Long letter of responsum, in the small delicate handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky [Kamenka?, c. 1899].
the responsum is regarding the names for Gittin, sent to Rabbi Yosef Galanti Ra'avad of Chechelnyk, (Podolia).
Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushalimsky (1855-1916, Otzar HaRabbanim 15589), a leading posek in his times. In his youth, he already corresponded with leading Torah scholars of the previous generation and the responses he received appear in the Sho'el U'Meshiv books by Rabbi Y.S. Natanson, Shem Aryeh by Rabbi E.L. Blachover, Sha'arei De'ah by Rabbi C.Y.L. Sasnitzer and other books of responsa. His also wrote responsa on the serious issues of agunot and issur v'heter. [At the age of 17, the Sho'el U'Meshiv included him in a "Heter of Me'ah Rabbanim"]. In his youth, he traveled to Sanz and the author of Divrei Chaim was very attentive to him.
In 1880, at the age of 25, he was appointed Rabbi of the Kamenka community in the Kiev region, a position he held for more than 25 years. He was famous throughout the Jewish Diaspora and was considered one of the leading Torah authorities of his times, especially in the area of names for Gittin (divorce bills) and the laws of terefot. He dealt at length with questions that incited the Torah world such as Corfu etrogim (Be'er Moshe Part 2, end of Kuntress Birkat Chachamim) and machine matzot (Heshiv Moshe Siman 27). In 1899, he became Rabbi of the Ostrolenka (Ostrołęka) community in Poland (Lomza region) at the same time he served as Rabbi of Kamenka. Later, he moved to serve as Rabbi of Kielce, Poland and was one of the prominent leaders of Polish Jewry. Also served as honorary president of institutes in Eretz Israel, Jerusalem, Safed and Tiberias. He authored Minchat Moshe, Leshad HaShemen, Birkat Moshe, etc.
this responsum was printed in Siman 11 of his book Be’er Moshe printed in 1901. Apparently, it was written in the beginning of his service in the Ostrołęka rabbinate. See enclosed material.
2 written pages, 27.5 cm. approximately 94 long lines. Good-fair condition, wear and stains, minor tears.

Article handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Dov Zvi" Karelinstein, about "the law of two batei din in one city". A responsum on his article (on the same leaf) handwritten and signed by the Ra'avad Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin, who signs "Respectfully and with wishes for a blessed good New Year – M.L.". Another letter of "responsum on the words of D.R.G." handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Dov Zvi". [Jerusalem, 1920s].
the renowned Rabbi Dov Zvi Karelinstein (1857-1930) Av Beit Din of Malkinia (adjacent to Lomza). In his youth, he studied at the Slobodka and Eišiškės Yeshivot. He taught Torah in the yeshiva founded by his father in Lomza and in the yeshiva of Rabbi Yitzchak Grodzhinsky in Warsaw. In 1922, Rabbi Yosef Sonnenfeld asked him to ascend to Jerusalem to serve as Ra'avad in his Beit Din, the "Beit Din of all the Askenazi communities" of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. However, after he immigrated to Eretz Israel, he refused to serve as Ra'avad and requested that his friend Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin be appointed Ra'avad in his stead.
Rabbi Mordechai Leib Rubin 91871-1929), son of Rabbi Ya'akov Gershon Rabinowitz [brother of the famous bibliographer R' Michel Rabinowitz of Jerusalem]. Studied at the Slabodka and Mir Yeshivot. In 1894 immigrated to Jerusalem, and from 1904 served in the rabbinate of settlements in Eretz Israel and of Jerusalem. One of the early members of the Beit Din of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and from 1924 was appointed Ra'avad of the Beit Din of the Eda HaCharedit.
2 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and tear to folds and margins.

Ottoman document in Arabic, signed by Sephardi and Yemenite rabbis in Jerusalem. [Jerusalem, c. beginning of 20th century].
Many signatures, such as the rabbis of the Jerusalem Sephardi Badatz – Rabbi Ya'akov Shimon Matalon, Rabbi Ya'akov Danun, Rabbi Gavriel Shabtai, Rabbi Avraham Philosoph, etc. and Yemenite rabbis of Jerusalem: Rabbi Avraham Chaim Elnadaf, Rabbi Shalom Mizrachi Adani, Rabbi Shalom Yosef HaLevi Alshich, etc.
· Enclosed is a [torn] leaf of another document [?] with similar signatures.
the content of the document was not examined.
[7] leaves. 33 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, dampness and fungus damages. Tears (with damage to text) and wear.

Draft of a certificate - "A letter of thanks and blessing" for donors, and a "Shtar receipt – for the etrog". From "the holy yeshiva – the Mir Yeshiva (Minsk region in Russia), led by R' Eliyahu Baruch Kamai". Handwritten in Hebrew and German, on the official stationery of Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai. Mir, Sivan 1914.
the signatures on the draft for printing are the head of the yeshiva Rabbi "Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, Av Beit din and Rosh Metivta" and his son-in-law Rabbi "Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Rosh Metivta".
Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch Kamai (1844-1917), famous Torah scholar in his times, teacher with many disciples. Served in the rabbinate of several cities in Lithuania-Poland and after Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te’omim [the Aderet] was summoned to serve in the Jerusalem rabbinate, Rabbi Eliyahu Baruch was appointed Rabbi of Mir and head of the yeshiva in his stead. His son-in-law is Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879-1965), son of the Saba of Slabodka who in those years began to serve as Rosh Metivta and after the death of his illustrious father-in-law he headed the Mir Yeshiva in Lithuania and Jerusalem.
this draft was made in the spring of 1914, at the end of the Tsarist rule in Russia before World War I [possibly, the inscription "for the etrog" is a Jewish "invention" to enable collecting donations for the yeshiva at the time they were being pursued by Tsarist laws]. After a short while, the war erupted and the war front neared the area of Mir and the yeshiva fled to Poltava, Ukraine.
Leaf, 42 cm. inscriptions on both sides of the leaf. Fair condition, minor tears to paper folds.

Letters and photographs from the archive of Rabbi Moshe Finkel, son of the head of the yeshiva Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel.
Among the letters:
· An interesting letter by Rabbi Yechiel Ya'akov Weinberg, to Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Montreux, Nissan 1964. · Letter of condolence from the Jerusalem Magid Rabbi Ben Zion Yadler, to Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. · Bill upon receiving a loan from Rabbi Finkel for "Chinuch Atzmai fund for extra hours (of teaching)", signed by Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin. · Long letter from the Mir Yeshiva signed by the head of the yeshiva Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. · Bill signed by Rabbi Moshe Finkel, Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz and Rabbi Aharon Chadash. · Passport photograph, of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel and another photograph of Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz and Rabbi Moshe Finkel.
7 items, varied size and condition.