Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Large collection of letters and financial records pertaining to Eretz Israel funds, send to Safed from the courts of the Vizhnitz rebbes in Europe. Ca. 1880s and 1920s.
• Many letters and notes (28 leaves) handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Brumer, scribe and attendant of the Tzemach Tzadik, Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz. Vizhnitz, 1880-1888.
• Nine letters handwritten and signed by R. Mendel Walzer, attendant of Rebbe Chaim Hager of Otynia (son of R. Baruch of Vizhnitz). Stanislav, ca. 1920s.
The first rebbe of Vizhnitz – R. Menachem Mendel Hager, author of Tzemach Tzadik (1830 – Tishrei 1884), was very active in collecting and raising funds on behalf of the poor of Safed and Tiberias, and in distributing Eretz Israel funds. With time, he founded Kollel Vizhnitz, and appointed R. Moshe Charag (Zeiger), a prominent member of the Chassidic community in Safed, to lead it.
His grandson Rebbe Chaim Hager (1863-1932), son of the Imrei Baruch, was appointed rebbe in Otynia after his father's passing, and he succeeded the latter as Nesi Eretz Israel, heading the fundraising for Kollel Bukovina. After WWI, he settled in Stanislav, and the present letters are from that period.
Approx. 38 paper items. Size and condition vary.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Assorted collection of letters and documents, pertaining to communal matters in Safed. From various writers and places: Safed, Tiberias, Vizhnitz, Kosov, Radovitz, Czernowitz, Stanislav, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, and more – ca. 1860s-1930s.
The collection includes:
• Correspondence with the courts of rebbes in Europe, such as Rebbe Menachem Mendel, the Tzemach Tzadik of Vizhnitz; Rebbe Moshe of Kosov; Rebbe Chaim of Kosov; and more. • Printed receipts of Kollel Vizhnitz and printed letters sent from the Pekidim and Amarkalim in Amsterdam. • Notes of the charity funds in Safed. • And more.
48 paper items. Letters (some on postcards), notes, and more. Size and condition vary. Most bear hand signatures.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Large collection of notebooks, leaves and receipts. Safed, ca. 1916-1943.
Notebooks with lists of the members of Kollel Kosov, for the Chalukah of the Vienna monies (funds collected in Galicia and Bukovina by the courts of the rebbes of Kosov and Otynia-Vizhnitz, and sent via Vienna); the Montefiore monies (funds from the Montefiore and Mazkeret Moshe foundations) and Deyzh monies (funds collected in Siebenbürgen by the rebbes of Deyzh).
Close writing, mostly in the neat hand of R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger, treasurer and trustee of the Kollel. The lists in these notebooks provide much information on the Safed Jewish community in the period following WWI, when the Jewish settlement in the city had declined considerably.
Additional leaves (large and small) containing various notes between the bound leaves of the notebooks; several printed receipts.
Approx. 10 notebooks + dozens of notes, handwritten singles leaves and printed receipts, altogether hundreds of written leaves. Size varies. Overall good condition.
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Lengthy letter (3 pages) of Torah thoughts, handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Yitzchak Segal, dean of the Manchester yeshiva. [Manchester, ca. 1920s].
Addressed to R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, rabbi of Jerusalem. Most the letter discusses the halachic question of using boilers on Shabbat. The beginning of the letter relates to charity funds sent from England to Eretz Israel.
R. Segal concludes by apologizing for troubling R. Kook with his question, explaining that since R. Kook left England, he is lacking a prominent rabbi to answer his questions.
R. Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal (1881-1947), an outstanding Torah scholar and tzaddik, disciple of the Alter of Novardok. Founder of the Manchester yeshiva, which he headed for some 35 years. His son was R. Yehuda Ze'ev Segal, who succeeded him as dean of the Manchester yeshiva.
[1] double leaf (3 written pages; fourth page with return address). Approx. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Filing holes, slightly affecting text.
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, chief rabbi of Eretz Israel, with the signatures of R. Abba Yaakov HaKohen Borochov and R. Isser Zalman Meltzer. Jerusalem, Sivan 1933.
The letter lists the ideas raised at a meeting convened to obtain sources of income for the Orthodox boys' schools in Jerusalem: to solicit donations from visitors at the Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb, and to require the Chevra Kaddisha to dedicate a third of their income to Orthodox education.
[1] leaf, official stationery of R. Kook. 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks. Tears to folds, slightly affecting text.
