Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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Assorted collection of letters, signed by rabbis from Syria, Aleppo and Beirut (Lebanon), ca. early 20th century.
Some of the letters included in the collection:
• Letter of the Or Torah committee in Aleppo to Dr. Moshe Gaster of England, signed by the community rabbis: R. Chaim son of Shlomo Nechmad, R. Yehudah Dweck HaKohen, R. Chaim son of Ezra Tawil, R. Ezra Yosef Shayo, R. Reuven Ancona, R. Yaakov Daknish HaKohen, and the secretary of the committee R. Meir Sason Ajami. [Aleppo, ca. 1920s].
• Copying of letter sent by the Chacham Bashi R. Moshe HaLevi, signed by: R. Shaul Katzin, R. Avraham Ades and R. Yitzchak Shrim. [Ca. 1908].
• Letter of R. Aharon Moshe Yedid HaLevi, Rabbi of Beirut. Sivan 1909.
• Several letters from rabbis of Beirut (Lebanon): R. Shabtai Bohbot, R. Shlomo Tajer and R. Bentzion Lichtman.
• Letter from R. Ezra Yitzchak Chamawi.
• Letters from R. Moshe Sofer, director of the Torah school in Beirut.
12 letters. Varying size. Good condition.
Collection of documents, letters, certificates and halachic rulings from various institutions, mainly rabbinical institutions in Turkish cities. 1909-1939.
Contains: Certificate signed by R. Yosef HaKohen and R. Yosef Ferrara, with stamps of the Chief Rabbinate and Beit Din in Constantinople; letters and documents on official stationery of the "Chief Rabbinate of Turkey, including a letter to R. Bentzion Uziel, signed by R. Refael David Saban, R. Yaakov Argueti and R. Moshe ibn Habib; certificates on official stationery of the Smyrna (Izmir) Beit Din, signed by the head of the Beit Din R. Moshe Melamed and other rabbis; a document of the Ashkenazi community in Constantinople, and a certificate signed by R. Dr. David Marcus – Rabbi of the Ashkenazim in Constantinople; documents from a Dardanelle village certification; documents on official stationery of the Chief Rabbinate of Turkey [in Constantinople], some signed by R. Chaim Nachum, Chief Rabbi of Turkey (including blank official stationery of the rabbinate); documents on stationery of the Chief Rabbi of Izmir, signed by R. Nisim Danon; certificate on stationery of the Smyrna [Izmir] Jewish community, signed by R. Yehudah Albaali, R. Moshe Melamed and R. Bechor Yitzchak Katan; a document of engagement with an official printed header of the Chief Rabbinate of Turkey (for an engagement in Constantinople, Tevet 1907); and more.
35 leaves. Varying size. Good-fair overall condition (stains, wear, tears and folding marks).
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