more.
Rabbi Sinai Schiffer (1853-1924, Otzar HaRabbanim 16507), exceptional genius, among the disciples of the Ktav Sofer. Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe (Germany). Author of Sitri U’Magini and more.
Recipient of the letters, his son-in-law – Rabbi Shlomo Menachem Lieben, learned scholar, physician and expert Mohel in Prague. Perished in the Holocaust.
[9] written pages. 18 cm. Very good condition.
The letters deal in matters pertaining to Torah, laws of Mila [circumcision], Tzitzit and more.
Rabbi Sinai Schiffer (1853-1924, Otzar HaRabbanim 16507), exceptional genius, among the disciples of the Ktav Sofer. Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe (Germany). Author of Sitri U’Magini and more.
Recipient of the letters, his son-in-law – Rabbi Shlomo Menachem Lieben, learned scholar, physician and expert Mohel in Prague. Perished in the Holocaust.
[9] written pages. 18 cm. Very good condition.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Rabbi Aharon Yoseph Reich's handwriting and signature, on backon back is printed an announcement of his, concerning suspicion of chametz in alcoholic beverages. Grosswardien, [1940 s?].
Rabbi Aharon Yoseph Reich, Rabbi in Hajdnhadhaz (Hungary). Brother in law of the Rebbe Chaim Freidlander, author of Tal Chaim, Rabbi of Liska. Rabbi Aharon Yoseph Reich was appointed on his behalf as kashrut supervisor of alcoholic beverages (Slivovitz) kosher for Passover in the city of Lipsa. From a letter written by Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenberg Rabbi of Hajdnhadhaz to Rabbi Moshe Hirsh Fucks Rabbi of Grosswardien (responsa Gevurot Yitzchak, Jerusalem 2002, page 110), someone raised doubts concerning the quality of Rabbi Reich's supervision. The document before us deals with the same subject.
The printed announcement and most of the letter are written in Yiddish, at the end of the letter a note is written in Hebrew.
Leaf 29 cm. Good condition, few creases.
Rabbi Aharon Yoseph Reich, Rabbi in Hajdnhadhaz (Hungary). Brother in law of the Rebbe Chaim Freidlander, author of Tal Chaim, Rabbi of Liska. Rabbi Aharon Yoseph Reich was appointed on his behalf as kashrut supervisor of alcoholic beverages (Slivovitz) kosher for Passover in the city of Lipsa. From a letter written by Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenberg Rabbi of Hajdnhadhaz to Rabbi Moshe Hirsh Fucks Rabbi of Grosswardien (responsa Gevurot Yitzchak, Jerusalem 2002, page 110), someone raised doubts concerning the quality of Rabbi Reich's supervision. The document before us deals with the same subject.
The printed announcement and most of the letter are written in Yiddish, at the end of the letter a note is written in Hebrew.
Leaf 29 cm. Good condition, few creases.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Letter by Rabbi Moshe HaLevi Brachin – Moscow, Kislev 1912.
A letter addressed to the generous contributor Rabbi Shimon wherein the writer recommends assisting Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai [Wolkovsky] to print his book.
Rabbi Moshe HaLevi Brachim (Otzar HaRabbanim 14515), born in 1863, Rabbi of Krupki (in the Mohilev District) from 1893, moved to the capital city of Moscow in 1892 and served there as a posek. See attached material about him.
21 cm. Good condition, minor damage to margins.
A letter addressed to the generous contributor Rabbi Shimon wherein the writer recommends assisting Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai [Wolkovsky] to print his book.
Rabbi Moshe HaLevi Brachim (Otzar HaRabbanim 14515), born in 1863, Rabbi of Krupki (in the Mohilev District) from 1893, moved to the capital city of Moscow in 1892 and served there as a posek. See attached material about him.
21 cm. Good condition, minor damage to margins.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $100
Sold for: $150
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A letter of the protocol of a meeting at which new members were appointed to the management of The United Charities in Jerusalem, the Association of Collection for the Public Institutes of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva and the Bikur Holim Hospital. 30th of Kislev 1959.
