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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Two letters signed by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Vilna, Chanuka 1932 and Kislev 1935.
Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska. In the first letter, he writes on behalf of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, regarding the tenure of the rabbinical position in the city of Rozanai by Rabbi Zalman Weiss son-in-law of the previous Rabbi, Rabbi Shabtai Wallach. The second letter apparently discusses the matter of efforts to attain immigration permits to Eretz Israel, mentioning Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Levine and Rabbi Moshe Blau.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940), Torah leader of his generation, began his studies at Volozhin Yeshiva at the age of 11, and was a disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. At the age of 24, he was appointed Rabbi and Moreh Tzedek in Vilna. From a young age, he was active in public affairs and his opinion was the deciding factor in all public issues which arose throughout the Jewish world for almost 50 years. After World War I, together with the Chafetz Chaim, he expended tremendous efforts to save the yeshivot from their critical state and founded the Va'ad HaYeshivot. At that time, all over Russia and Belorussia, many rabbis lost their positions due to the Communist rule and Rabbi Chaim Ozer was very active in providing them with new positions.
The recipient of the letter: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
2 official stationery leaves. Size varies. Scribal writing, with the signature of Rabbi Chaim Ozer. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears, stains.
Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska. In the first letter, he writes on behalf of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, regarding the tenure of the rabbinical position in the city of Rozanai by Rabbi Zalman Weiss son-in-law of the previous Rabbi, Rabbi Shabtai Wallach. The second letter apparently discusses the matter of efforts to attain immigration permits to Eretz Israel, mentioning Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Levine and Rabbi Moshe Blau.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940), Torah leader of his generation, began his studies at Volozhin Yeshiva at the age of 11, and was a disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. At the age of 24, he was appointed Rabbi and Moreh Tzedek in Vilna. From a young age, he was active in public affairs and his opinion was the deciding factor in all public issues which arose throughout the Jewish world for almost 50 years. After World War I, together with the Chafetz Chaim, he expended tremendous efforts to save the yeshivot from their critical state and founded the Va'ad HaYeshivot. At that time, all over Russia and Belorussia, many rabbis lost their positions due to the Communist rule and Rabbi Chaim Ozer was very active in providing them with new positions.
The recipient of the letter: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
2 official stationery leaves. Size varies. Scribal writing, with the signature of Rabbi Chaim Ozer. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears, stains.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Baruch Dov Leibovitz, head of the Kamenets Yeshiva. Kamenets (Kamyanyets), 1936.
Letter of appointment for fundraising for the yeshiva. Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Białowieża: "…And I hereby grant the honored Torah scholar the power and entitlement to deal in the matters of the yeshiva, and his authority should be like mine, to travel to whomever he deems correct…to reinforce our holy yeshiva whose very existence is at risk".
Rabbi Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1940), a leading disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva, succeeded his father in law, Rabbi Zimmerman in the Halusk rabbinate in which he established a yeshiva. After 13 years, he was asked to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesset Beit Yitzchak in Slobodka which eventually moved to Vilna and later to Kamenets. He became one of the most illustrious Torah teachers of his generation. Author of Birkat Shmuel on Talmudical treatises, his Torah teachings became a foundation for deep yeshiva Talmudic study.
The recipient: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Approximately 14 written lines. Fair condition, wear. Tears to folding marks.
Letter of appointment for fundraising for the yeshiva. Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Białowieża: "…And I hereby grant the honored Torah scholar the power and entitlement to deal in the matters of the yeshiva, and his authority should be like mine, to travel to whomever he deems correct…to reinforce our holy yeshiva whose very existence is at risk".
Rabbi Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1940), a leading disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva, succeeded his father in law, Rabbi Zimmerman in the Halusk rabbinate in which he established a yeshiva. After 13 years, he was asked to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesset Beit Yitzchak in Slobodka which eventually moved to Vilna and later to Kamenets. He became one of the most illustrious Torah teachers of his generation. Author of Birkat Shmuel on Talmudical treatises, his Torah teachings became a foundation for deep yeshiva Talmudic study.
