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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Bundle of letters and manuscripts, from the family of Rabbi Avraham Stern Av Beit Din of Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel), author of Melitzei Esh, son of Rabbi Bezalel Stern, author of Be'tzel HaChochmah, and their families.
· Letter of recommendation of the Surány Yeshiva (Hungary), for the young man Betzalel Stern, after he was tested by four rabbis on behalf of a fund which distributes scholarships for excelling students. Signed by Rabbi Meir Leib Frey Av Beit Din of Surány (Beregsurány) [see previous tem], his grandfather - Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman Av Beit Din of Nové Zámky and Rabbi Yisrael Reich Av Beit Din of Bátorove Kosihy (Bátorkesz). Surány, 1930. · Two handwritten leaves, a title page and introduction, to the work Esh VaMayim, on rules of the Talmud, by his father Rabbi Avraham Stern Rabbi of Érsekújvár (Neuhäusel), author of Gapei Esh, Melitzei Esh and Misader Chilukim V'Shitot. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, upon receiving the book Be'tzel HaChochma. Jerusalem, [1975]. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, upon receiving the book Be'tzel HaChochma. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1975. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Avraham David Horwitz Av Beit Din of Strasburg, to Rabbi Bezalel Stern. Jerusalem, 1988. · Two autograph letters signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss rabbi in Antwerp [at present, Ga'avad of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem]. Antwerp, 1988-1989.
6 letters and 2 handwritten leaves. Size and condition vary.
· Letter of recommendation of the Surány Yeshiva (Hungary), for the young man Betzalel Stern, after he was tested by four rabbis on behalf of a fund which distributes scholarships for excelling students. Signed by Rabbi Meir Leib Frey Av Beit Din of Surány (Beregsurány) [see previous tem], his grandfather - Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman Av Beit Din of Nové Zámky and Rabbi Yisrael Reich Av Beit Din of Bátorove Kosihy (Bátorkesz). Surány, 1930. · Two handwritten leaves, a title page and introduction, to the work Esh VaMayim, on rules of the Talmud, by his father Rabbi Avraham Stern Rabbi of Érsekújvár (Neuhäusel), author of Gapei Esh, Melitzei Esh and Misader Chilukim V'Shitot. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, upon receiving the book Be'tzel HaChochma. Jerusalem, [1975]. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, upon receiving the book Be'tzel HaChochma. Jerusalem, Cheshvan 1975. · Handwritten thank-you letter signed by Rabbi Avraham David Horwitz Av Beit Din of Strasburg, to Rabbi Bezalel Stern. Jerusalem, 1988. · Two autograph letters signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss rabbi in Antwerp [at present, Ga'avad of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem]. Antwerp, 1988-1989.
6 letters and 2 handwritten leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,125
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A large and diverse collection of letters: letters by rabbis, private letters, "Shana Tova" letters and letters of recommendation. USA and Europe (Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Basarabia and Romania), most from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Among the items are letters from: · Rabbi Yosef Kanowitz. · Rabbi Eliyahu Avraham Ragensberg. · Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Levitan. · Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Glickson, head of the Torat Chaim - Brisk Yeshiva in Warsaw. · Rabbi Yechiel Mantel. · Rabbi Gershon Leib Guttman, Moreh Tzedek in Kovne.
Approximately 60 items, including more than 55 letters. Size and condition vary.
Among the items are letters from: · Rabbi Yosef Kanowitz. · Rabbi Eliyahu Avraham Ragensberg. · Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Levitan. · Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Glickson, head of the Torat Chaim - Brisk Yeshiva in Warsaw. · Rabbi Yechiel Mantel. · Rabbi Gershon Leib Guttman, Moreh Tzedek in Kovne.
Approximately 60 items, including more than 55 letters. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $875
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Large and diverse collection of letters and documents, sent to the management of Agudat Yisrael, to the staff of Kol Yisrael in Jerusalem, and to the management of Po'alei Agudat Yisrael. Including letters by organizations and branches located in various cities abroad, [before and after the Holocaust]. Europe and Eretz Israel, c. 1920s-1950s.
This collection is composed of many documents of great historic value on various matters in the history of Agudat Yisrael, Po'alei Agudat Yisrael and public institutes abroad and in Eretz Israel, before the Holocaust and untill the establishment of the State of Israel.
