Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Letter with Signatures of Rabbis and Rebbes – Safed, 1918

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Letter to the Rabbis of the Badatz of Safed, with dozens of signatures of important Chassidic rabbis and public figures in the city, including rabbis and rebbes. Safed, Kislev, 1918. Written the same month World War I ended, the subject of the letter is the establishment of educational institutes for the boys orphaned in war. One of the reasons the establishment of educational institutes was delayed was the struggle with the City Committee who initiated establishing a school in Hebrew. The signatories call "For opening a Talmud Torah of the old method, which in any case is better than that they should be idle until this question is solved with the agreement of all the Batei Din in our country". Among the dozens of signatures: the Rebbe of Drohobych, Rabbi “Mordechai David Teitelbaum [died Kislev 1920, nephew of the Yitav Lev of Siget]; Rabbi “Ya’akov Zvi Baher,” [1859-1942, one of the heads of Sadigura and Boyan Chassidism]; Rabbi “Baruch David HaCohen,” [1850-1921, author of Birkat HaAretz, disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz]; Rabbi “Naftali Chana’lis”; Rabbi Baruch Ashkenazi, [grandson of the Rabbi of Tolcsva]; Rabbi Asher Yechezkel HaLevi Horowitz, [died in 1920]; Rabbi Yosef Libman of Khotyn; Rabbi Elazar Ya’akov Fodhartzer; Rabbi Yechiel Fodhartzer, Rabbi Chane Heizler; Rabbi Ya’akov Mendel Tzeiger, and others. Leaf, approximately 26.5 cm. Scribal writing, with 31 signatures. Good-fair condition, wear and damages, mounted on paper.
Chassidism - Letters
Chassidism - Letters