The recipient: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Approximately 14 written lines. Fair condition, wear. Tears to folding marks.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Large collection of documents from the archive of Rabbi Koppel Kahana of London. Letters and documents, Hebrew and English Torah novellae. Most of the letters are from heads of yeshivas, rabbis and Torah figures in Lithuania-Poland, c. 1930s.
The archive contains letters from: Rabbi Simcha Zelig Riger, rabbi in Brisk. [1934]; Rabbi Aharon Kotler. Klyetsk, [1934]; Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana. Warsaw, [1934]; Rabbi Baruch Yosef Feivelson, head of the Radin Yeshiva. [1929]; etc.
For for further details, see Hebrew description.
Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. Disciple of the Chafetz Chaim's yeshiva in Radin. From 1929, he served as Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska and of Rozanai in Polish Lithuania. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
More than 50 items, including 26 letters. Size and condition vary, good to fair-poor.
The archive contains letters from: Rabbi Simcha Zelig Riger, rabbi in Brisk. [1934]; Rabbi Aharon Kotler. Klyetsk, [1934]; Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana. Warsaw, [1934]; Rabbi Baruch Yosef Feivelson, head of the Radin Yeshiva. [1929]; etc.
For for further details, see Hebrew description.
Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. Disciple of the Chafetz Chaim's yeshiva in Radin. From 1929, he served as Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska and of Rozanai in Polish Lithuania. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
More than 50 items, including 26 letters. Size and condition vary, good to fair-poor.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
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Long interesting autograph letter signed by Rabbi Eliezer Rabinowitz Av Beit Din of Minsk. Minsk, 1915.
Sent to Rabbi Yosef Av Beit Din of Svislach, responding to a proposal of a match suggested by the rabbi for Rabbi Eliezer's daughter. Includes many details concerning this matter. At the beginning, he expresses his "deep gratitude for the great trouble you undertook in doing chessed physically and monetarily concerning my matter, you did much and spoke little…".
Rabbi Eliezer Rabinowitz (1859-1924), a leading Torah scholar of his times, outstanding prodigy, famous for his exceptional cleverness. Many complex Torah issues were referred to him and he participated in the rabbinical conventions in St. Petersburg at which public issues were discussed. At the time he studied in Slutzk from the author of Beit HaLevi and later in the Volozhin Yeshiva he was dubbed the "Gaon of Kiev". Son-in-law of Rabbi Yerucham Leib "The Great Rabbi of Minsk", author of Or Gadol, he succeeded him in the Minsk rabbinate. He became one of the most prominent Lithuanian rabbis and also earned the title of the "Great Rabbi of Minsk". After the communist revolution began in 1917, the rabbi was jailed in a Russian prison and eventually released, but this did not dampen his spirit and he continued leading his community as before, in spite of the persecution by the governing rulers. The remnants of his Torah novellae were covertly smuggled from Russia and printed in the book Mishnat Eliezer (Jerusalem, 1962). [See: HaGadol M'Minsk, pp. 88-91; Rabboteinu SheBagola, Vol. 1, pp. 96-98].
Approximately 3 written pages. 20.5 cm. 47 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Wear to paper folds. On the second leaf is a tear to the fold with adhesive tape marks.
Sent to Rabbi Yosef Av Beit Din of Svislach, responding to a proposal of a match suggested by the rabbi for Rabbi Eliezer's daughter. Includes many details concerning this matter. At the beginning, he expresses his "deep gratitude for the great trouble you undertook in doing chessed physically and monetarily concerning my matter, you did much and spoke little…".
