Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Manuscripts, Letters and Papers – Rabbi Menachem Menish Sheinberger and His Family
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Sold for: $375
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Collection of manuscripts, letters, pamphlets and leaves of Torah novellae on halacha and Kabbala. Kabbalistic prayers and amulets. Most are in the handwriting of Rabbi Menachem Menish Sheinberger of Jerusalem [c. 1890]. Enclosed: Pri Etz Chaim, by Rabbi Chaim Vital. Lvov (Lemberg), 1864. With his signature: "Menachem Menish son of R' Baruch Sheinberger, from Kollel Ungaren Jerusalem". This collection contains drafts of trenchant letters opposing the establishment of Va'ad Ha'Achdut in Jerusalem [in c. 1895, see Item 327], together with the Tzedokim – "heads of the schools" [the forbidden schools]. On these drafts are versions for a letter to rabbis who supported this procedure, threatening them with a cherem (ban): "…We request that the rabbis write us that they signed this by mistake. If not, we will hold them responsible for this action, rebelling against G-d and his Torah and we are prepared to ban them with all types of bans with 300 people and with the Holy Shechina and with shofarot, because where G-d's Name is profaned, no honor is given to a rabbi…". The Kabbalist Rabbi Menachem Menish Sheinberger (1843-1899), author of Tikun Shabbat. Disciple of the Maharan Schick, the Ktav Sofer and Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyya. He moved from Hungary to Jerusalem in 1867. His teacher, the Chatam Sofer wrote in a letter to the management of Kollel Ungaren, that "he is a great G-d fearing person". One of the first settlers in Petach Tikva, he remained there one and a half years. He was one of the heads of the "Zealots (Kana'im)" of Jerusalem and close to the Maharil Diskin. His son, the Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sheinberger, was a holy great tsaddik who never slept past midnight for 30 years and his Kabbalistic books and siddurim were soaked with his tears. His son-in-law, Rabbi Yehuda Raab was among the first settlers of Petach Tikva [a letter to his father-in-law Rabbi Menachem Menish is in this collection. Petach Tikva, 1892 with various Kabbalistic inscriptions in the handwriting of Rabbi Menachem Menish]. Dozens of items, size and condition vary, overall fair condition. Dry paper, some damaged.
Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives
Jerusalem Rabbis and Public Institutions – Letters, Manuscripts and Archives