Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Letter of Agreement Between the Fundraising Campaign of the Va'ad HaKlali and the Campaign of Kollel America - New York, 1901 - Signatures of American Rabbis, the Ridvaz, Rabbi Shalom Elchanan Yaffe and More
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Handwritten document on large leaf, agreement accepted at the meeting of the heads and "Gabba'im of Kupat Meir Ba'al HaNess, who support the poor of Eretz Israel of the Va'ad HaKlali of Ashkenazim Prushim and Chassidim in New York", between the Va'ad HaKlali and the heads of Kollel America. New York, winter 1901.
The letter is addressed to the rabbis of the Va'ad headed by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem, with the details of the agreement reached at the meeting "called especially by… Rabbi Ya'akov David the Ga'avad of Sletzk, to conclude the details of peace (shalom) in the city of Shalem (Biblical name of Jerusalem)". This document contains the details of the agreement regarding fundraising and division of funds which arrive from the USA, and a call for peace and cessation of the dispute.
Signatures of the heads of the Va'ad HaKlali and of Kollel America: Rabbi Duber Zilberman, Rabbi Katriel Sarhazahn, Rabbi Dov Ber Avramowitz from New York, Rabbi Yechezkel Shlang, Rabbi Moshe Zvi Hochstein, Rabbi Yehuda David Eisenstein (author of the Otzrot), Rabbi Asher Lemel Germansky. An authorization appears on the leaf margins handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov David – the Ridvaz, who then arrived in the US and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Chicago. An authorization handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Elchanan Yaffe Av Beit Din in New York appears on verso.
The establishment of Kollel America in 1896 roused many disputes in Jerusalem originating from the heads of the veteran kollelim who were concerned that this would bring to the downfall of the Va'ad HaKlali which was primarily supported by American fundraisers. That year, Rabbi Shmuel Salant published an open letter sent throughout the Diaspora in which he announced that "the obliteration of the Va'ad HaKlali is the obliteration of the entire yishuv”. Rabbi Shmuel was joined by various other heads of kollelim who opposed the establishment of the new kollel. On the other hand, the Maharil Diskin, the Brisker Gaon, supported the new kollel which would sustain the poor Jerusalem residents who ascended from America to Eretz Israel. At the end of 1897, the Maharil published his letter in which he writes that “Kollel America was established with my approval”.
This is the historic document which concludes that difficult public polemic which lasted five years, from 1896 until this agreement was accepted in 1901.
Leaf, 45 cm. Good condition, folding marks, tear to one fold.
The letter is addressed to the rabbis of the Va'ad headed by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem, with the details of the agreement reached at the meeting "called especially by… Rabbi Ya'akov David the Ga'avad of Sletzk, to conclude the details of peace (shalom) in the city of Shalem (Biblical name of Jerusalem)". This document contains the details of the agreement regarding fundraising and division of funds which arrive from the USA, and a call for peace and cessation of the dispute.
Signatures of the heads of the Va'ad HaKlali and of Kollel America: Rabbi Duber Zilberman, Rabbi Katriel Sarhazahn, Rabbi Dov Ber Avramowitz from New York, Rabbi Yechezkel Shlang, Rabbi Moshe Zvi Hochstein, Rabbi Yehuda David Eisenstein (author of the Otzrot), Rabbi Asher Lemel Germansky. An authorization appears on the leaf margins handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov David – the Ridvaz, who then arrived in the US and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Chicago. An authorization handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shalom Elchanan Yaffe Av Beit Din in New York appears on verso.
The establishment of Kollel America in 1896 roused many disputes in Jerusalem originating from the heads of the veteran kollelim who were concerned that this would bring to the downfall of the Va'ad HaKlali which was primarily supported by American fundraisers. That year, Rabbi Shmuel Salant published an open letter sent throughout the Diaspora in which he announced that "the obliteration of the Va'ad HaKlali is the obliteration of the entire yishuv”. Rabbi Shmuel was joined by various other heads of kollelim who opposed the establishment of the new kollel. On the other hand, the Maharil Diskin, the Brisker Gaon, supported the new kollel which would sustain the poor Jerusalem residents who ascended from America to Eretz Israel. At the end of 1897, the Maharil published his letter in which he writes that “Kollel America was established with my approval”.
This is the historic document which concludes that difficult public polemic which lasted five years, from 1896 until this agreement was accepted in 1901.
Leaf, 45 cm. Good condition, folding marks, tear to one fold.
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