Assorted collection of manuscripts, letters and documents, from the archive of R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger and his grandfather R. Moshe Charag (Zeiger). Torah novellae, contracts and letters on public affairs, halachic rulings and responsa, and more. Safed and elsewhere, ca. 1870s-1930s.
See Hebrew description for a list of items in the collection.

11 items, comprising about 15 leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Some with stamps of estate of R. "Yosef Tzvi Geiger" (with a likeness of his signature).

R. Moshe Charag Zeiger (1816-1909), public figure and prominent member of the Safed Chassidic community. Son-in-law of R. Gavriel Tshak (hence the name Charag – Chatan R. Gavriel) and confidant of Rebbe Mendele, the Tzemach Tzaddik of Vizhnitz, at whose behest he established the Vizhnitz Kollel in Safed and Tiberias. One of his grandsons was the artist Yosef Tzvi Geiger, known as the father of Safed art.

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