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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $350
Sold for: $525
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Letter in Yiddish, to the gaba'im of Kupat Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess, regarding collection of charity boxes, by "The appointees and managers of the Va'ad HaKlali uniting all the Ashkenazi kollelim in the Holy Land". Jerusalem, after 1906.
Signatures: Rabbi "Shlomo Gadol" [Rabbi of Kherson, served in the rabbinate of Vornyany and Kherson, Torah authority in Jerusalem]; Rabbi "Elimelech Perlman" [a leader of the Chassidic community of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Isser Perlman Av Beit Din of Rozwadów (Galicia) – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, grandson of Rebbe Asher Kahane-Shapira Av Beit Din of Żołynia, who ascended to Jerusalem in 1840. Son-in-law of the Chassid Dayan Rebbe Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf Weinstock – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the "Yehudi HaTov" of Neustadt. He built many neighborhoods in the city, the most famous of them is Batei Perlman]; Rabbi "Gedalya Menachem Broder"; Rabbi "Asher Ze'ev Yelinsky"; Rabbi "Asher Dov Zussman" and Rabbi "Yitzchak Eliezer Charlap".
On the leaf margins is a special letter signed by Rabbi "Chaim Berlin" with his stamp, who writes to the gabai words of blessing and encouragement.
Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1913, Otzar HaRabbanim 5925), eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. Served in the rabbinate of Moscow, Volozhin, Kobrin, Yelisavetgrad and Jerusalem. Among the greatest rabbis of his generation in all facets of the Torah. In 1906, he ascended to Jerusalem and after the death of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi Chaim was accepted as the Rabbi of Jerusalem and although he refused to officially accept the position, his great Torah stature made him the deciding factor in the Beit Din and in all public matters in Jerusalem.
Official stationery (with picture of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood). 29 cm. Good condition, wear to edges.
Signatures: Rabbi "Shlomo Gadol" [Rabbi of Kherson, served in the rabbinate of Vornyany and Kherson, Torah authority in Jerusalem]; Rabbi "Elimelech Perlman" [a leader of the Chassidic community of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Isser Perlman Av Beit Din of Rozwadów (Galicia) – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, grandson of Rebbe Asher Kahane-Shapira Av Beit Din of Żołynia, who ascended to Jerusalem in 1840. Son-in-law of the Chassid Dayan Rebbe Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf Weinstock – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the "Yehudi HaTov" of Neustadt. He built many neighborhoods in the city, the most famous of them is Batei Perlman]; Rabbi "Gedalya Menachem Broder"; Rabbi "Asher Ze'ev Yelinsky"; Rabbi "Asher Dov Zussman" and Rabbi "Yitzchak Eliezer Charlap".
On the leaf margins is a special letter signed by Rabbi "Chaim Berlin" with his stamp, who writes to the gabai words of blessing and encouragement.
Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1913, Otzar HaRabbanim 5925), eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. Served in the rabbinate of Moscow, Volozhin, Kobrin, Yelisavetgrad and Jerusalem. Among the greatest rabbis of his generation in all facets of the Torah. In 1906, he ascended to Jerusalem and after the death of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi Chaim was accepted as the Rabbi of Jerusalem and although he refused to officially accept the position, his great Torah stature made him the deciding factor in the Beit Din and in all public matters in Jerusalem.
Official stationery (with picture of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood). 29 cm. Good condition, wear to edges.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Collection of letters and documents, signed by leading rabbis in Eretz Israel. Early 20th century
• Several leaves and illustrated title page of the notebook of Beit HaVa'ad HaKlali of the Ashkenazi communities, prushim and Chassidim, 1903. A letter from the heads of the committee signed by ten of them. On the leaf margins is a special letter signed by the Aderet, Rabbi "Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te'omim", and a stamp of the signature of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. 1903. • Receipt signed by Rabbi "Yitzchak Blazer" [Jerusalem, 1903]. • Letter signed by Rabbi "Refael Zilberman – Av Beit Din" Safed, Rabbi "Ya'akov Zvi Bahr" and Rabbi "Shmuel --". Safed, 1917. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Ya'akov Yosef Slonim", the chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community, Hebron. [Jerusalem], 1937.
4 items, 7 leaves. Varied size and condition, very-good to poor.