The signatures of Rabbis of the board of managers: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Zelaznik [Rosh Yeshiva], Rabbi Nissan Aharon Tucatzinsky, Rabbi Moshe Leib Shachor, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Zelaznik [later Rosh Yeshiva and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah], Rabbi Chaim Berlin (on behalf of Etz Chaim), Rabbi Yitchak Arieli [author of Einayim LaMishpat and founder of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva], Rabbi Shimon Bukshpan [founder of the Karlin Yeshiva], Rabbi Yoseph HaLevi Eisenman [of Lithuania and the US], Rabbi Moshe Porush [one of the heads of Agudat Yisrael], Rabbi Aharon HaCohen, Rabbi Moshe Leib Steinberg (on behalf of Bikur Holim Hospital).
Official stationary with pictures of the institutions' buildings. 27.5 cm. Good condition. File holes and folding marks.
The signatures of Rabbis of the board of managers: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Zelaznik [Rosh Yeshiva], Rabbi Nissan Aharon Tucatzinsky, Rabbi Moshe Leib Shachor, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Zelaznik [later Rosh Yeshiva and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah], Rabbi Chaim Berlin (on behalf of Etz Chaim), Rabbi Yitchak Arieli [author of Einayim LaMishpat and founder of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva], Rabbi Shimon Bukshpan [founder of the Karlin Yeshiva], Rabbi Yoseph HaLevi Eisenman [of Lithuania and the US], Rabbi Moshe Porush [one of the heads of Agudat Yisrael], Rabbi Aharon HaCohen, Rabbi Moshe Leib Steinberg (on behalf of Bikur Holim Hospital).
Official stationary with pictures of the institutions' buildings. 27.5 cm. Good condition. File holes and folding marks.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $600
Unsold
A letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yoseph Zecharia Stern, Rabbi of Shavl, to his brother-in-law Rabbi [Ya'akov Rabinowitz?] of Rasayn. On family matters [matches etc.].
Rabbi Yosef Zecharia Stern (1831-1904, Otzar HaRabbanim 8783), was one of the greatest Torah scholars of Lithuania. Rabbi of Yashinovka, and from 1861 rabbi of Shavl (Lithuania). Wrote Zecher Yehosef and Tahaluchot Ha-Aggadot.
Leaf 20.5 cm, closely written on both sides. Fair condition, damages (restored) to margins, slightly missing.
Rabbi Yosef Zecharia Stern (1831-1904, Otzar HaRabbanim 8783), was one of the greatest Torah scholars of Lithuania. Rabbi of Yashinovka, and from 1861 rabbi of Shavl (Lithuania). Wrote Zecher Yehosef and Tahaluchot Ha-Aggadot.
Leaf 20.5 cm, closely written on both sides. Fair condition, damages (restored) to margins, slightly missing.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $150
Sold for: $188
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A letter by Rabbi Shlomo Yoseph Shlozberg, to Rabbi Meir". 1933.
The content of the letter: a halachic responsum concerning the laws of milking on Shabbat by machine where a non-Jew is unavailable. A letter of thanks for financial assistance and a description of the difficulties of livelihood in Russia. He signed "Shlomo Yoseph Shlozberg, the Rabbi here". The content of the letter reveals that he lived in the region of the city of Smolensk.
Rabbi Shlomo Yoseph Shlozberg (Otzar HaRabbanim 18848), was born in 1876, served in the Kaleshek rabbinate in 1904. During World War I, he exiled to the region of Smolensk, where he continued to serve as rabbi until his trail was lost. This letter is from the later years of his life.
Leaf 21 cm. written on both sides. Dry paper, good-fair condition, minor damage on leaf margins.
The content of the letter: a halachic responsum concerning the laws of milking on Shabbat by machine where a non-Jew is unavailable. A letter of thanks for financial assistance and a description of the difficulties of livelihood in Russia. He signed "Shlomo Yoseph Shlozberg, the Rabbi here". The content of the letter reveals that he lived in the region of the city of Smolensk.
Rabbi Shlomo Yoseph Shlozberg (Otzar HaRabbanim 18848), was born in 1876, served in the Kaleshek rabbinate in 1904. During World War I, he exiled to the region of Smolensk, where he continued to serve as rabbi until his trail was lost. This letter is from the later years of his life.
Leaf 21 cm. written on both sides. Dry paper, good-fair condition, minor damage on leaf margins.
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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
October 21, 2010
Opening: $150
Sold for: $200
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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
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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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
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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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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