Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Large Collection of Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes – Hungary, ca. 1920s-1930s
A large collection of over 120 signed letters and documents (lists and donor reports), sent from rabbis and Rebbes, gabaim, and various donors, to "Kollel Shomrei HaChomot – Kollel Ungarn". Hungary, Transylvania and various countries, ca. 1890s-1930s.
Among the rabbis whose signatures appear in this collection:
Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, rabbi of Nyírbátor (2 letters). • Rabbi Moses Chaim Lits-Rosenbaum, rabbi of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda). • Rabbi Mordechai Vorhand, rabbi of Nitra. • Rabbi Yerachmiel HaCohen Katzburg, rabbi of Ózd. • Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Kahana, rabbi of Ungvár. • Rebbe Eliezer Lipa HaLevi Silberman of Ratsfert (Újfehértó) – son of Rabbi Moshe of Ratsfert and grandson of Rabbi Hirtzka of Ratsfert (4 letters). • Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Silberman (3 letters). • Rabbi Yosef Meir Moshe HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok – son-in-law of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyia (2 letters). • Rabbi Yisrael Hillel Yitzchak HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok (4 letters). • Rabbi Yonatan HaCohen Strasser, rabbinical judge of Győr (Raab; 5 letters). • Rabbi Asher Anshel Schick, Szikszó. • Rabbi Meir Schick, rabbi of Timișoara. • Rabbi Yaakov Shmuel Schreiber and Rabbi Menachem Broin, rabbis of Salgótarján (4 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Chaim Grünfeld, rabbi of Sânpetru (6 letters). • Rabbi Shalom Zvi Adler, rabbi of Diósgyőr (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Tannenbaum, rabbi of Sepsimiklósvár. • Rabbi Mordechai Leib Fischer, rabbi of Nagykáta (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Bonim Krausz, rabbi of Baden (3 letters). • Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Blum, rabbinical judge in Berettyóújfalu (son of the "Beit She'arim"). • Rabbi Gavriel Gesztettner, rabbinical judge of Szombathely. • Rabbi Avraham Broin of Károly (4 letters). • Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Greenwald, rabbi of Columbus, Ohio. • Rabbi Ze'ev Zvi Klein, Buenos Aires. • And many additional letters.
126 letters and postcards, most on official stationery. Size and condition vary. Some with open tears and fire damage (saved from a fire), affecting text.
PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.