For further details, see Hebrew description.
70 items. Size and condition vary.
This collection is composed of many documents of great historic value on various matters in the history of Agudat Yisrael, Po'alei Agudat Yisrael and public institutes abroad and in Eretz Israel, before the Holocaust and untill the establishment of the State of Israel.
For further details, see Hebrew description.
70 items. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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A collection of letters by rabbis, regarding the initiative of Rabbi Rubinfein to instate study of a Daf HaYomi of the Zohar. Jerusalem, 1931.
· Letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by Rabbi "David Mordechai son of R' Chaim" Rubinfein "author of the books Kol HaKoreh," the initiator of the idea. On the margins of the second page of his letter are several lines handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Zelig Braverman" [one of the heads of the Meah She'arim Yeshiva], and several lines handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, with his signature and stamp "Yosef Chaim" - who praises the idea with certain reservations: "It is definitely a mitzvah for all who are able to study the Parasha each week [in the Zohar], however, those who cannot, should study one Daf and should not accept this practice with a vow…".
· Letters by rabbis: Rabbi Elimelech HaCohen Rubinstein, the Rabbi of Rachów; Rabbi Avraham Philosoph, head of the Sephardi Beit Din; Rabbi Mordechai Rashkes, Rabbi of Joniškis (Yanishok). Rabbi David Yitzchak Magin, Rabbi of Derechin; Rabbi Yehoshua Alter Wildman; Rabbi Simcha Bunim Werner; Rabbi Gershon Yehuda Zilberman, Rabbi of Praga, Warsaw [member of the Badatz Eda HaCharedit].
Rabbi David Mordechai Rubinfein (1873-1933), a Zvhil Chassid, Torah scholar and kabbalist, Rabbi of Komargorod, Podolia, immigrated to Jerusalem in the 1920s. Authored the Kol Koreh mussar books (Zhitomir 1902; Berdychiv, 1913; Jerusalem 1927). Photos of these letters were included in the new edition of Kol HaKoreh (Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, 1978),
printed by his youngest son-in-law, Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber known as "Binyamin HaTsaddik".
9 written pages, approximately 20 cm. Good-poor condition. Wear and stains. Laminated.
· Letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by Rabbi "David Mordechai son of R' Chaim" Rubinfein "author of the books Kol HaKoreh," the initiator of the idea. On the margins of the second page of his letter are several lines handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Zelig Braverman" [one of the heads of the Meah She'arim Yeshiva], and several lines handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, with his signature and stamp "Yosef Chaim" - who praises the idea with certain reservations: "It is definitely a mitzvah for all who are able to study the Parasha each week [in the Zohar], however, those who cannot, should study one Daf and should not accept this practice with a vow…".
· Letters by rabbis: Rabbi Elimelech HaCohen Rubinstein, the Rabbi of Rachów; Rabbi Avraham Philosoph, head of the Sephardi Beit Din; Rabbi Mordechai Rashkes, Rabbi of Joniškis (Yanishok). Rabbi David Yitzchak Magin, Rabbi of Derechin; Rabbi Yehoshua Alter Wildman; Rabbi Simcha Bunim Werner; Rabbi Gershon Yehuda Zilberman, Rabbi of Praga, Warsaw [member of the Badatz Eda HaCharedit].
Rabbi David Mordechai Rubinfein (1873-1933), a Zvhil Chassid, Torah scholar and kabbalist, Rabbi of Komargorod, Podolia, immigrated to Jerusalem in the 1920s. Authored the Kol Koreh mussar books (Zhitomir 1902; Berdychiv, 1913; Jerusalem 1927). Photos of these letters were included in the new edition of Kol HaKoreh (Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, 1978),
printed by his youngest son-in-law, Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber known as "Binyamin HaTsaddik".
9 written pages, approximately 20 cm. Good-poor condition. Wear and stains. Laminated.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
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Letters and telegrams from the archive of Rabbi Yosef Lipman Gurwitz, Rabbi in Melbourne, Australia. Letters on matters of Gittin and kashrut, concerning rescue of Holocaust refugees, etc. Among the writers and signatures: rabbis and dayanim, public figures and private people from Eretz Israel, Lithuania (Vilna rabbis and institutes), Europe and Australia. [Ca. 1935-1948].
