Two letters sent by Rebbe Ya'akov David Kalisz, to Amshinov Chassidim in Tel Aviv.
· Letter with wishes for a Gmar Chatima Tova for the New Year, signed by Rebbe "Ya'akov David son of the Rabbi of Amshinov". [Tishrei 1937]. On the margins, an addition signed by the scribe who wrote the letter, the meshamesh bakodesh "Shalom HaCohen", which is the continuation of the second letter below.
· Long letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by the meshamesh bakodesh Rabbi "Shalom" HaCohen, and with the stamp of Rebbe "Ya'akov David Kalisz son of the Rebbe of Amshinov - Av Beit Din of Żyrardów, Warsaw district". The letter is about funds sent from Chassidim in Eretz Israel to their Rebbe. Żyrardów, Tamuz 1937.
Rebbe Ya'akov David Kalisz (1906-perished in the Holocaust in 1942), son of Rebbe Yosef of Amshinov and son-in-law of the son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Alter of Ger. An illustrious Torah scholar, he was exceptionally proficient in all parts of the Shulchan Aruch. Appointed rabbi of the city of Żyrardów near Warsaw. After his father's death, he succeeded him as rebbe and the Chassidim willingly accepted his authority. The Amshinov community demanded that he relocate his residence to Amshinov, but the Żyrardów community refused to relinquish their beloved rabbi. After much discussion, Rabbi Ya'akov David served as rabbi of both communities.
Two letters, 3 leaves. Approximately 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Wear and tears. Paper pastings and acidic tape with damages and stains to paper.

Diverse collection of letters, New Year greetings, invitations to various events, letters of recommendation, etc. by rabbis and rebbes. Eretz Israel and the US, 20th century.
Among the items: · Letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Neimann, Melbourne, 1953. · Letter by Rabbi Avraham Yissachar Englard the Radzyn Rebbe. · Three letters by Rebbe Avraham Weinberg, Rebbe of Slonim Tel-Aviv. · Three letters by Rabbi Chananya Y.E. Lipa Deutsch, the Helmetz Rebbe. · Letter by the Meshamesh B'Kodesh (Mashbak) of the Sadigura Rebbe, author of Knesset Mordechai. · Letter by Rabbi Yosef M. Baumel, USA. Letter by Rabbi Moshe Ya'ir Weinstock, Jerusalem, 1936. · Etc.
27 items. Size and condition vary.

Two letters from the family of the Chazon Ish, concerning the marriage of Rabbi Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz - the eldest grandson of the Karelitz family, [1939-1940]:
· Letter in Yiddish "To our sister-in-law the Rebbetzin", handwritten and signed by Rabbi Meir Karelitz, as well as by his wife, Rebbetzin Miriam. Sent to their sister-in-law, Rebbetzin Batya Karelitz, wife of the Chazon Ish, containing a personal request to come to Jerusalem to participate in the joy of the wedding of their eldest son, Rabbi Shlomo Shimshon with Devorah Weiner. [1940].
· Letter in Yiddish handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin "M. Kanievsky", to her friend Ms. Weiner. [In the letter she relates that her brother Rabbi Meir Karelitz is coming to Jerusalem for Shabbat and will visit them in their home to conclude the matter "G-d willing, with joy and success" - apparently referring to the conclusion of the match of his son Rabbi Shlomo Shimshon with Ms. Weiner's daughter. [Bnei Brak, autumn 1939].
Rabbi Meir Karelitz (1877-1955), was Av Beit Din of Bilohirya (Lachovitz), eldest brother of the Chazon Ish and leader of Charedi Jewry in Poland and in Eretz Israel. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in the summer of 1939 and in Kislev of that year, his son Rabbi Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz became engaged to Devora Weiner of Vilna, who immigrated to Jerusalem with her widowed mother. The shadchan of this match was the Chazon Ish who sent his young sister, Rebbetzin Miriam Pesha Kanievsky [the Steipler's wife] to arrange the shidduch. The wedding took place in Jerusalem in Adar on Erev Shabbat, Parshat Ki Tisa 1940, and the Chazon Ish stayed that Shabbat in the home of his brother Rabbi Meir Karelitz, in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem. [This is one of the few times that the Chazon Ish visited Jerusalem during the two decades he lived in Eretz Israel].
Two letters, varying size. The first is written on an official postcard of Rabbi Meir Karelitz from the city of Bilohirya (Lachovitz). Good condition.