Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Weiss, Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Eda Chareidit. Jerusalem, 1983.
Letter of blessing for book about Rabbis of Galanta, an interesting book about the history and customs of Hungarian Jewry.
Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Weiss (1902-1989), leading halachic authority, author of Minchat Yitzchak responsa – ten parts. Rabbi in Grosswerdein and Manchester, England. In 1970, he made aliya to Israel to serve as Rabbi of the Eda Charedit of Jerusalem. In 1979, he was promoted to head Av Beit Din of the Eda Charedit and :Mara DeAr'a DeYisrael".
27.5 cm. Good condition, stains and folding marks, light tear on top corner. Typewritten, signed by hand.

Collection of five letters from the rabbinic Wolk family.
- Two letters sent to the Ga'on Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Wolk, Rabbi of Pinsk, from Rabbi Avraham Abba Werner, Rabbi of Machzikei Hadas communituy in London. 1902-1903.
- Letter sent to Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Wolk, from Rabbi Yitzchak Turtz, Av Beit Din of Ashkenazi community of Cairo, Egypt. 1936. This long and interesting letter mentions "Maran" – "Our Rabbi" – referring to Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, head of Kaminetz Yeshiva.
- Letters sent by Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel HaCohen Wolk to his family. One is on official stationery, with logo of first Agudath Israel convention, Vienna, 1923.
Another letter written on stationery of Rabbi Meir Shapira of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, bearing picture of the yeshiva. Yet another is on stationery of the American Committee for Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin.
Altogether 10 pages and a printed envelope, various sizes and conditions.

Collection of dozens of letters sent to Rabbi Natan Friedman, author of Otzar HaRabbanim. Most of the letters contain responsa from well-known rabbis, on matters of Torah, halacha, books, and rabbinate. [Also halachic rulings from the Chazon Ish; letter about reliability of the book Igrot Sofrim, and many other matters].
Attached to some of the letters is a copy of Rabbi Natan Tzvi Friedman's reply.
Included are letters handwritten by Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Shlomo Tenne, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Shilo Refael, Rabbi Shlomo Katzin, Rabbi Yehoshua Menachem Arenberg, Rabbi Sarya Devlitzki and more (detailed list is included).
The letter from Rabbi Shlomo Tenne deals with the polemic which has arisen due to a ruling in the book Netzer Mata'ai, printed by Rabbi Friedman in 1957. Rabbi Tenne advised Rabbi Friedman to discuss this ruling with Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank and with the Tchebiner Ga'on, as well as with "The young scholars Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashuv, member of the great Beit Din, or Rabbi Auerbach".
Rabbi Natan Tzvi Friedman was Rabbi of Shikun Hei in Bnei Brak, author of Otzar HaRabbanim and responsa book Netzer Mata'ai, 1914-1993. See more about him in item ???
Altogether over 55 letters, on 87 leaves, many of which are written on both sides.
Various sizes and conditions.