· Letters signed by rabbis: Rabbi Yosef HaLei Av Beit Din of Jaffa and members of the Tel Aviv Beit Din; Rabbi Avraham Nissan Yaffe, Vilna; Rabbi Chaim Moshe, a preacher in Vilna (regarding the institute Ma'achal Kasher founded by Rabbi Chaim Ozer for the yeshiva students in the city); Rabbi Ya'akov Rudnik, mashgiach of nikur and kashrut in Vilna; Rabbi David Yitzchak Molier, Buenos Aires; Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Ben-Menachem and members of the Petach Tikva Beit Din; Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman, Safed; Rabbi Yehuda Frankel of Komarno, Tel Aviv; Rabbi Yitzchak Yedidya Frankel, Tel Aviv; Rabbi Avraham Zvi Shachor, Jerusalem; and others.
· Telegrams from the time of the Holocaust - correspondence with Va'ad HaYeshivot and with Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog. Concerning fundraising for the yeshivas in Eretz Israel and for war refugees.
Rabbi Yosef Lipman Gurwitz (1885-1957), was an outstanding Lithuanian Torah scholar and one of the founders of the Tze'irei Yisrael Union in Vilna [one of the first Charedi organizations and a stepping stone to the establishment of Agudat Yisrael in the beginning of the 1920s. Members of the organization established the Yavne education system in Lithuania and represented the Charedim in the elections for the leadership of Lithuanian communities]. In 1932, Rabbi Gurwitz immigrated to Australia and served in the Melbourne rabbinate. He was one of the leading Australian rabbis and exchanged halachic correspondence with many great rabbis in his times [on the issue of agunot and Holocaust agunot, kashrut, etc]. He was very active on behalf of yeshiva all over the world, especially during World War II. This collection of letters attests to these efforts.
22 letters and 25 telegrams. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
· Letters signed by rabbis: Rabbi Yosef HaLei Av Beit Din of Jaffa and members of the Tel Aviv Beit Din; Rabbi Avraham Nissan Yaffe, Vilna; Rabbi Chaim Moshe, a preacher in Vilna (regarding the institute Ma'achal Kasher founded by Rabbi Chaim Ozer for the yeshiva students in the city); Rabbi Ya'akov Rudnik, mashgiach of nikur and kashrut in Vilna; Rabbi David Yitzchak Molier, Buenos Aires; Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Ben-Menachem and members of the Petach Tikva Beit Din; Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman, Safed; Rabbi Yehuda Frankel of Komarno, Tel Aviv; Rabbi Yitzchak Yedidya Frankel, Tel Aviv; Rabbi Avraham Zvi Shachor, Jerusalem; and others.
· Telegrams from the time of the Holocaust - correspondence with Va'ad HaYeshivot and with Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Herzog. Concerning fundraising for the yeshivas in Eretz Israel and for war refugees.
Rabbi Yosef Lipman Gurwitz (1885-1957), was an outstanding Lithuanian Torah scholar and one of the founders of the Tze'irei Yisrael Union in Vilna [one of the first Charedi organizations and a stepping stone to the establishment of Agudat Yisrael in the beginning of the 1920s. Members of the organization established the Yavne education system in Lithuania and represented the Charedim in the elections for the leadership of Lithuanian communities]. In 1932, Rabbi Gurwitz immigrated to Australia and served in the Melbourne rabbinate. He was one of the leading Australian rabbis and exchanged halachic correspondence with many great rabbis in his times [on the issue of agunot and Holocaust agunot, kashrut, etc]. He was very active on behalf of yeshiva all over the world, especially during World War II. This collection of letters attests to these efforts.
22 letters and 25 telegrams. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $2,750
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Collection of letters by rabbis, letters of recommendations and approbations for books, New Year greetings and letters containing Torah teachings, sent to Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber (Rabbi Binyamin HaTsaddik), ca. 1940-1990.
Among the items: · a letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (15 lines), a halachic responsum and an approbation for a book. NY, Chanuka 1969. · Two letters of approbation, by the Tshebiner Rabbi, Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld.
For further details, see Hebrew description.
36 letters, more than 40 leaves. Size and condition vary, good to poor. All the letters are laminated. Some have handwritten inscriptions (notes in the handwriting of Rabbi Zilber and printing instructions).
