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Collection of Invitations to Weddings of Polish and Ukrainian Rebbes – 1890s-1930s

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Assorted collection of printed wedding invitations from families of rebbes. Poland and Ukraine, ca. 1890s-1930s.


• Invitation of Rebbe Shimon Shlomo Wertheim of Bender to the wedding of his son R. Yosef and the daughter of his uncle R. Eliezer Ingerleib, Rabbi of Ustyluh. No date. Printed in Odessa, 1898.
• Invitation of R. Yaakov Simchah Bunam Danziger and his brother Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem of Alexander, the Akeidat Yitzchak, to the wedding of R. Yaakov Simchah Bunam's daughter and R. Avraham Bornsztain, son of the Shem MiShmuel of Sochatchov in Alexander (Aleksandrów Łódzki), Adar 1931.
• Invitation of Rebbe Avraham Moshe Kalish of Falenitz-Vurka-Otwock to the wedding of his son R. Yaakov David Baruch (later Rebbe of Vurka in the United States) and the daughter of R. Menachem Mendel Morgenstern, Rabbi of Węgrów, son of the Rebbe of Sokolov, in Węgrów, Elul, 1936. Printed in Warsaw.
• Invitation of R. Yisrael Pinchas HaKohen Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Radomsk, to the wedding of his son R. Yekutiel Natan Nata and the daughter of R. Menachem Mendel HaLevi Landau of Radomsk (both bride and groom are descendants of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk), in Radomsk, Adar 1925. Printed in Radomsk.
This invitation was sent to R. Isser Zalman Meltzer in Jerusalem. On the reverse side of the letter is a request for a blessing handwritten and signed by the groom.
• Invitation of R. Aryeh Elimelech HaKohen Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Szydłów (son of the Knesset Yechezkel of Radomsk) to the wedding of his son R. Chaim Yechezkel Alter Meir and the daughter of Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak Elchanan HaLevi Rottenberg of Wolbrom in Częstochowa, Elul 1935. Printed in Cracow.
• Invitation of R. Naftali Menachem Weissblum of Staszów to the wedding of his daughter and R. Moshe Naftali Yosef Rabinowitz, son of Rebbe Natan David of Kintzk (son of Rebbe Pinchas of Kintzk son of Rebbe Natan David of Shidlovtza) in Sędziszów, Elul 1912. Printed in Kielce.
• Invitation to the wedding of Pinchas Eliyahu son of R. Yitzchak Meir Elbinger and the daughter of the widow Devorah Meisler, granddaughter of the Rabbi of Łask and the Rebbe of Rozprza in Warsaw, Adar II, 1932. Printed in Warsaw.


7 invitations. Varying size. Overall good condition. Invitation of R. Yisrael Pinchas HaKohen of Radomsk has open tears affecting the text of the invitation and the letter on the reverse side of the leaf (repaired with paper filling).

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Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut