Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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Collection of letters handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin – six letters with interesting contents, from various periods and addressed to various people.
• Letter to the Heichal HaTalmud yeshiva administration, in which R. Zevin suggests delivering a lecture on the commentaries on the Mishnah by R. Meir Simchah HaKohen of Dvinsk, author of Or Sameach, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death. Tel Aviv, Elul 1936.
• Letter to R. Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) on a team working on editing a book being published by R. Berlin. Tel Aviv, 1935.
• Letter of R. Meir Bar-Ilan on the Union of Russian Refugee Rabbis. Jerusalem, Elul 1948.
• Letter (2 pages) to R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Israel, who had asked him to examine a Yiddish translation of the Talmud. [Jerusalem], 1951.
• Letter to R. Yehudah Leib Levin, Chief Rabbi of Moscow, on transferring his mother Chayah Zevin's remains from her grave in Kiev (where she had been buried 40 years earlier), as the city's cemetery was about to be removed. [Jerusalem], Sivan 1963.
• Lengthy Torah letter to his grandson Nachum [Zevin]. Jerusalem, [Cheshvan] 1964.
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin (1886-1978), a leading Chabad rabbi in Russia and Eretz Israel. Ordained by the Rogatchover and Rebbe Shemaryahu Noach Schneersohn of Babruysk, he succeeded his father as Rabbi of Kazimirovo and several other communities. He was a prolific writer, editor of the Talmudic Encyclopedia, and a member of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate Council.
6 letters, all on official stationery. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition.
Collection of documents, letters, posters and notices from the rabbinate and community institutions in Buenos Aires, in Hebrew and Yiddish, most addressed or related to R. Yaakov Fink, Rabbi of Argentina and Haifa. Buenos Aires and elsewhere, 1940-1970.
The items include:
• A Ketubah from Buenos Aires, 1941, with a confirmation signed and stamped by R. Yaakov Fink in 1952.
• Divorce document, approval of divorce and appointment of agent, from Buenos Aires, 1959, signed by R. Shmuel Yaakov Glicksberg, Rabbi of Buenos Aires, and other rabbis.
• Prayer for inauguration of the Jewish National Fund by R. Yaakov Fink. Typewritten.
• Printed poster, notice of a sermon by R. Yaakov Fink, vice president of the Mizrachi in Buenos Aires, on March 18, 1943. Yiddish.
• Handwritten notebook, congratulations for the wedding of R. Yaakov Fink in 1941, with dozens of signatures by rabbis and students of the Buenos Aires Torah school.
• Certificate for R. Yaakov Fink's activity as director of the Institute for Jewish Studies in Buenos Aires, from 1951.
• Letters sent to R. Yaakov Fink on rabbinic and communal matters.
R. Yaakov Fink (1902-1984) studied under R. Meir Arik and R. Yosef Engel, as well as in other renowned Galician yeshivas and the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary. At the start of the Holocaust in 1939, he fled to Argentina, where he was appointed Rabbi and began to establish yeshivas, Torah schools, mikvaot and other Jewish necessities. His Beit Din addressed many questions of divorce and agunot in the wake of the Holocaust. He later served as Rabbi of Brazil and again as Chief Rabbi of Argentina. In 1963 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed dayan and head of the Haifa Beit Din.
41 items. Varying size and condition.
Collection of letters and documents from rabbis and public figures, mainly from South America, most sent to R. Yaakov Fink from 1940-1986.
The letters include:
• Letter from R. Ze'ev Tzvi HaKohen Klein, Rabbi of Eisenstadt, Berlin and Buenos Aires. [Buenos Aires, ca. 1940s].
• Letter of R. Yeshayah David Briskman. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1951.
• Two letters from R. Natan David Rosenblum of Apta. Avellaneda (Argentina), 1951-1955.
• Letter from R. Yehoshua Segal Deutsch, Rabbi of Adat Yisrael in Montevideo and Katamon. Jerusalem, 1953.
• Three letters from R. Shmuel Yaakov Glicksberg, Rabbi of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, 1958-1959.
• Ten letters from R. Nechemiah Berman, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay, including a letter of consolation addressed to R. Fink's family after his passing. Buenos Aires, 1964-1986.
• Three letters from R. Yosef Zolty, Rabbi of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, 1965.
• Two letters from the Sephardic Chief Rabbinate, signed by R. Moshe Chehebar. Buenos Aires, 1965.
• Letter from R. Yerachmiel Blumenfeld, Rabbi of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1966.
• Two letters from R. Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, Rabbi of Mexico City and president of the Latin American Rabbinical Center. Mexico, 1968.
• Three letters from R. Shmuel Aryeh Levin, dean of the Chafetz Chaim yeshiva in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires and Bnei Brak, 1969-1972.
• Letter from R. Yosef HaKohen Oppenheimer, Rabbi of the Achdut Yisrael community. Buenos Aires, 1972.
• And more.
R. Yaakov Fink (1902-1984) studied under R. Meir Arik and R. Yosef Engel, as well as in other renowned Galician yeshivas and the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary. At the start of the Holocaust in 1939, he fled to Argentina, where he was appointed Rabbi and began to establish yeshivas, Torah schools, mikvaot and other Jewish necessities. His Beit Din addressed many questions of divorce and agunot in the wake of the Holocaust. He later served as Rabbi of Brazil and again as Chief Rabbi of Argentina. In 1963 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed dayan and head of the Haifa Beit Din.
33 items. Varying size and condition.
![Manuscript booklet (8 pages), two Torah novellae essays. Starobin, [ca. 1900s-1910s]. Especially fine writing [apparently by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/249_1.jpg "Manuscript Torah Novellae Booklet – Starobin, Ca. 1900s-1910s")
![Manuscript booklet (8 pages), two Torah novellae essays. Starobin, [ca. 1900s-1910s]. Especially fine writing [apparently by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/249_3.jpg "Manuscript Torah Novellae Booklet – Starobin, Ca. 1900s-1910s")
Manuscript booklet (8 pages), two Torah novellae essays. Starobin, [ca. 1900s-1910s].
Especially fine writing [apparently by a young man]. First four pages containing a pilpul on yibum and gid hanasheh. A second essay is concerned with halachic documents and presumption of ownership.
The script and style appear to belong to a young man, but the penetrating understanding and comprehensive knowledge displayed give the impression of being written by one of the prodigy sons of R. David Feinstein, Rabbi of Starobin, who was appointed Rabbi of the city in 1907: R. Yaakov Feinstein, R. Yissachar Dov Ber Feinstein (the shochet in Starobin), R. Moshe Feinstein (the "prodigy of Starobin", later author of Igrot Moshe) or R. Mordechai Feinstein (later Rabbi of Shklow). The author was unlikely to be their older brother R. Avraham Yitzchak Feinstein (father of R. Yechiel Michel Feinstein) who was already married when their father moved to Starobin.
[2] double leaves (8 written pages). Good condition. Stains, wear and folding marks.
Leaf handwritten and signed by R. Yehudah Aszód – confirmation of sale of a seat in the synagogue in Senica. Senica, 1849.
The document names the seller and buyer and states that the seat was sold after the customary announcement three times.
R. Yehudah Aszód (1796-1866), a foremost rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. A disciple of R. Aharon Suditz and R. Mordechai (Maharam) Benet. He was appointed rabbi of Semnitz (Senica) and Szerdahely (Dunajská Streda), at the initiative of the Chatam Sofer.
[1] double leaf. 17 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Folding marks and wear.
![Letter on postcard handwritten and signed by R. Eliezer Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád. Bonyhád, [Iyar 1913].Sent to](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/264.jpg "Letter from R. Eliezer Deutsch Rabbi of Bonyhád – Bonyhád, 1913")
Letter on postcard handwritten and signed by R. Eliezer Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád. Bonyhád, [Iyar 1913].
Sent to R. Binyamin Ullman, son of R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Rabbi of Makó, author of Yeriot Shlomo. In the letter, he asks him to send him Yeriot Shlomo as soon as possible, since he wanted to cite the author's ideas in his own booklet. [In another letter auctioned by Kedem (auction 95, lot 287), R. Eliezer Deutsch thanks him for sending the book and mentions that he cited the author].
R. Eliezer Chaim Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád (1850-1915), leading Hungarian posek, disciple of R. Yehudah (Mahari) Aszod and Maharam Ash.
Postcard. 14x9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Postmarks of Bonyhád and Alsóvalkó (Valcău de Jos).
Letter on Postcard (more than 4 lines) handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the Minchat Elazar. [Munkacs, 1934].
Sent to the philanthropist R. Eliezer Bollag of Baden. On the postcard appear two letters from the Rebbe, a short one in his own handwriting, and a second more detailed one in the name of the Rebbe, handwritten by his attendant.
The Rebbe's letter is written in brief with many abbreviations: "With the help of God, I greet my dear friend, exceptional and outstanding etc.… Chaim Elazar Shapiro". On the margins of the page appears the Rebbe's stamp (in Latin script).
On the reverse side of the postcard is an additional letter from the Rebbe's attendant, R. Chaim Dov Grünfeld – "writing at the command of the Rebbe": "…And I was instructed by the Rebbe to give a loving response, that he is entreating and praying for… May the Creator of cures and salvations send His holy assistance and heal her, and may she be saved from evil dreams and all fears, and may she be saved in all her wishes for good and blessing…".
Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro (1872-1937), the Minchat Elazar, was a leading Torah scholar, halachic and Chassidic authority and kabbalist. Son of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, author of Darchei Teshuvah, and grandson of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, author of Shem Shlomo (both Rabbis of Munkacs), he was born to the dynasty of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, the Bnei Yissachar. He fought for the holiness of Judaism, and his halachic and kabbalistic teachings are studied all over the world. Author of Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah in nine parts, and more.
Postcard. 15X10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Postage stamps and postmarks.
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yisrael Tzvi Rottenberg of Koson. Koson, 1938.
