Collection of letters sent to Rabbi Shimon Efrati.
• Three letters by Rabbi Shlomo David Cahana [a Warsaw rabbi who was active in releasing agunot whose husbands disappeared during the Holocaust] – two of the letters deal with releasing agunot. • Letters of approbation to his book Me'Emek HaBacha, by Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap and Rabbi Benzion Meir Chai Uziel. • Two letters of thanks on receiving books from Rabbi Zvi Ya'akov HaCohen Kook and from Rabbi Uziel. • Two letters by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog. • Letter from the Minister of Defence Moshe Dayan.
Rabbi Shimon Efrati (1908-1988), rabbi in Galicia. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Wertheim. After the Holocaust, he served as Rabbi of She'erit Hapleita in the city of Warsaw. He was very active in assisting Holocaust survivors and among his other activities, he also dealt with releasing agunot. He collected the halachic questions that arose during that time into two books, M'Gai HaHarega and Emek HaBacha. After he immigrated to Eretz Israel, he was appointed Manager of the National Kashrut Department of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
10 letters. Varied size and condition.