Among the items: · a letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (15 lines), a halachic responsum and an approbation for a book. NY, Chanuka 1969. · Two letters of approbation, by the Tshebiner Rabbi, Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld.
For further details, see Hebrew description.
36 letters, more than 40 leaves. Size and condition vary, good to poor. All the letters are laminated. Some have handwritten inscriptions (notes in the handwriting of Rabbi Zilber and printing instructions).
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,125
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Large archive (more than 60 items) of letters of semicha (ordination) and other letters written by famous rabbis, sent to Rabbi David Brodman, Rabbi of Savyon, who previously served in the Amsterdam rabbinate.
Letters of semicha to the rabbinate, by Rabbi David Povarsky, head of Ponovezh Yeshiva, Rabbi Aryeh Ze'ev Gurwicz head of Gateshead Yeshiva, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Rabbi Shlomo Goren.
The collection contains letters by famous rabbis: Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis, Rabbi Aryeh Ze'ev Gurvicz (2 letters), Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padova; Rabbi Shimon Schwab; Rabbi Eliezer Platchinsky; Rabbi Chaim Friedlander (3 letters); Rabbi Hillel Medalia of Antwerp (4 letters); Rabbi Ben Zion Rakov of London; Rabbi Yisrael Brody, Chief Rabbi of Lucerne (4 letters); Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau; Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria [in which he disapproves of the ways of the head of the Bnei Akiva movement]; Rabbi Shmuel David Munk (2 letters); Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Aharonson; Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber; an authorization of a conversion performed at the Savyon Beit Din [with signatures of Rabbi David Brodman, Rabbi Amram Blau - head of the Neturei Karta and Rabbi Nachum Yitzchak Frank]; many more letters from rabbis from the Netherlands, Europe and Eretz Israel.
Rabbi Brodman, born in Rotterdam, Holland survived the concentration camps and later studied at the Gateshead and Ponovezh Yeshivot. He served as rabbi and Dayan in Amsterdam for 10 years. In 1973, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Savyon, in which he established Torah institutes and a kollel.
About 60 letters in 69 leaves. Size and condition vary. Most letters are in very good condition.
Letters of semicha to the rabbinate, by Rabbi David Povarsky, head of Ponovezh Yeshiva, Rabbi Aryeh Ze'ev Gurwicz head of Gateshead Yeshiva, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and Rabbi Shlomo Goren.
The collection contains letters by famous rabbis: Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis, Rabbi Aryeh Ze'ev Gurvicz (2 letters), Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padova; Rabbi Shimon Schwab; Rabbi Eliezer Platchinsky; Rabbi Chaim Friedlander (3 letters); Rabbi Hillel Medalia of Antwerp (4 letters); Rabbi Ben Zion Rakov of London; Rabbi Yisrael Brody, Chief Rabbi of Lucerne (4 letters); Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau; Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria [in which he disapproves of the ways of the head of the Bnei Akiva movement]; Rabbi Shmuel David Munk (2 letters); Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Aharonson; Rabbi Binyamin Yehoshua Zilber; an authorization of a conversion performed at the Savyon Beit Din [with signatures of Rabbi David Brodman, Rabbi Amram Blau - head of the Neturei Karta and Rabbi Nachum Yitzchak Frank]; many more letters from rabbis from the Netherlands, Europe and Eretz Israel.
Rabbi Brodman, born in Rotterdam, Holland survived the concentration camps and later studied at the Gateshead and Ponovezh Yeshivot. He served as rabbi and Dayan in Amsterdam for 10 years. In 1973, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Savyon, in which he established Torah institutes and a kollel.
About 60 letters in 69 leaves. Size and condition vary. Most letters are in very good condition.
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Letters
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $750
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Collection of letters by Rabbis and Heads of Yeshivas. Eretz Israel and other countries, 20th century.
Letters by various rabbis: Rabbi Yisrael Woltz; Rabbi Binyamin Mendelson, "Rabbi of Kfar Ata"; Rabbi Bezalel Stern; Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, the Crasna Rebbe; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Meltzer (on the stationery of his father, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer); Rabbi Elimelech Bar-Shaul; Rabbi Yisrael Grossman; Rabbi Avraham Wolf; Rabbi Yonah Merzbach; Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira; Rabbi Avraham Farbstein; Rabbi Yissachar Meir; Rabbi Yosef Lis; Rabbi Ya'akov Landau; Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth; Rabbi Dov Yaffe; Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky; Rebbetzin Leah Kook of Tiberias (illustrated letter with good wishes); more letters by many rabbis.