Rabbi Eliezer Rabinowitz (1859-1924), a leading Torah scholar of his times, outstanding prodigy, famous for his exceptional cleverness. Many complex Torah issues were referred to him and he participated in the rabbinical conventions in St. Petersburg at which public issues were discussed. At the time he studied in Slutzk from the author of Beit HaLevi and later in the Volozhin Yeshiva he was dubbed the "Gaon of Kiev". Son-in-law of Rabbi Yerucham Leib "The Great Rabbi of Minsk", author of Or Gadol, he succeeded him in the Minsk rabbinate. He became one of the most prominent Lithuanian rabbis and also earned the title of the "Great Rabbi of Minsk". After the communist revolution began in 1917, the rabbi was jailed in a Russian prison and eventually released, but this did not dampen his spirit and he continued leading his community as before, in spite of the persecution by the governing rulers. The remnants of his Torah novellae were covertly smuggled from Russia and printed in the book Mishnat Eliezer (Jerusalem, 1962). [See: HaGadol M'Minsk, pp. 88-91; Rabboteinu SheBagola, Vol. 1, pp. 96-98].
Approximately 3 written pages. 20.5 cm. 47 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Wear to paper folds. On the second leaf is a tear to the fold with adhesive tape marks.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,125
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Long letter (2 pages), handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Moshe Soloveitchik Av Beit Din of Khislavichi, son of R' Chaim HaLevi Av Beit Din of Brisk". Khislavichi, 1913.
Sent to Jerusalem to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, regarding an agunah, whose husband came to Eretz Israel and was about to violate the "ban of Rabbeinu Gershom" and marry another woman without divorcing his first wife.
Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik (1879-Shvat 1941), eldest son of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and elder brother of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev of Brisk. Son in law of Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein Av Beit Din of Pruzhany. An exceptional Torah scholar, renowned for his amazing deep discourses, he educated thousands of disciples in Europe and the USA. In 1910, he was appointed Rabbi of Raseiniai succeeding Rabbi Alexander Moshe Lapidot and later established a yeshiva in the city at the initiative of the Saba of Slabodka. In 1913, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Khislavichi. In 1929, he immigrated to the US to head the Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan Yeshiva succeeding the "Iluy of Molchad".
2 pages, 20.5 cm. 37 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition, torn filing holes.
About the content of this letter, see the letter by Rabbi Chaim Berlin to Rabbi A.Y. Kook in Tikun Olam - Kevutzat Michtavim, Jerusalem, 1975, Letter 7, pp. 10-11.
Sent to Jerusalem to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, regarding an agunah, whose husband came to Eretz Israel and was about to violate the "ban of Rabbeinu Gershom" and marry another woman without divorcing his first wife.
Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik (1879-Shvat 1941), eldest son of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and elder brother of Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev of Brisk. Son in law of Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein Av Beit Din of Pruzhany. An exceptional Torah scholar, renowned for his amazing deep discourses, he educated thousands of disciples in Europe and the USA. In 1910, he was appointed Rabbi of Raseiniai succeeding Rabbi Alexander Moshe Lapidot and later established a yeshiva in the city at the initiative of the Saba of Slabodka. In 1913, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Khislavichi. In 1929, he immigrated to the US to head the Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan Yeshiva succeeding the "Iluy of Molchad".
2 pages, 20.5 cm. 37 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition, torn filing holes.
About the content of this letter, see the letter by Rabbi Chaim Berlin to Rabbi A.Y. Kook in Tikun Olam - Kevutzat Michtavim, Jerusalem, 1975, Letter 7, pp. 10-11.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Nachum Greenhaus, to his father-in-law, Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen of Vilna. Trakai (Lithuania), 1901.
Recommendation and request to give semicha (ordination) to the shochet Rabbi Yosef Dov Pitzkornik of Trakai, who was already ordained by several shochtim and by the Rabbi of Szczuczyn, and he requests semicha also from the Rabbi of Vilna.