• Several leaves and illustrated title page of the notebook of Beit HaVa'ad HaKlali of the Ashkenazi communities, prushim and Chassidim, 1903. A letter from the heads of the committee signed by ten of them. On the leaf margins is a special letter signed by the Aderet, Rabbi "Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te'omim", and a stamp of the signature of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. 1903. • Receipt signed by Rabbi "Yitzchak Blazer" [Jerusalem, 1903]. • Letter signed by Rabbi "Refael Zilberman – Av Beit Din" Safed, Rabbi "Ya'akov Zvi Bahr" and Rabbi "Shmuel --". Safed, 1917. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Ya'akov Yosef Slonim", the chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community, Hebron. [Jerusalem], 1937.
4 items, 7 leaves. Varied size and condition, very-good to poor.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $250
Sold for: $425
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Two letters by Rabbis of Tiberias and Hebron to Rabbi Kook:
• Letters of recommendation by heads and rabbis of the community and by Rabbi "Yechiel Michel Av Bet Din of Tiberias". Sent to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook at the time he served as Av Bet Din of Jaffa. Tiberias, Elul, 1906.
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Halprin (1857-1909), came to Palestine in 1880. From 1896, he served as Av Bet Din of the Ashkenazi community in Tiberias.
Leaf 26 cm. Good condition, foxing.
• Long letter, by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Slonim (signed as a kvittel: "Ya'akov Yosef Moshe ben Mushka Miriam"), rabbi of the Ashkenazi settlement in Hebron, sent to the United States to "Our rabbi…the holy Torah genius Rabbi Kook", requesting that he fulfill his promise to act on behalf of the Hebron Jewish settlement on his journey to the United States. Adar Bet 1924. [This letter was written at the time Rabbi Kook traveled together with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rabbi Meir Dan Plotsky and Rabbi Avraham Duber Kahana-Shapira author of Dvar Avraham to the USA].
Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Slonim (188—Tishrei 1937), descendant of the elder Chabad Rebbe, born in Hebron and one of the founders of the Torat Emet Yeshiva in Hebron. From 1916-1929, he served as Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Hebron. After the 1929 riots in which his wife and most of his family were murdered, he moved to Jerusalem.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition, minor tears.
• Letters of recommendation by heads and rabbis of the community and by Rabbi "Yechiel Michel Av Bet Din of Tiberias". Sent to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook at the time he served as Av Bet Din of Jaffa. Tiberias, Elul, 1906.
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Halprin (1857-1909), came to Palestine in 1880. From 1896, he served as Av Bet Din of the Ashkenazi community in Tiberias.
Leaf 26 cm. Good condition, foxing.
• Long letter, by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Slonim (signed as a kvittel: "Ya'akov Yosef Moshe ben Mushka Miriam"), rabbi of the Ashkenazi settlement in Hebron, sent to the United States to "Our rabbi…the holy Torah genius Rabbi Kook", requesting that he fulfill his promise to act on behalf of the Hebron Jewish settlement on his journey to the United States. Adar Bet 1924. [This letter was written at the time Rabbi Kook traveled together with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rabbi Meir Dan Plotsky and Rabbi Avraham Duber Kahana-Shapira author of Dvar Avraham to the USA].
Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Slonim (188—Tishrei 1937), descendant of the elder Chabad Rebbe, born in Hebron and one of the founders of the Torat Emet Yeshiva in Hebron. From 1916-1929, he served as Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Hebron. After the 1929 riots in which his wife and most of his family were murdered, he moved to Jerusalem.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition, minor tears.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $400
Unsold
Manuscript, copy of a long letter of polemic and reproof, written by Rabbi Itzik Renziburg, to Rabbi Ber Buki. Amsterdam, Purim 1788.
“Copy of a letter written by R’ Itzik Renziburg to Ber Buki from Poland, with his signature at the end, and he sent it on Sunday Purim 1788”. Rabbi Itzik Renziburg, a Torah scholar and an influential leader of the Ashkenazi Amsterdam community and renowned for his hospitality, hosted Rabbi Ber Buki from Poland in his home and sustained him for some time. At a certain stage, due to sharp arguments regarding matters of faith and philosophy, their ways parted and from that time, Rabbi Ber slandered and besmirched Rabbi Renziburg and the members of his household “and especially in the home of the Av Beit Din” [Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam].
The letter is written in flowery language, with puns and verses and sayings of our Sages. The content: Reproof for ungratefulness, accusations for pretense, for wearing strange clothing, and a false story as if his Shabbat clothes were used as collateral in the home of the Av Beit Din Grigen. The writer accuses Rabbi Ber that while he was in Berlin, he studied and conducted himself as a (university) student, yet at the time he arrived in Amsterdam, he presented himself as a Torah scholar and participated in the Torah lectures of the rabbi “The Head of our Generation”. The second part of the letter dwells upon matters of philosophy and faith.
