Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Collection of Rabbinical Letters to Rabbi Shimon Efrati and to his Father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Wertheim
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Collection of rabbinical letters sent to Rabbi Yosef Werthheim and to his father-in-law Rabbi Shimon Efrati on various subjects.
Among those who wrote the letters are Rabbi Naftali Adler HaCohen Av Beit Din of London, Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Tronk Av Beit Din of Kutno, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Zirelson Av Beit Din of Kishinev, Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines Av Beit Din of Lida, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog (two letters), Rabbi Benzion Meir Chai Uziel, Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef Freidman of Sadigura, Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala-Ożarów, Rabbi Isser Zalman Unterman, Rabbi Shlomo Aharonson, and other rabbis. • Attached is a letter by Rabbi Yosef Wertheim to Rabbi Zirelson concerning the divorce of a Jew who wanted to be married by Rabbi Wertheim. On the reverse side is the authorization of Rabbi Zirelson in his handwriting, with his signature and stamp of the Beit Din in Kishinev.
Rabbi Yosef Wertheim (1882-1946, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 2, pp. 110-111), Rabbi and Admor in Bender (Serbia). Served in the rabbinate of Ustilug, Ostroh and Hrubishov as well. In 1940, he ascended to Eretz Israel and established his Beit Midrash in Jerusalem. His son-in-law, Rabbi Shimon Efrati was a rabbi in Galicia and later Rabbi of She'erit Hapleita in Warsaw. (1908-1988, see item 341).
16 letters and postcards. Varied size and condition.
Among those who wrote the letters are Rabbi Naftali Adler HaCohen Av Beit Din of London, Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Tronk Av Beit Din of Kutno, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Zirelson Av Beit Din of Kishinev, Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Reines Av Beit Din of Lida, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog (two letters), Rabbi Benzion Meir Chai Uziel, Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef Freidman of Sadigura, Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala-Ożarów, Rabbi Isser Zalman Unterman, Rabbi Shlomo Aharonson, and other rabbis. • Attached is a letter by Rabbi Yosef Wertheim to Rabbi Zirelson concerning the divorce of a Jew who wanted to be married by Rabbi Wertheim. On the reverse side is the authorization of Rabbi Zirelson in his handwriting, with his signature and stamp of the Beit Din in Kishinev.
Rabbi Yosef Wertheim (1882-1946, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 2, pp. 110-111), Rabbi and Admor in Bender (Serbia). Served in the rabbinate of Ustilug, Ostroh and Hrubishov as well. In 1940, he ascended to Eretz Israel and established his Beit Midrash in Jerusalem. His son-in-law, Rabbi Shimon Efrati was a rabbi in Galicia and later Rabbi of She'erit Hapleita in Warsaw. (1908-1988, see item 341).
16 letters and postcards. Varied size and condition.
Letters
Letters