44 letters, size and condition vary.
Letters by various rabbis: Rabbi Yisrael Woltz; Rabbi Binyamin Mendelson, "Rabbi of Kfar Ata"; Rabbi Bezalel Stern; Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, the Crasna Rebbe; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook; Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Meltzer (on the stationery of his father, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer); Rabbi Elimelech Bar-Shaul; Rabbi Yisrael Grossman; Rabbi Avraham Wolf; Rabbi Yonah Merzbach; Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira; Rabbi Avraham Farbstein; Rabbi Yissachar Meir; Rabbi Yosef Lis; Rabbi Ya'akov Landau; Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth; Rabbi Dov Yaffe; Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky; Rebbetzin Leah Kook of Tiberias (illustrated letter with good wishes); more letters by many rabbis.
44 letters, size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $6,000
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Manuscript, ledger of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, Tiberias emissary, recording his travels throughout Italy and France in 1819.
A full ledger written by Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, during 1819 (Kislev-Tamuz), on his travels throughout the Jewish communities in Northern and Eastern Italy. These communities include: Ferrara, Bologna, Modena, Forli, Lugo, Pesaro, Senigallia, Ancona, Mantua (Mantua), Verona, Milano, Vercelli, Moncalvo, Casale Monferrato, Torino and other communities in Italian towns and villages. Rabbi C.S. Abulafia also visited French communities, primarily those situated near the Italian border: Nice, Marseille and Aix.
This ledger is of great historic interest, containing information regarding community life in Italy at the beginning of the 19th century. In this ledger, Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia meticulously recorded his travels and his visits to various communities, the people who hosted him, names of donors and other details.
Following are a few examples quoted from the ledger:
"From Lugo, on the way to Forli, I stayed with the brothers MeHazkenim for the first day of Chanuka 1819… From there to Pesaro" [8b].
"Senigallia… I was honored greatly and from that city, the wealthy Mr. Aharon Galiko came to meet me…with his entire lofty family…" [10].
"From Mantua to Milano is a three-day journey…and from Milano until Vercelli takes one and a half days…" [29a].
On his visit to Ancona, he mentions the local rabbi "The great luminary, greatest of the Sanhedrin, Rabbi Refaeli Yeshaya Azulai" - son of the Chida. [12a].
On Leaf [45] is a long list he wrote while in Venice with details of his activities to include donations to Tiberias in the city's regulations. He adds details of old regulations regarding the distribution of donations to Eretz Yisrael and about the portion allotted to Tiberias from those donations. Among other things, he mentions traveling through the city of Trieste and finding there signed regulations on this issue, etc.
On Leaves [33]-[34], are additions in Italian writing, written in Senigallia in the month of Shevat 1819, concerning an obligation for a donation by the community's leading figures. On Leaves [46]-[48], are obligations written and signed by residents of the Cuneo community.
On Leaf [49] is a handwritten and signed inscription by Rabbi Yechezkel Eliezer Abulafia, nephew of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo who served as a Tiberias emissary after him.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, a Tiberias sage, descendent of Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, author of Etz HaChaim. From 1816, he was emissary of the city of Tiberias to Italy and to France. In 1829, he travelled to Italy and Tunis, and was dubbed "Ba'al HaNissim" because of the miracles he merited. This ledger records his first journey. At the end of this journey, he reprinted the book Zimrat HaAretz by Rabbi Ya'akov Birav in Livorno. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 642-644].
[53] written leaves and dozens more blank leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and worming in several places. Contemporary cardboard binding with a string for fastening.
A full ledger written by Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, during 1819 (Kislev-Tamuz), on his travels throughout the Jewish communities in Northern and Eastern Italy. These communities include: Ferrara, Bologna, Modena, Forli, Lugo, Pesaro, Senigallia, Ancona, Mantua (Mantua), Verona, Milano, Vercelli, Moncalvo, Casale Monferrato, Torino and other communities in Italian towns and villages. Rabbi C.S. Abulafia also visited French communities, primarily those situated near the Italian border: Nice, Marseille and Aix.
This ledger is of great historic interest, containing information regarding community life in Italy at the beginning of the 19th century. In this ledger, Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia meticulously recorded his travels and his visits to various communities, the people who hosted him, names of donors and other details.