Rabbi Nachum Greenhaus (1866-1915), son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen, author of Cheshek Shlomo (1831-1905), in 1888, at the age of 22, was appointed rabbi of the Jewish community of Trakai (a town west of Vilna, in which a large Karaite community resided. The position of Jewish rabbi of Trakai demanded profound wisdom and cleverness). An outstanding Torah scholar with extensive knowledge of halacha and aggadah, he wrote a large work on Talmudic and halachic treatises, but the composition was lost and never printed. At first, Rabbi Greenhaus supported the Zionist and Mizrachi movements, and in 1891, he published his amazing article Shelomim L'Riv Zion in the Shivat Zion journal. Later, when he comprehended the nature of these movements, he fiercely opposed them and published a sharp article named "Ta'ut L'Olam Chozer" (Hamodia, Year 2, Issue 50, Erev Succot 1912, p. 180), in which he retracts his support of the Mizrachi movement.
His grandson, named after him, was the famous Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz, head of the Mir Yeshiva, born in Trakai to Rabbi Aryeh Zvi Partzovitch, son-in-law and successor of Rabbi Nachum Greenhaus in the Trakai rabbinate.
Leaf, 20 cm. 16 handwritten lines. Good condition. Minor creases.
Recommendation and request to give semicha (ordination) to the shochet Rabbi Yosef Dov Pitzkornik of Trakai, who was already ordained by several shochtim and by the Rabbi of Szczuczyn, and he requests semicha also from the Rabbi of Vilna.
Rabbi Nachum Greenhaus (1866-1915), son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen, author of Cheshek Shlomo (1831-1905), in 1888, at the age of 22, was appointed rabbi of the Jewish community of Trakai (a town west of Vilna, in which a large Karaite community resided. The position of Jewish rabbi of Trakai demanded profound wisdom and cleverness). An outstanding Torah scholar with extensive knowledge of halacha and aggadah, he wrote a large work on Talmudic and halachic treatises, but the composition was lost and never printed. At first, Rabbi Greenhaus supported the Zionist and Mizrachi movements, and in 1891, he published his amazing article Shelomim L'Riv Zion in the Shivat Zion journal. Later, when he comprehended the nature of these movements, he fiercely opposed them and published a sharp article named "Ta'ut L'Olam Chozer" (Hamodia, Year 2, Issue 50, Erev Succot 1912, p. 180), in which he retracts his support of the Mizrachi movement.
His grandson, named after him, was the famous Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz, head of the Mir Yeshiva, born in Trakai to Rabbi Aryeh Zvi Partzovitch, son-in-law and successor of Rabbi Nachum Greenhaus in the Trakai rabbinate.
Leaf, 20 cm. 16 handwritten lines. Good condition. Minor creases.
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![Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Meir Shapira Av Beit Din and head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [US, ca. 1926-1927].
Lett](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/271_1.jpg "Letter by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin")
![Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Meir Shapira Av Beit Din and head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [US, ca. 1926-1927].
Lett](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/271_2.jpg "Letter by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Meir Shapira Av Beit Din and head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [US, ca. 1926-1927].
Letter on official stationery, by Rabbi Meir Shapira, from the time he traveled to the US, during 1926-1927, to raise funds to build the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [At the beginning of the leaf is an illustration of the yeshiva building, divided into wings: the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva - Maharshal, Maharsha and Maharam]. On the verso are many inscriptions, apparently in the handwriting of the Maharam Shapira: an outline for a sermon and lists of donors, with their names and the names of their mothers to include in his prayers.
Rabbi Meir Shapira (1887-1934), Av Beit Din of Pietrykaŭ and Lublin, head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, initiator of the Daf HaYomi, one of the founders of Agudat Yisrael and one of the leading rabbis of his times. One of the most young and dominant rabbis of the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah, the Maharam Shapira of Lublin was one of the most prominent rabbinical figures of recent generations.
Head of yeshiva, sharp and witty, an outstanding Torah scholar with incredible knowledge of Halacha and Aggadah. A Chassid who clung to his Rebbes. Gifted lecturer, multifarious achiever and activist, he was a member in the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic. He died without offspring but used to say that he had two children: the first - the Daf HaYomi, and the second - the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear to margins and to paper folds. Light stains.