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Three letters signed by four rabbis of Jerusalem: R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – chief rabbi of Eretz Israel; R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky – chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit; R. Pinchas Epstein and R. David HaLevi Jungreis – dayanim in the Edah HaCharedit Beit Din. Jerusalem, Kislev 1934.
The letters confirm and reinforce the regulation instituted at the meetings of the rabbis with the gabba'im of the Chevra Kaddisha of the Ashkenazi communities – that all income from building tombstones at the cemetery would be dedicated to the Orthodox boys' schools, which were undergoing a severe financial crisis.
[3] letters on official stationery. 27-28.5 cm. Typewritten and signed by the rabbis. Good to good-fair condition. Stains and wear.
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Large collection of letters and protocols (some signed), documents and notes, concerning the establishment and management of the Keren LeHachzakat HaYeshivot in Eretz Israel, founded in the home of the chief rabbi, R. Avraham Yitchak HaKohen Kook. Ca. 1930s.
The collection includes:
• Two leaves handwritten by R. Kook – minutes of the founding meeting of the Vaad LeHachzakat HaYeshivot, with R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva) and R. Yechezkel Sarna (dean of the Hebron yeshiva). [Jerusalem, ca. 1934].
• Minutes of the meeting of the Keren LeHachzakat Shloshet HaYeshivot HaGedolot, which took place in the home of R. Meir Berlin after the passing of R. Kook. Signed by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap (dean of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva) and R. Yechezkel Sarna. Jerusalem, Tishrei 1935.
• Letter signed by the chief rabbis, R. Yaakov Meir and R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, regarding fundraising at the Western Wall for the boys' schools in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Elul 1933.
• Two letters: letter signed by R. Reuven Katz chief rabbi of Petach Tikva, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky and R. Yechezkel Sarna, addressed to the chief rabbis of Tel Aviv; and response letter signed by R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, R. Benzion Chai Uziel and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank. Adar 1936.
• Typewritten eulogy for the first anniversary of the passing of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, emended and signed by the author of the eulogy, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky. Jerusalem, Elul 1936
• Printed notice of the passing of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, signed by the administration of the Etz Chaim boys' school and yeshiva. [Jerusalem, Elul 1935].
• Other typewritten and handwritten letters, documents, protocols and notes, related to the activities of this fund, and the management of the yeshivot and boys' schools in Jerusalem.
Approx. 40 items + envelopes and additional leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Large collection of documents, protocols, letters and copies of letters pertaining to the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, ca. 1950s and 1960s.
The collection includes:
• Minutes of yeshiva faculty meetings. Some leaves (approx. 8 leaves) are signed by the faculty members: R. Elazar Menachem Shach (dean of the Ponovezh yeshiva), R. Avraham Yaakov Zalaznik, R. Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky, R. Chaim Yeshaya Acker and R. Chaim Berlin.
• Letter signed by 42 students of the Etz Chaim yeshiva, many of whom were later renowned as outstanding Torah scholars, halachic authorities and kabbalists.
• Letters signed by various rabbis: R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, R. Yosef Gershon Horowitz, R. Eliyahu Romm, R. Shlomo Zalman Zalaznik, and more.
Approx. 40 items. Size and condition vary.
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Large collection of letters, correspondence and copyings of letters, many notebooks, and various notes, documents and protocols, from the archive of R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, and of his son and successor R. Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky. [ca. 1890s-1960s].
The items include many letters and documents from renowned rabbis such as R. Zelig Reuven Bengis, R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, R. Yechezkel Sarna, R. Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, R. Reuven Katz, R. Benzion Meir Chai Uziel, R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, R. Pinchas Epstein, R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, and many more rabbis.
• Letters from the leaders of the yishuv in Eretz Israel and the heads of the religious parties: Dr. Thon, Arthur Ruppin, Henrietta Szold, David Yellin, R. Yehuda Leib HaKohen Fishman [Maimon], R. Yitzchak Meir Levin, R. Moshe Blau, R. Ze'ev Gold, R. Meir Berlin [Bar Ilan], and more.
• Letters from authors and intellectuals such as Pinchas Grayevsky, Shlomo Schocken, Dr. B.M. Levin, Prof. Simcha Assaf, and more.
• Receipts, letters and signed wills from philanthropists.
• Many notebooks handwritten by R. Tucazinsky, some from his time as attendant of his grandfather R. Shmuel Salant. Leaves with various notes in his handwriting, including: his memoirs of R. Shmuel Salant; copies of early documents pertaining to the courtyard of the rabbi of Radishkovitz, and more.
Approx. 1000 items, size and condition vary. The archive was not examined in depth and may contain more important items. For more details, see Hebrew description.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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