Following are a few examples quoted from the ledger:
"From Lugo, on the way to Forli, I stayed with the brothers MeHazkenim for the first day of Chanuka 1819… From there to Pesaro" [8b].
"Senigallia… I was honored greatly and from that city, the wealthy Mr. Aharon Galiko came to meet me…with his entire lofty family…" [10].
"From Mantua to Milano is a three-day journey…and from Milano until Vercelli takes one and a half days…" [29a].
On his visit to Ancona, he mentions the local rabbi "The great luminary, greatest of the Sanhedrin, Rabbi Refaeli Yeshaya Azulai" - son of the Chida. [12a].
On Leaf [45] is a long list he wrote while in Venice with details of his activities to include donations to Tiberias in the city's regulations. He adds details of old regulations regarding the distribution of donations to Eretz Yisrael and about the portion allotted to Tiberias from those donations. Among other things, he mentions traveling through the city of Trieste and finding there signed regulations on this issue, etc.
On Leaves [33]-[34], are additions in Italian writing, written in Senigallia in the month of Shevat 1819, concerning an obligation for a donation by the community's leading figures. On Leaves [46]-[48], are obligations written and signed by residents of the Cuneo community.
On Leaf [49] is a handwritten and signed inscription by Rabbi Yechezkel Eliezer Abulafia, nephew of Rabbi Chaim Shlomo who served as a Tiberias emissary after him.
Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Abulafia, a Tiberias sage, descendent of Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, author of Etz HaChaim. From 1816, he was emissary of the city of Tiberias to Italy and to France. In 1829, he travelled to Italy and Tunis, and was dubbed "Ba'al HaNissim" because of the miracles he merited. This ledger records his first journey. At the end of this journey, he reprinted the book Zimrat HaAretz by Rabbi Ya'akov Birav in Livorno. [See: Ya'ari, Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 642-644].
[53] written leaves and dozens more blank leaves. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears and worming in several places. Contemporary cardboard binding with a string for fastening.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,250
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Collection of handwritten and printed letters, Tiberias and Safed, c. 1834-1935.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
The collection contains:
· An emissary writ to Assyrian [Kurdistan] cities, for the emissary Rabbi Machluf HaCohen, with (calligraphic) signatures of seven Tiberias rabbis: The Rabbi of Tiberias - R' Chaim Nissim Abulafia, Rabbi She'altiel Ya'akov Ninyo, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Refael Maman, Rabbi Ye'uda Nechmad, and others. Tiberias, Kislev 1834.
· "Open announcement" - printed leaf with stamps of the Tiberias community, regarding the appointment of Rabbi Chaim Alchadif as Chacham-Bashi [Chief Rabbi]. Tiberias, Iyar 1898. · Long moving letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Sisu of Safed. Lag B'Omer 1904. · Letter signed by four Safed rabbis: Rabbi Yeshua Falagi, Rabbi Refael Moshe Entebbe, Rabbi Moshe Yosef HaCohen and Rabbi Shimon Shabtai. Safed, Cheshvan 1931. · Three more printed letters from Tiberias and Safed.
7 items, size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
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Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Leaf in Oriental handwriting, a document signed by the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Ayash, members of the Beit Din and leading Sephardi sages of the city. Jerusalem, Rosh Chodesh Sivan 1814.
Regulations for Melamdim of the Talmud Torah (elementary schools) of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem containing eight clauses regarding the obligations of the Melamdim, the study schedules, the number of students and the teachers' salaries and their obligation to adhere to the regulations. Granting the appointed Gaba'im (agents) the power to dismiss teachers. On the margins are the signatures of the teachers, some of them well-known Jerusalem Torah scholars.
The first to sign is the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Ayash followed by (on the left) Rabbi Ya'akov Koral (successor as Rishon L'Zion) and after them Rabbi Yom Tov Danon (the Rishon L'zion after the Chikrei Lev), Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Meyuchas (Deputy Rishon L'Zion of Rabbi M. Suzin), undeciphered signature, Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Taragan (member of the Beit Din of Rabbi Y.M. Ayash also signed with him on the regulation regarding the production of cheese in Jerusalem, died 1820) and Rabbi Yehuda Uziel (also a sage of the same Beit Din, died in 1827).
