Letter handwritten and signed by R. Elazar Löw. Ungvar (Uzhhorod), [Cheshvan] 1892.
Addressed to R. Gershon Wolf Banet, dayan in Ungvar (son-in-law of R. Shlomo Ganzfried). The letter pertains to laws of divorce and testimony.

R. Elazar Löw (1839-1917), author of Pekudat Elazar. Son and successor of R. Yirmiyahu Löw Rabbi of Ujhel, author of Divrei Yirmiyahu. He served as rabbi of Ujhel and later Ungar, and was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis in Northern Hungary.

[1], official stationery. 21X17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and wear (tape repairs). Folding marks and creases. Edges cut.

Postcard with a letter handwritten and signed by R. Akiva Sofer Rabbi of Pressburg. [Lugano, Switzerland], Erev Shabbat Parashat Mishpatim 1940.
Addressed to his disciple R. Aharon Taussig in Jerusalem, son of the dayan from Mattersdorf. Inquiry about his wellbeing and that of other disciples.

R. Akiva Sofer (1878-1960), author of Daat Sofer, grandson of the Ketav Sofer. Served as rabbi and dean of Pressburg for 33 years. In 1939, he fled to Lugano, Switzerland, and from there immigrated to Jerusalem, where he reestablished his yeshiva and community.

Postcards. Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear.

Leaf (2 written pages), novellae on Parashat Bamidbar, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid.
Manuscript handwritten by the author. R. Eliezer David's novellae on the books of Bereshit and Shemot were published before the Holocaust. The manuscripts of the other parts were hidden in the ground and thus survived the Holocaust, and were only finally published in 1976. The present leaf may have been amongst the writings which were hidden during the Holocaust.
This manuscript contains the initial text, handwritten by the author; it was published with many variations in the Brooklyn 1976 and Bnei Brak 2008 editions.

R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar (ca. 1866 – 1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugot HaBosem. He served as rabbi in many prominent communities, establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim.

[1] leaf. 27.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Marginal open tears, affecting text. Tears repaired with paper and tape (with dark stains and traces of glue).

Letter handwritten and signed by R. Michael Dov Weissmandl. New York, 1954.
Letter of recommendation for a student in his yeshiva. R. Weissmandl explains that the student fallen on hard times and was compelled to leave the yeshiva, and asks to support him.

R. Michael Dov Weissmandl (1904-1958), tremendous Torah scholar, prominent rescue activist during the Holocaust and founder of the Nitra yeshiva in the United States.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and folding marks, slightly affecting text (repaired in part with tape).

Kel Maleh Rachamamim – lamentation for 20th Sivan, for R. Yechiel Michel of Nemirov and other martyrs of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648-1649. [Eastern Europe, ca. 18th century].
Parchment manuscript. Fine floral tailpiece on final page. Alphabetical lamentation.
Over one hundred thousand Jews from the towns of southern Ukraine and Poland were brutally murdered in 1648-1649, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. On 20th Sivan 1648, the entire Nemirov community, numbering six thousand men, women and children, was decimated, along with their rabbi R. Yechiel Michel. This day was since designated as a fast day, with special lamentations.

[2] parchment leaves (4 pages). 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and folding marks.