[6] written pages, 37.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears to the paper margins and to the folds, with minor damages to the body of the text. Stains.
“Copy of a letter written by R’ Itzik Renziburg to Ber Buki from Poland, with his signature at the end, and he sent it on Sunday Purim 1788”. Rabbi Itzik Renziburg, a Torah scholar and an influential leader of the Ashkenazi Amsterdam community and renowned for his hospitality, hosted Rabbi Ber Buki from Poland in his home and sustained him for some time. At a certain stage, due to sharp arguments regarding matters of faith and philosophy, their ways parted and from that time, Rabbi Ber slandered and besmirched Rabbi Renziburg and the members of his household “and especially in the home of the Av Beit Din” [Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam].
The letter is written in flowery language, with puns and verses and sayings of our Sages. The content: Reproof for ungratefulness, accusations for pretense, for wearing strange clothing, and a false story as if his Shabbat clothes were used as collateral in the home of the Av Beit Din Grigen. The writer accuses Rabbi Ber that while he was in Berlin, he studied and conducted himself as a (university) student, yet at the time he arrived in Amsterdam, he presented himself as a Torah scholar and participated in the Torah lectures of the rabbi “The Head of our Generation”. The second part of the letter dwells upon matters of philosophy and faith.
[6] written pages, 37.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears to the paper margins and to the folds, with minor damages to the body of the text. Stains.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $250
Sold for: $313
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Several letters by Rabbi Kook and letters written on his behalf relating to Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Birnbaum, Rabbi of Jida (Ramat Yishai) in the Jezreel Valley, and later Rabbi of Pardes Hanna: • Letter signed by Rabbi Kook authorizing Rabbi Birnbaum, Rabbi of Jida, on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate to arrange Kiddushin and Nisu'in in Pardes Hanna and its area. Jerusalem 1931. • Letter with the signature and stamp of Rabbi Kook, requesting Pardes Hanna's settlement committee to include Rabbi Birnbaum "who is the local rabbi for the past years", in the plans for renovation of the Mikveh and to ask his advice on this matter. Jerusalem 1935. • Letter written in the name of Rabbi Kook on his official stationery, in the handwriting of his son-in-law Rabbi Shalom Natan Ra'anan, to Rabbi Birnbaum with "words of Torah" (Divrei Torah). Jerusalem 1931. • Draft of a letter, type-written, to Rabbi Avraham Palovsky of Pardes Hanna, in which Rabbi Kook responds to various objections raised against Rabbi Birnbaum. (The letter was printed with variations in the Da'at Cohen responsa, Siman 16).
Enclosed: • A copy of the ruling pronounced by the arbitrators headed by Rabbi Kook (handwriting and type-written). • Booklet Le'Shlosha Be'Elul – for Rabbi Kook's third Jahrzeit. Jerusalem 1938.
6 items, varied size and condition.
Enclosed: • A copy of the ruling pronounced by the arbitrators headed by Rabbi Kook (handwriting and type-written). • Booklet Le'Shlosha Be'Elul – for Rabbi Kook's third Jahrzeit. Jerusalem 1938.
6 items, varied size and condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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A letter signed by Rabbi "Or Moshe grandson of HaMa'or HaGadol Shraga" and six more rabbis of Yazd congregation, with their signatures and ink stamps. Yazd (Persia), [1934].
Attached is an additional leaf with copying of a letter from Rabbis of the Sephardi Beit Din in Jerusalem [of 1931], approved and signed by Rabbi Or Shraga and Rabbi Moshe Raphael.
The letters were sent to Beit HaDin HaGadol for all Ashkenazi communities in Jerusalem, concerning an authorization of ordaining Rabbi David ben Shlomo as Shochet. He was checked by Yazd rabbis, and by Rabbi Mordechai Meyuchas of Jerusalem, and rabbis of the Sephardi Beit Din in Jerusalem in 1930, and they are asking the Ashkenazi Beit Din to test his knowledge of Shchita and confirm his being ready to serve as a Shochet in accordance with Halacha.
2 leaves + original envelope. Size varies. Good condition.
Attached is an additional leaf with copying of a letter from Rabbis of the Sephardi Beit Din in Jerusalem [of 1931], approved and signed by Rabbi Or Shraga and Rabbi Moshe Raphael.