[1] leaf. 21X30 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Restored tears to paper folds.
Historical document shedding light on the life of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem.
Regulations for Melamdim of the Talmud Torah (elementary schools) of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem containing eight clauses regarding the obligations of the Melamdim, the study schedules, the number of students and the teachers' salaries and their obligation to adhere to the regulations. Granting the appointed Gaba'im (agents) the power to dismiss teachers. On the margins are the signatures of the teachers, some of them well-known Jerusalem Torah scholars.
The first to sign is the Rishon L'Zion Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Ayash followed by (on the left) Rabbi Ya'akov Koral (successor as Rishon L'Zion) and after them Rabbi Yom Tov Danon (the Rishon L'zion after the Chikrei Lev), Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Meyuchas (Deputy Rishon L'Zion of Rabbi M. Suzin), undeciphered signature, Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Taragan (member of the Beit Din of Rabbi Y.M. Ayash also signed with him on the regulation regarding the production of cheese in Jerusalem, died 1820) and Rabbi Yehuda Uziel (also a sage of the same Beit Din, died in 1827).
[1] leaf. 21X30 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Restored tears to paper folds.
Historical document shedding light on the life of the Sephardi community of Jerusalem.
Category
Jerusalem and Eretz Israel - Ledgers of Emissaries and Institutions, Letters and Documents, Printed Material
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $5,000
Sold for: $6,250
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten document, regarding the appointment of three representatives of the Ashkenazi community to the united committee of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jerusalem communities, for reducing rental fees in the city. Signed by six community and kollel leaders: Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaky, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin, Rabbi Yisrael Bak, Rabbi Nachum of Szadek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal and Rabbi Yochanan Schlank. Jerusalem, 1858. Stamps of the Kollelim with various illustrations of the Western Wall.
The subject of the document is presenting a united front for balancing the housing market and rental contracts drawn with non-Jewish landlords, and with Jews who held rights of residence in non-Jewish owned properties and rented these rights to others.
"Since for a number of years, the rental fees of non-Jews in Jerusalem has been on a constant rise, ensuing in numerous disputes between those who held rights and their neighbors regarding rights of these properties. We have gathered together the scholars and rabbis of the kollels of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities and have reached the following conclusions: the Sephardim will choose three rabbis and the Ashkenazi kollels will also choose three rabbis and these six will sit together and discuss this matter… according to the Torah law and according to justice and integrity demanded by this issue, accepted by all parties. We, the Ashkenazic kollels have chosen Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Kutna, and Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and Rabbi Mordechai Meir…".
The first signature: Rabbi Yeshaya son of R' Yissachar Ber Bardaky, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow a disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Illustrious leader of the Jerusalem Perushim community. Died in Cheshvan 1862.
The second signature: Chairman of the Chabad Kollel - Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin (1805-1864), author of Ohalei Yosef, exceptionally erudite in revealed and hidden Torah knowledge, leading Chabad Chassid of the Middle Chabad Rebbe and the Rebbe author of the Tzemach Tzedek. Disciple of Rabbi Menashe of Ilya. He served in the rabbinate abroad and moved to Eretz Israel in 1855. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Great rabbi, sharp and erudite in revealed and hidden Torah, famous Chassid with many followers…".
The third signature: Chairman of the Wohlin Kollel - the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
The fourth signature: Chairman of the Poland Kollel - Rabbi Nachum Av Beit Din of Szadek (1813-1868), son of Rabbi Moshe Avraham Loewy-Weisfish. Disciple of the author of Chemdat Shlomo, a Polish Torah scholar. At the age of 18, his rabbi ordained him a Torah authority (semicha). He served for several years as rabbi of Szadek, Poland and in 1843, moved to Eretz Israel together with his two brothers, Rabbi Asher Lemel Av Beit Din of Golina and Rabbi Ya'akov Eliyahu Leib. One night, the three brothers all dreamed that they should ascend to Eretz Israel without informing the other two brothers. Most of the day, he would sit wrapped in his tallit and donning his tefillin and diligently study Torah. He established the Ran Yeshiva in which he delivered scholarly discourses to young Jerusalem Torah scholars. Together with the tsaddik Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant, he studied Kabbalah from the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda HaCohen. Died in a cholera plague in 1868. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Holy pure man, at the age of eight he began searching for G-d and dedicated all his days to Torah study, fasting and abstinence. He studied Torah day and night without respite. He merited studying and teaching Torah and had many disciples…pious and humble…".
