Three letters by rabbis from South Germany (Baden-Württemberg region), recommendation and semicha for the shochet Rabbi Shemaya son of R' Natan Nata HaLevi, of Eichstetten: · Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Eliyahu son of Efraim Av Beit Din", Karlsruhe, 1829. Rabbi Eliyahu Wilstetter Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe, disciple and successor of Rabbi Asher Walerstein Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe. · Long letter of recommendation handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Koppel Lowenstein Segal". Güglingen, 1834. Rabbi Koppel Lowenstein (1791-c.1865), Av Beit Din of Güglingen, disciple of leading German rabbis such as Rabbi Avraham Bing, Rabbi Hertz Shayer, Rabbi Asher Walerstein, son of the Sha'agat Aryeh (from which he received semicha; see: Kerem Shlomo, Year 2, Issue 8), and others. See enclosed material. · Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe, Rabbi of the Altona community, Altona, 1846. 3 letters. Varied size, good condition.