Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Beit HaSofer VehaMe'iri – Jerusalem, 1864 / Modaa Rabba – Jerusalem, 1869 – Two Printed Leaves – Hungarian Kollel and Volhynian Kollel
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Two large printed leaves – letters from the Hungarian Kollel and Volhynian Kollel in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1860s:
• Printed appeal issued by Beit HaSofer VehaMe'iri – the Hungarian Kollel Jerusalem, [Yechiel Michel Brill, Michel HaKohen and Yoel Moshe Solomon], [ca. 1864]. Printed in gilt, with decorated border. (Beit HaSofer VehaMe'iri was the first name of the Hungarian Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, after R. Mosher Sofer – the Chatam Sofer, and R. Meir Eisenstadt).
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains and ink fading. Wear and minor tears. Marginal open tears (repaired with paper).
Sh. HaLevy, no. 102.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.001.
• Modaa Rabba, Beit Din ruling. Printed letter issued by the trustees of the Volhynian Kollel for immigrants from Volhynia, Podolia and Ukraine. [Jerusalem: R. Yisrael and Nissan Bak, Av 1869].
Protest against the emissaries of the Belarusian Kollel who had fundraised in the Kiev province, which was in the fundraising domain of the Volhynian Kollel. The leaf defines the provinces which fall under the domain of the fundraisers of the Volhynian Kollel, and is signed in print the Kollel trustees.
Further on the leaf is a Beit Din ruling from the Ashkenazi Beit Din in Jerusalem, against the violation of the fundraising rights. Signed in print by R. Meir Auerbach Rabbi of Kalisch (the Imrei Binah), R. Avraham Eisenstein of Drohitchin (a Jerusalem Torah leader) and R. Yaakov Yehuda Levi (head of the Beit Din, brother of R. Nachum of Shadik).
[1] leaf. 40.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Wear and tears to folds, slightly affecting text (professionally restored with paper).
Rare! Not listed by Sh. HaLevy.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.053.
• Printed appeal issued by Beit HaSofer VehaMe'iri – the Hungarian Kollel Jerusalem, [Yechiel Michel Brill, Michel HaKohen and Yoel Moshe Solomon], [ca. 1864]. Printed in gilt, with decorated border. (Beit HaSofer VehaMe'iri was the first name of the Hungarian Kollel Shomrei HaChomot, after R. Mosher Sofer – the Chatam Sofer, and R. Meir Eisenstadt).
[1] leaf. 40 cm. Good–fair condition. Stains and ink fading. Wear and minor tears. Marginal open tears (repaired with paper).
Sh. HaLevy, no. 102.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.001.
• Modaa Rabba, Beit Din ruling. Printed letter issued by the trustees of the Volhynian Kollel for immigrants from Volhynia, Podolia and Ukraine. [Jerusalem: R. Yisrael and Nissan Bak, Av 1869].
Protest against the emissaries of the Belarusian Kollel who had fundraised in the Kiev province, which was in the fundraising domain of the Volhynian Kollel. The leaf defines the provinces which fall under the domain of the fundraisers of the Volhynian Kollel, and is signed in print the Kollel trustees.
Further on the leaf is a Beit Din ruling from the Ashkenazi Beit Din in Jerusalem, against the violation of the fundraising rights. Signed in print by R. Meir Auerbach Rabbi of Kalisch (the Imrei Binah), R. Avraham Eisenstein of Drohitchin (a Jerusalem Torah leader) and R. Yaakov Yehuda Levi (head of the Beit Din, brother of R. Nachum of Shadik).
[1] leaf. 40.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Wear and tears to folds, slightly affecting text (professionally restored with paper).
Rare! Not listed by Sh. HaLevy.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 057.011.053.
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print
Emissary Letters and Documents in Manuscript and Print