The letters were sent to Beit HaDin HaGadol for all Ashkenazi communities in Jerusalem, concerning an authorization of ordaining Rabbi David ben Shlomo as Shochet. He was checked by Yazd rabbis, and by Rabbi Mordechai Meyuchas of Jerusalem, and rabbis of the Sephardi Beit Din in Jerusalem in 1930, and they are asking the Ashkenazi Beit Din to test his knowledge of Shchita and confirm his being ready to serve as a Shochet in accordance with Halacha.
2 leaves + original envelope. Size varies. Good condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Collection of letters of US rabbis and institutes.
Among them: • Letter of consolation by Rabbi Dr. Yosef Breuer [ben Shlomo Breuer son-in-law of Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsh, and Rabbi of Kehal Adat Yeshurun in America]. • Letter signed by Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz [head of the Mir Yeshiva in the US and head of Va'ad Hatzala of the Agudat HaRabbanim in the US during World War II]. • Letter by Rabbi Nechemia Malin [head of the Brisk Yeshiva in New York]. • Letter by the Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsh Yeshiva and Metivta in New York. [Signed by Rabbi B. Greenbaum]. • Letter by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bloch – Rabbi of the Linat HaTzedek community in New York; more letters.
8 letters, approximately 28 cm. good condition.
Among them: • Letter of consolation by Rabbi Dr. Yosef Breuer [ben Shlomo Breuer son-in-law of Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsh, and Rabbi of Kehal Adat Yeshurun in America]. • Letter signed by Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz [head of the Mir Yeshiva in the US and head of Va'ad Hatzala of the Agudat HaRabbanim in the US during World War II]. • Letter by Rabbi Nechemia Malin [head of the Brisk Yeshiva in New York]. • Letter by the Rabbi Shimshon Refael Hirsh Yeshiva and Metivta in New York. [Signed by Rabbi B. Greenbaum]. • Letter by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bloch – Rabbi of the Linat HaTzedek community in New York; more letters.
8 letters, approximately 28 cm. good condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
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Large archive of letters of Rabbi Yitzchak Simchah Horowitz Av Bet Din of Hartford (Connecticut, US). 1920s-30s. Most were sent to his family members in Tel Aviv. Yiddish, English and Hebrew.
Rabbi Yitzchak Simcha Horowitz (1869-1936) was born in Navahrudak, studied in the yeshivas of Mir and Volozhin and received ordination from his teacher the Netziv and from Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Av Bet Din of Kovne. In 1893, he became one of the first rabbis to arrive in America. He was appointed Rabbi of Hartford (in the state of Connecticut) and served in the city rabbinate for 44 years. He maintained responsa contacts with Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and the author of "Aruch HaShulchan". Authored the "Yad HaLevi" on "Sefer HaMitzvot" Le'HaRambam (Jerusalem 1927).
Approximately 150 letters. Official blue stationery. Varied size and condition.
Rabbi Yitzchak Simcha Horowitz (1869-1936) was born in Navahrudak, studied in the yeshivas of Mir and Volozhin and received ordination from his teacher the Netziv and from Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Av Bet Din of Kovne. In 1893, he became one of the first rabbis to arrive in America. He was appointed Rabbi of Hartford (in the state of Connecticut) and served in the city rabbinate for 44 years. He maintained responsa contacts with Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and the author of "Aruch HaShulchan". Authored the "Yad HaLevi" on "Sefer HaMitzvot" Le'HaRambam (Jerusalem 1927).
Approximately 150 letters. Official blue stationery. Varied size and condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
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Collection of rabbis' letters to Rabbi Simcha Bunam Sofer [Rabbi in Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Shmuel Binyamin Sofer Av Bet Din of Derecske and grandson of Rabbi Zussman Sofer, Av Bet Din of Paks], letter of good wishes for the New Year, letters regarding his father's book "Divrei Sofrim", etc. • Letter signed by Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld "the Tshebiner Rebbe". Jerusalem. 1954. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld Av Bet Din of Mattersdorf author of the Chatan Sofer. Tishrei, New York [not dated]. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chai Yitzchak Twersky of Rotmistrovka. Skvira (US), 1963. • Letter by Rebbe Yissachar Ber HaLevi Rottenberg of Wodzisław. New York 1965.
Enclosed: • Letter by Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Sofer Av Bet Din of Tét [perished in the Holocaust] to the managers of Kollel Ungarin in Jerusalem, with the request to assist his son, Rabbi Naftali Chaim Sofer, who moved to Jerusalem. Tét 1936. Long letter in his handwriting and with his signature, in which he tells of his grandfather Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer, Av Bet Din of Paks, etc.
5 letters, varied size and condition.
Enclosed: • Letter by Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Sofer Av Bet Din of Tét [perished in the Holocaust] to the managers of Kollel Ungarin in Jerusalem, with the request to assist his son, Rabbi Naftali Chaim Sofer, who moved to Jerusalem. Tét 1936. Long letter in his handwriting and with his signature, in which he tells of his grandfather Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer, Av Bet Din of Paks, etc.
5 letters, varied size and condition.
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![Letter written on postcard, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler. [Bnei Brak], 1964.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Letter written on postcard, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky, the Steipler. [Bnei Brak], 1964.
In the letter, the Steipler thanks for "the holy book… by the Rebbe of Komarno…" and blesses the sender that "the merit of the holy rabbi should grant him success and blessing in all his endeavors".
Postcard, 9.5X14.5 cm. 9 handwritten lines and signature (written on the verso is the name of the recipient and the name of the sender in his handwriting). Very good condition.
In the letter, the Steipler thanks for "the holy book… by the Rebbe of Komarno…" and blesses the sender that "the merit of the holy rabbi should grant him success and blessing in all his endeavors".
Postcard, 9.5X14.5 cm. 9 handwritten lines and signature (written on the verso is the name of the recipient and the name of the sender in his handwriting). Very good condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,000
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Long letter, responsum on a Talmudical treatise, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. New York, Sivan 1948.
Most of the letter was printed in the Igrot Moshe responsa, Part Orach Chaim, Siman 137 and Part Yoreh Deah, Siman 141. The brief comments at the beginning and at the end of the letter have evidently not been printed.
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), the greatest halachic authority in the US and leader of Charedi Jewry and head of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah. Head of Tiferet Yerushalayim Yeshiva in New York. Authored: the Igrot Moshe responsa, the Dibrot Moshe novellae on the Talmud, and Darash Moshe on the Torah.
2 official stationery leaves, 28 cm. 4 closely written pages (until the end of the margins), good condition.
Most of the letter was printed in the Igrot Moshe responsa, Part Orach Chaim, Siman 137 and Part Yoreh Deah, Siman 141. The brief comments at the beginning and at the end of the letter have evidently not been printed.
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), the greatest halachic authority in the US and leader of Charedi Jewry and head of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah. Head of Tiferet Yerushalayim Yeshiva in New York. Authored: the Igrot Moshe responsa, the Dibrot Moshe novellae on the Talmud, and Darash Moshe on the Torah.
2 official stationery leaves, 28 cm. 4 closely written pages (until the end of the margins), good condition.
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,500
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Large collection of letters by rabbis, approbations for books, personal letters and letters of recommendation for the rabbinate. 1984-2006.
• Letter of approbation signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. New York, 1984. • Letter of approbation in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Halberstam, with the signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Weiss Ga'avad of the Eda HaCharedit. Jerusalem, 1987. • Three letters of approbation by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (two of the letters are entirely in his handwriting). • Seven letters of approbation by Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, (one with a long halachic responsum – 5 leaves). • Two letters of approbation handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Stern Av Beit Din of Debrecen. Brooklyn, 1992. • Letters of approbation by Rebbe Yochanan Sofer Ga'avad of Erlau, by Rabbi Aharon Soloveitchik, the Rebbe Yitzchak Rosenbaum of Zutshka, Rebbe Yisrael Yitzchak Piekarsky, Rebbe Efraim Eliezer Yoles Av Beit Din of Philadelphia. • Three letters by Rabbi Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, one with stories of the Lubavitch Rebbe. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Mashash Rabbi of Jerusalem, to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Jerusalem, 2002.
23 letters, all on rabbis' printed stationery. Varied size, very-good condition.
• Letter of approbation signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. New York, 1984. • Letter of approbation in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Halberstam, with the signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Weiss Ga'avad of the Eda HaCharedit. Jerusalem, 1987. • Three letters of approbation by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (two of the letters are entirely in his handwriting). • Seven letters of approbation by Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, (one with a long halachic responsum – 5 leaves). • Two letters of approbation handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Stern Av Beit Din of Debrecen. Brooklyn, 1992. • Letters of approbation by Rebbe Yochanan Sofer Ga'avad of Erlau, by Rabbi Aharon Soloveitchik, the Rebbe Yitzchak Rosenbaum of Zutshka, Rebbe Yisrael Yitzchak Piekarsky, Rebbe Efraim Eliezer Yoles Av Beit Din of Philadelphia. • Three letters by Rabbi Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, one with stories of the Lubavitch Rebbe. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Mashash Rabbi of Jerusalem, to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Jerusalem, 2002.
23 letters, all on rabbis' printed stationery. Varied size, very-good condition.
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