Addressed to Rebbe Baruch Yerachmiel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Munkacs and the Kollel Munkacs administration. The Rebbe asks them to negotiate a compromise with the Kollel scribe from Jerusalem, who sued the administration in Beit Din and won. He states that it would be inappropriate for them to let someone work for them grudgingly, and enjoins them to make sure he does his work wholeheartedly by settling the matter with him. The letter is labeled as a "copy", but by comparison with his other manuscripts, the "copy" can also be identified as being written in the handwriting of the Or Male.
Rebbe Yisrael Tzvi HaLevi Rottenberg of Koson, author of Or Male (1890-1944; perished in the Holocaust), son of Rebbe Yehosef Rottenberg, Rabbi and first Rebbe of Koson, and son-in-law of his elder brother Rebbe Chaim Shlomo Rottenberg, second Rebbe of Koson. Rebbe Yisrael succeeded his father and brother as Rebbe and Rabbi of Koson, and he also established a yeshiva there.
[1] double leaf. Official stationery. 23 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink stains. Wear and folding marks.
![Letter on a postcard, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Rebbe of Visheve. Visheve (Vișeu de Sus), Nisan, [1938].Sent to R. Avra](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/267.jpg "Letter of Blessing for a Bar Mitzvah – From Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hage")
Letter on a postcard, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Rebbe of Visheve. Visheve (Vișeu de Sus), Nisan, [1938].
Sent to R. Avraham Leib Silberman, Chief Rabbi of Safed, on the occasion of the bar mitzvah of his son Refael, with many blessings: "And may God help him that it be for Mazal Tov and at an auspicious time, and may he merit to raise him to Torah, marriage and good deeds, and receive satisfaction and pleasure from him and all his offspring full of joy, and may he receive the upcoming festival joyfully and properly".
Scribal handwriting, with two lines in the Rebbe's handwriting at the end of the letter, with his signature: "Honoring and esteeming him, hoping for a speedy salvation for all of Israel, Menachem Mendel son of R. Y[israel]".
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve (1885-1941, Encyclopedia LaChassidut, III, pp. 95-96), son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. From 1908 he served as Rabbi of Vizhnitz, and from 1921 as Rabbi of Visheve (Vișeu de Sus), where he founded the Beit Yisrael yeshiva. After his father’s death in 1936, he succeeded him as rebbe. A leader of Agudat Yisrael and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings are published in the She'erit Menachem series on the Torah, on festivals and responsa.
[1] postcard. 15x10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Filing holes (not affecting text).
Halachic ruling signed by Rebbe Yosef Grünwald, the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa, and his court. [Szombathely (Hungary), Kislev 1945].
Record of a testimony about a woman who perished in the Holocaust, in order to permit her husband to remarry. Signed by dayanim Rebbe "Yosef Grünwald", R. "Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann", "Elimelech Wieder". Stamp of Rebbe Yosef Grünwald.
Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa (1903-1984), last Rabbi of Pápa, Hungary, and leading rabbi in the United States. Son and successor of R. Yaakov Yechizkiyah Grünwald, Rabbi of Pápa, the Vayaged Yaakov (son of R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugat HaBosem). He served as posek and yeshiva dean in Satmar, and in 1941 after the passing of his father the Vayaged Yaakov, he moved to Pápa and served as town rabbi. After the Holocaust he served as Rabbi in Pápa and Szombathely, later relocating to Belgium and finally the United States, where he established the Kehillat Yaakov Pupa community, and served as rabbi and yeshiva dean.
[1] leaf. 21x15 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks. Signed inscriptions on verso.
Seven halachic rulings signed by R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the head of the Beit Din of Pupa (Pápa). Celldömölk, 1946 / Antwerp, 1949-1950.
Contains: Two letters written during his residence in Antwerp, on his official stationery; five testimonies recorded in Celldömölk on women who perished in the Holocaust, signed by R. Neumann and his court.
The testimonies, recorded in order to permit remarriage, were written and signed by the Special Beit Din for Agunot established in Budapest after the Holocaust.
R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, the dayan of Pupa (Pápa; 1911-2007), a prominent rabbi and posek in the previous generation. Taught thousands of students over the course of seventy years. Was a faithful disciple of the Pupa rebbes, appointed by the Vayaged Yaakov of Pupa to head the Pupa Beit Midrash and after the Holocaust assisted Rebbe Yosef Grünwald, the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa. He later served as Rabbi of the Melbourne community (Australia) and Machazikei HaDat community in Montreal (Canada).
7 leaves. Varying size and condition.
Large collection of letters and halachic rulings, signed by R. Moshe Stern, Rabbi of Debrecen. Debrecen, ca. 1946-1948.
Most of the letters deal with issues relating to agunot from the Holocaust, divorce and betrothal, and all contain his signature.
R. Moshe Stern, Rabbi of Debrecen (1914-1997), author of Be'er Moshe. After the Holocaust, he served as dayan and posek in Nové Zámky and Debrecen, dealing at length with agunot from the Holocaust. He was later appointed Rabbi of Debrecen. He later relocated to Argentina and soon thereafter to the United States, where he established the Debrecen community and became known worldwide as a leading posek.\
19 signed items. Some on official stationery. Varying size and condition. Most in good condition.