The fifth signature: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal was one of the heads of the Holland-Deutsch Kollel, together with his friend, the sixth rabbi signed on the document, Rabbi "Yochanan Hirsh son of R' M. Schlank", (1815-1884) - disciple of the Chatam Sofer, moved to Jerusalem with his father Rabbi Mordechai Shlank who was a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Became a founder of public institutions in Jerusalem - See HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, pp. 188-189.
Leaf, 28 cm. Fair condition. Wear damages and heavy foxing.
The subject of the document is presenting a united front for balancing the housing market and rental contracts drawn with non-Jewish landlords, and with Jews who held rights of residence in non-Jewish owned properties and rented these rights to others.
"Since for a number of years, the rental fees of non-Jews in Jerusalem has been on a constant rise, ensuing in numerous disputes between those who held rights and their neighbors regarding rights of these properties. We have gathered together the scholars and rabbis of the kollels of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities and have reached the following conclusions: the Sephardim will choose three rabbis and the Ashkenazi kollels will also choose three rabbis and these six will sit together and discuss this matter… according to the Torah law and according to justice and integrity demanded by this issue, accepted by all parties. We, the Ashkenazic kollels have chosen Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Kutna, and Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and Rabbi Mordechai Meir…".
The first signature: Rabbi Yeshaya son of R' Yissachar Ber Bardaky, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklow a disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Illustrious leader of the Jerusalem Perushim community. Died in Cheshvan 1862.
The second signature: Chairman of the Chabad Kollel - Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rivlin (1805-1864), author of Ohalei Yosef, exceptionally erudite in revealed and hidden Torah knowledge, leading Chabad Chassid of the Middle Chabad Rebbe and the Rebbe author of the Tzemach Tzedek. Disciple of Rabbi Menashe of Ilya. He served in the rabbinate abroad and moved to Eretz Israel in 1855. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Great rabbi, sharp and erudite in revealed and hidden Torah, famous Chassid with many followers…".
The third signature: Chairman of the Wohlin Kollel - the famous printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1792-1874), disciple of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhyn and Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. A skilled printer, he established a printing press in Berdychiv and reputedly also designed the Slavita letters for printing. In 1831, he moved to Safed and established his printing press there, but following the 1937 earthquake which destroyed large sections of the city and following the Arab revolt, he moved to Jerusalem where he established his printing press for the third time. It was the first printing press in Jerusalem which produced Hebrew books.
The fourth signature: Chairman of the Poland Kollel - Rabbi Nachum Av Beit Din of Szadek (1813-1868), son of Rabbi Moshe Avraham Loewy-Weisfish. Disciple of the author of Chemdat Shlomo, a Polish Torah scholar. At the age of 18, his rabbi ordained him a Torah authority (semicha). He served for several years as rabbi of Szadek, Poland and in 1843, moved to Eretz Israel together with his two brothers, Rabbi Asher Lemel Av Beit Din of Golina and Rabbi Ya'akov Eliyahu Leib. One night, the three brothers all dreamed that they should ascend to Eretz Israel without informing the other two brothers. Most of the day, he would sit wrapped in his tallit and donning his tefillin and diligently study Torah. He established the Ran Yeshiva in which he delivered scholarly discourses to young Jerusalem Torah scholars. Together with the tsaddik Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant, he studied Kabbalah from the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda HaCohen. Died in a cholera plague in 1868. Inscribed on his tombstone on Har HaZeitim: "Holy pure man, at the age of eight he began searching for G-d and dedicated all his days to Torah study, fasting and abstinence. He studied Torah day and night without respite. He merited studying and teaching Torah and had many disciples…pious and humble…".
The fifth signature: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Segal was one of the heads of the Holland-Deutsch Kollel, together with his friend, the sixth rabbi signed on the document, Rabbi "Yochanan Hirsh son of R' M. Schlank", (1815-1884) - disciple of the Chatam Sofer, moved to Jerusalem with his father Rabbi Mordechai Shlank who was a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Became a founder of public institutions in Jerusalem - See HaChatam Sofer V'Talmidav, pp. 188-189.
Leaf, 28 cm. Fair condition. Wear damages and heavy foxing.
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