Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Authorization notes to sell Hametz, by the Beit Din of Rabbi Frank - Jerusalem, 1945-1960
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Collection of authorization notes, for sale of Hametz by Beit Din Zedek of Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yossef Gershon Horowitz and Rabbi Eliyahu Romm. Jerusalem, ca. 1945-1960.
Signatures of sellers and other lists of sellers, handwritten by the selling rabbis. Among the signatories on the notes, appear some names of the elite of the Holy City, among them Rabbi "Shmuel Yitzchak Helman" [Gaon Av Beit Din London, author of "Or HaYashar", father in law of Rabbi Herzog]; Rabbi "Yehiel Michal Mushkin" [author of "Meichal HaMayim"]; Rabbi "Gedalya Eisman" [Mashgiach of "Kol Torah" Yeshiva]; Rabbi "Shmuel Eliezri" [Rabbi of Bayit Vagan]; Rabbi "Shmuel Bornstein" On mission for his father Rebbe of Sochachev, Rabbi Hanoch Bornstein; Rabbi “David Finkel”, on mission for the Gaon Rabbi Sarna and the Gaon Rabbi Hevroni, the Gaon Rabbi Broide and the Gaon Rabbi Farbstein; Rabbi “Aharon Cohen”; Rabbi “Eli’ Mordechai Halevi Wolkovsky”; Rabbi “Haim Elazar Alter”, who sells Hametz in 1946 for “Sfat Emet” Yeshiva. In the same list appears an inscription of selling Hametz of Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter of Alfandari Street [old Rebbe of Gur, author of “Imrei Emet”] and the Gaon Rabbi Meir Stalvitz [Rabbi of Kislevitz, rabbi of “Zichron Moshe”]; Rabbi “Yossef Naftali Stern”; Rabbi Avraham Arten”; Rabbi “Shimshon M. Epstein”; Rabbi “Dov Zeev Steinhaus”; and more.
10 Leaves, ca. 32 cm + additional notes. Some written on both sides. Fair condition, wear and tears, moisture marks.
Signatures of sellers and other lists of sellers, handwritten by the selling rabbis. Among the signatories on the notes, appear some names of the elite of the Holy City, among them Rabbi "Shmuel Yitzchak Helman" [Gaon Av Beit Din London, author of "Or HaYashar", father in law of Rabbi Herzog]; Rabbi "Yehiel Michal Mushkin" [author of "Meichal HaMayim"]; Rabbi "Gedalya Eisman" [Mashgiach of "Kol Torah" Yeshiva]; Rabbi "Shmuel Eliezri" [Rabbi of Bayit Vagan]; Rabbi "Shmuel Bornstein" On mission for his father Rebbe of Sochachev, Rabbi Hanoch Bornstein; Rabbi “David Finkel”, on mission for the Gaon Rabbi Sarna and the Gaon Rabbi Hevroni, the Gaon Rabbi Broide and the Gaon Rabbi Farbstein; Rabbi “Aharon Cohen”; Rabbi “Eli’ Mordechai Halevi Wolkovsky”; Rabbi “Haim Elazar Alter”, who sells Hametz in 1946 for “Sfat Emet” Yeshiva. In the same list appears an inscription of selling Hametz of Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter of Alfandari Street [old Rebbe of Gur, author of “Imrei Emet”] and the Gaon Rabbi Meir Stalvitz [Rabbi of Kislevitz, rabbi of “Zichron Moshe”]; Rabbi “Yossef Naftali Stern”; Rabbi Avraham Arten”; Rabbi “Shimshon M. Epstein”; Rabbi “Dov Zeev Steinhaus”; and more.
10 Leaves, ca. 32 cm + additional notes. Some written on both sides. Fair condition, wear and tears, moisture marks.
Notebooks and Archives – Jewish Communities, Batei Din, Emissaries
Notebooks and Archives – Jewish Communities, Batei Din, Emissaries