Letter on official stationery, by Rabbi Meir Shapira, from the time he traveled to the US, during 1926-1927, to raise funds to build the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [At the beginning of the leaf is an illustration of the yeshiva building, divided into wings: the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva - Maharshal, Maharsha and Maharam]. On the verso are many inscriptions, apparently in the handwriting of the Maharam Shapira: an outline for a sermon and lists of donors, with their names and the names of their mothers to include in his prayers.
Rabbi Meir Shapira (1887-1934), Av Beit Din of Pietrykaŭ and Lublin, head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, initiator of the Daf HaYomi, one of the founders of Agudat Yisrael and one of the leading rabbis of his times. One of the most young and dominant rabbis of the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah, the Maharam Shapira of Lublin was one of the most prominent rabbinical figures of recent generations.
Head of yeshiva, sharp and witty, an outstanding Torah scholar with incredible knowledge of Halacha and Aggadah. A Chassid who clung to his Rebbes. Gifted lecturer, multifarious achiever and activist, he was a member in the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic. He died without offspring but used to say that he had two children: the first - the Daf HaYomi, and the second - the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear to margins and to paper folds. Light stains.
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![Long interesting autograph letter signed by Rabbi Ezra HaCohen Fried. Tiszabecel (Hungary), [1917].
Detailed responsum to in](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/272.jpg "Letter by Rabbi Ezra HaCohen Fried Av Beit Din of Tiszabecel")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Long interesting autograph letter signed by Rabbi Ezra HaCohen Fried. Tiszabecel (Hungary), [1917].
Detailed responsum to inquiries regarding a match for a divorced man "from a good decent family".
Rabbi Ezra HaCohen Fried Av Beit Din of Tiszabecel (perished in the Holocaust, 1943), son of the author of the Pnei Mevin responsa, Rabbi Netanel HaCohen Fried Av Beit Din of Oraşu Nou (Uyvaros), and son-in-law of Rabbi Gershon Avraham Goldberg of Liska Av Beit Din of Tiszabecel. (Kehillot Hungary, Machon Yerushalayin 2009 p. 179). An interesting responsum by him, regarding a Shochet using a bicycle for transportation between different communities and the concerns that arise from this, was printed in the Or Torah anthology and copied from there to the end of the Yalkut Pnei Mevin (Bnei Brak 1992).
Official postcard, 10.5X15.5 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition.
Detailed responsum to inquiries regarding a match for a divorced man "from a good decent family".
Rabbi Ezra HaCohen Fried Av Beit Din of Tiszabecel (perished in the Holocaust, 1943), son of the author of the Pnei Mevin responsa, Rabbi Netanel HaCohen Fried Av Beit Din of Oraşu Nou (Uyvaros), and son-in-law of Rabbi Gershon Avraham Goldberg of Liska Av Beit Din of Tiszabecel. (Kehillot Hungary, Machon Yerushalayin 2009 p. 179). An interesting responsum by him, regarding a Shochet using a bicycle for transportation between different communities and the concerns that arise from this, was printed in the Or Torah anthology and copied from there to the end of the Yalkut Pnei Mevin (Bnei Brak 1992).
Official postcard, 10.5X15.5 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler. H. Mád, Nissan 1916.
Sent to Rabbi Yisrael, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek in the city of Szerencs. The letter is about the details of the laws of selling chametz. Rabbi Winkler cites a responsum which he received on this subject from "The Gaon HaTsaddik Av Beit Din of Erlau" [author of Hit'orerut Teshuva].
Rabbi Mordechai Winkler Av Beit Din of H. Mád, author of Levush Mordechai (1845-1932), close disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Landesberg Av Beit Din of Oradea (Grosswardein). From 1874, began teaching Torah and serving in the rabbinate and from 1901, he served as Rabbi of Mád for over 30 years and also established there a yeshiva gedola. He was revered as a prominent Hungarian Torah authority and his halachic responsa were unequivocally accepted and became a basic source among books of responsa (Cohen, Chachmei Transylvania pp. 98-99).
