Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
Declaration Forms of Faithfulness to the Way of the Edah HaCharedit – Signed by Rabbis and Important Persons – Jerusalem, 1950s-1953
Collection of dozens of signed forms declaring faithfulness to the word of God and membership in the Edah HaCharedit community, including avoiding associating with evildoers and receiving government funds. Jerusalem, ca. 1950s-1953.
Mimeographs of a typewritten form. The present forms are signed by many Torah scholars and important persons of the Jerusalem community, including: R. Zelig Reuven Bengis, chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit; R. Yisrael Moshe Dushinsky [later chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit]; R. Moshe Aryeh Freund [a dean of the Satmar yeshiva and later chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit]; R. Meir Chaim Ungar [Rabbi of Lackenbach]; R. David HaLevi Jungreis [a dayan of the Badatz]; R. Yisrael Yitzchak HaLevi Reisman [a dayan of the Badatz]; R. Amram Blau [head of the Neturei Karta sect]; R. Aharon Shlomo HaLevi Katzenelbogen [dean of Torah VeYirah yeshiva]; R. Yechiel Matityahu Davis [an intimate associate of R. Bengis]; R. Shalom HaLevi Eisen; R. Chaim Michel Levi; R. Yosef Shenberger; R. Nachum Yitzchak Frank; R. Binyamin Ze'ev Cheshin; R. Gershon Leib Stemmer; R. Naftali Halberstam [the Rebbe of Tchakova (Ciacova)]; R. Zalman Brizel; R. Aharon Avraham Slotky [a leading kabbalist]; R. Tzvi Michel Heller; and many more signed forms.
63 forms. Approx. 33 cm. Overall good condition.
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