*Letter by Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Alevsky, Celle, 1946-1949. *Letters by Rabbi Aviezer Burstein, Feldefing, 1945-1946. *Letters by Rabbi Yehoshua Aharonson Rabbi of Sanik and on the" Agudat Yisrael" committee, Salzburg, 1946-1947. *More.
11 letters. Various sizes and conditions.

Collection of unknown letters and documents, by Holocaust refugees and "yeshiva" students in the Far East. 1941-1946.
One of the wonders of the survival of the Jewish people and Torah students was in the flight of thousands of Jews from independent Lithuania to Japan in 1940 by the trans-Siberian train to the Vladivostok port. From there, they departed by ship through Japanese waters to Kobe, Japan's capital. Only some of the refugees succeeded in proceeding to the USA and Eretz- Yisrael, the rest remained in Japan. The Japanese government, which initially just authorized visas to pass via Japan to other countries did not approve the arrival of the thousands of refugees and exiled the rest of the refugees to the cities of Shanghai and Charbin in China [at that time under Japanese jurisdiction], where they stayed until 1946, after the end of World War II.
In this collection are letters from Kobe, most concerning the acquisition of visas to the USA and certificates to Eretz -Yisrael and various other letters and documents from Kobe and Shanghai.
*Letters from the "Ashkenasi Jewish Community in Shanghai", from the "Ohel Moshe" Synagogue in Shanghai and from the "Jewish Community in Charbin". *Letters by Rabbi Shmuel Schadrovitsky, from Singapore, Kobe and Shanghai and letters to him. [Rabbi Shmuel Schadrovitsky, the Rabbi of Bialystok, was sent on a rescue mission to the Far East on behalf of "Agudat Yisrael" and the organization of rabbis who emigrated from Poland, to care for the refugees in the Far East as a representative of the Jewish agency and the exiled Polish government]. *Handwritten protocols of meetings of the committee of assistance for rescue which were conducted in Kobe, attended by Rabbi Shmuel Schadrovitsky. * Certificate with photograph, of Rabbi Simcha Elberg; a letter from him and telegrams with good wishes on his marriage, from his friends in the "Mir Yeshiva" in Shanghai. *List of the students of the"Lubavitch Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim" who reached Kobe, and a letter by Rabbi Shemarya Gur Aryeh [son-in-law of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson] on this matter. *List of the students of the "Radin Yeshiva", on stationary of the "Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva" in the USA. *Various letters from Kobe and Shanghai and letters sent there. *More.
Approximately 30 items, various sizes and conditions.

Bundle of letters, by Rabbi "Shimon Kalish son of the Vorka Rebbe", and other letters concerning him by his sister "Yuta Tshepnik" and US community leaders. Shanghai, 1941-1946.
In letters written in 1941 after his arrival in Shanghai, the writer complains of the difficult situation and calls for help in attaining a US visa. In letters from 1946, he turns to Chassidim who were his father's disciples with words of inspiration. His words include Torah and Chassidic thoughts from "The Rebbe my brother Rabbi Chaim Simcha Bunim" of Warsaw [at that time he did not yet know that his brother perished in the Holocaust].
Rabbi Shimon Kalish, son of the Vorka Rebbe Avraham Moshe of Polaniec (see Item 307) and grandson of Rebbe Simcha Bunim of Otvosk. Student at the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, exiled to Shanghai, later reached the US where he was active in Torah and Chassidism. In 1938, his brother Rabbi Simcha Bunim succeeded his father as Rebbe and was murdered in the Holocaust. His brother Rabbi Ya'akov David Baruch survived the Holocaust via Switzerland and served as Vorka Rebbe in the US and in Eretz Yisrael.
10 letters, approximately 17 pages. 7 letters are handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Shimon Kalish". Various sizes and conditions.

In 1858, Rabbi Samuel Etting and Rabbi Solomon Nunes Carvalho attempted to instate a reform in the Sefardi community of Baltimore and to establish the Beit Yisrael community. Hoping to recruit support and money, Etting managed a widespread correspondence with rabbis and notables throughout Europe and the US. His efforts were for nil, as well as his aspirations to gain the support of the Montefiore and Rothschild families. After two years of attempts, the Beit Yisrael community ceased to exist. This collection of letters and notebook which testify to the correspondence are a first-class testimony of Etting's attempts to establish the community.
1-8. Eight handwritten letters, sent to Samuel Etting and Solomon Nunes Carvalho in 1858.
Letters written by rabbis from England, France and the Caribbean Islands: Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire (Otzar HaRabbanim 16295); Rabbi Chaim Guedalla of London; Rabbi Solomon Ulman, Chief Rabbi of France; Major Aron Wolff of Saint Thomas, The Virgin Islands; Albert Cohen of Paris, and other rabbis and public figures. The letters deal with bestowing honorary membership titles in the Baltimore Sefardi community. Overall good condition. Folding marks and minor damages.
9. Handwritten notebook documenting the correspondence of Samuel Etting with rabbis from a variety of countries and Jewish figures, during 1857-1858.
In the letters, Etting attempts to recruit support for the Beit Yisrael Sefardi community of Baltimore. Among the letters are copies of letters sent to rabbis and people mentioned as emissaries in sending those letters, copies of letters to Sir Moshe Montefiore and to Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, and other letters. Total of [9] written leaves including 20 letters. Notebook 30.5 cm. Good condition. Tears to margins and stains.
See: I. H. Sharfman, Origins of Conflict Between Orthodox and Reform - Jewish Polemic Warfare in Pre-Civil War America (1988), pp. 647-648; 651.

"Toldot Ya'akov", homiletics on the Bible and "Midrashei Chazal". By Rabbi Ya'akov ben Rabbi Eliezer Eisenstadt of Shidlovets, grandson of Rabbi Meir Rabbi of Eisenstadt author of "Panim Me'irot". "Resident of England in London". London, [1770].
At the beginning of the book, the author writes of the miracles and adventures he had experienced, losing all his wealth and property, his wanderings and his rescue from pirates. The author who came from Poland to England, publicized only the approbation of Rabbi Moshe HaCohen di Azivido, rabbi of the Sefardi community of London, and he apologizes for not publicizing the approbations of the Ashkenasi community rabbis.
[3], 65 leaves. 14.5 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. Original parchment binding, rubbed.