Official postcard, 14 cm. Approximately 18 handwritten lines. Very good condition.
Sent to Rabbi Yisrael, Dayan and Moreh Tzedek in the city of Szerencs. The letter is about the details of the laws of selling chametz. Rabbi Winkler cites a responsum which he received on this subject from "The Gaon HaTsaddik Av Beit Din of Erlau" [author of Hit'orerut Teshuva].
Rabbi Mordechai Winkler Av Beit Din of H. Mád, author of Levush Mordechai (1845-1932), close disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Landesberg Av Beit Din of Oradea (Grosswardein). From 1874, began teaching Torah and serving in the rabbinate and from 1901, he served as Rabbi of Mád for over 30 years and also established there a yeshiva gedola. He was revered as a prominent Hungarian Torah authority and his halachic responsa were unequivocally accepted and became a basic source among books of responsa (Cohen, Chachmei Transylvania pp. 98-99).
Official postcard, 14 cm. Approximately 18 handwritten lines. Very good condition.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg. Unsdorf, 1913.
Recommendation to assist Rabbi Moshe Ya'akobowitz, Schochet Ubodek in Geltetz, who traveled to Vienna with his wife for medical care.
Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg, author of Be'er Shmuel (1842-1919), a leading rabbi and head of yeshiva in Hungary was a prominent disciple of the Ktav Sofer. From 1873, he served as Av Beit Din of Hejocsaba and from 1873 served in the Unsdorf rabbinate (one of the renowned "seven communities") in which he established a yeshiva gedola which evolved into one of the most illustrious yeshivas in Hungary and its region. Famous for his great devotion to his disciples, under his guidance many developed into leading Torah scholars (Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar Av Beit Din of Nitra, etc.). He was also renowned for his excessive holiness and the Munkatch Rebbes often lauded him as a person who possessed Ru'ach HaKodesh. Many would apply for his blessing and request that he pray for various matters. He would lead "tisches" in his yeshiva like Chassidic rebbes and would distribute "sherayim". He stood at the helm of the Orthodox Jewish sector in its struggle against Reform leaders.
13.5 cm. 11 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Glued tear to fold of leaf.
Recommendation to assist Rabbi Moshe Ya'akobowitz, Schochet Ubodek in Geltetz, who traveled to Vienna with his wife for medical care.
Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg, author of Be'er Shmuel (1842-1919), a leading rabbi and head of yeshiva in Hungary was a prominent disciple of the Ktav Sofer. From 1873, he served as Av Beit Din of Hejocsaba and from 1873 served in the Unsdorf rabbinate (one of the renowned "seven communities") in which he established a yeshiva gedola which evolved into one of the most illustrious yeshivas in Hungary and its region. Famous for his great devotion to his disciples, under his guidance many developed into leading Torah scholars (Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar Av Beit Din of Nitra, etc.). He was also renowned for his excessive holiness and the Munkatch Rebbes often lauded him as a person who possessed Ru'ach HaKodesh. Many would apply for his blessing and request that he pray for various matters. He would lead "tisches" in his yeshiva like Chassidic rebbes and would distribute "sherayim". He stood at the helm of the Orthodox Jewish sector in its struggle against Reform leaders.
13.5 cm. 11 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Glued tear to fold of leaf.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Five letters by Hungarian rabbis and their families:
· Letter of recommendation by Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg, for an immigration affidavit for rescue from the Holocaust. Jerusalem, Av 1943. · Attached is a letter by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Stern, on behalf of the Rabbi of Pressburg instructing the Agudat Yisrael Center to change its immigration affidavit: "…After asking…the Rabbi of Pressburg, we have reached the decision that we first much rescue the mother…". Jerusalem, Av 1943. · Letter on a postcard by Rabbi Shimon Sofer-Shreiber of Trnava. [ca. 1930]. · Letter of recommendation by Rabbi Meir Chaim Ungar "Former Av Beit Din of Lackenbach". Jerusalem, 1943. · Long handwritten autograph letter signed by Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld Av Beit Din of Mattersdorf. NY, [1954?].
5 letters. Size and condition vary.
· Letter of recommendation by Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg, for an immigration affidavit for rescue from the Holocaust. Jerusalem, Av 1943. · Attached is a letter by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Stern, on behalf of the Rabbi of Pressburg instructing the Agudat Yisrael Center to change its immigration affidavit: "…After asking…the Rabbi of Pressburg, we have reached the decision that we first much rescue the mother…". Jerusalem, Av 1943. · Letter on a postcard by Rabbi Shimon Sofer-Shreiber of Trnava. [ca. 1930]. · Letter of recommendation by Rabbi Meir Chaim Ungar "Former Av Beit Din of Lackenbach". Jerusalem, 1943. · Long handwritten autograph letter signed by Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld Av Beit Din of Mattersdorf. NY, [1954?].
5 letters. Size and condition vary.
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi "Meir Leib Frey" Av Beit Din of Šurany. Elul 1926.
Sent with an enclosed donation to a friend who had lost his fortune "and I was distressed to hear of your situation and G-d should send him his assistance". He apologized for the small amount "because of the difficulties of the times and the bad trend of trade, I could not send more, and I ask forgiveness".
Rabbi Meir Leib Frey Av Beit Din of Šurany (1878-perished in the Holocaust in Sivan 1944), a leading teacher of Torah in his days, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Frey who was the son-in-law of the Ktav Sofer. Studied in Pressburg by his uncle, the author of Shevet Sofer and by Rabbi Kalev Feivel Schlesinger Av Beit Din of Topoľčany, author of Torah Bar Nash and Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, author of Levush Mordechai. In 1903, he was appointed Av Beit Din of Šurany upon his marriage to his cousin, the orphan, daughter of Rabbi Yeshayahu Ehrenfeld Av Beit Din of Šurany (son of Rabbi David Zvi Ehrenfeld, who was the son-in-law of the Chatam Sofer). Author of Shevet Mishor on the Torah and homilies (Oradea [Grosswardein] 1943 - NY 1989). See: Shem HaGedolom MeEretz Hagar, Ma'arechet 40, Ot 224; HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, p. 692.
Leaf 10X15 cm. (Written on the verso of a part of a wedding invitation, of "Yechezkel Shraga Schwalb"), fair condition. Stains and wear. Tear to fold, with acid-free tape reinforcement.
Sent with an enclosed donation to a friend who had lost his fortune "and I was distressed to hear of your situation and G-d should send him his assistance". He apologized for the small amount "because of the difficulties of the times and the bad trend of trade, I could not send more, and I ask forgiveness".
Rabbi Meir Leib Frey Av Beit Din of Šurany (1878-perished in the Holocaust in Sivan 1944), a leading teacher of Torah in his days, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Frey who was the son-in-law of the Ktav Sofer. Studied in Pressburg by his uncle, the author of Shevet Sofer and by Rabbi Kalev Feivel Schlesinger Av Beit Din of Topoľčany, author of Torah Bar Nash and Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, author of Levush Mordechai. In 1903, he was appointed Av Beit Din of Šurany upon his marriage to his cousin, the orphan, daughter of Rabbi Yeshayahu Ehrenfeld Av Beit Din of Šurany (son of Rabbi David Zvi Ehrenfeld, who was the son-in-law of the Chatam Sofer). Author of Shevet Mishor on the Torah and homilies (Oradea [Grosswardein] 1943 - NY 1989). See: Shem HaGedolom MeEretz Hagar, Ma'arechet 40, Ot 224; HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, p. 692.
Leaf 10X15 cm. (Written on the verso of a part of a wedding invitation, of "Yechezkel Shraga Schwalb"), fair condition. Stains and wear. Tear to fold, with acid-free tape reinforcement.
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