Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Letter by Rebbe Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir of Amshinov. Brooklyn, Aseret Yemei Teshuva 1949.
21 lines in his own handwriting and with his signature: “Yr.Y. Meir Kalish”. In this letter, Rebbe Meir'l sends a humble friendly apology to his relative who reproached him for a matter "with open reproof and hidden love". If you read the letter carefully, you can discern the Rebbe's aristocratic manner. He writes of a copy which he is sending of "Holy essays written by my dear son who copied the writings of the Rebbe, an essay integrated with the words of your grandfather…". He asks about his relatives and blesses him and all "Our beloved dear illustrious friends with good life…happy and well…Gmar Chatima Tova and all good to you and your family, and a happy joyful festival".
Rebbe Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir Kalish, R' Meir'l of Amshinov (1901-1976), son of Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov (1883-1954), miraculously survived the Holocaust by escaping to Vilna and from there to Shanghai in the Far East. After the Holocaust, they immigrated to Eretz Israel and moved to Jerusalem and established the Amshinov Shem Olam Yeshiva in 1954. He possessed a great love for the Jewish people, and unpretentiously and wholeheartedly served G-d. His daughter's son is Rebbe Ya’akov Milikowsky, the present Amshinov Rebbe.
22.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and folding marks.
21 lines in his own handwriting and with his signature: “Yr.Y. Meir Kalish”. In this letter, Rebbe Meir'l sends a humble friendly apology to his relative who reproached him for a matter "with open reproof and hidden love". If you read the letter carefully, you can discern the Rebbe's aristocratic manner. He writes of a copy which he is sending of "Holy essays written by my dear son who copied the writings of the Rebbe, an essay integrated with the words of your grandfather…". He asks about his relatives and blesses him and all "Our beloved dear illustrious friends with good life…happy and well…Gmar Chatima Tova and all good to you and your family, and a happy joyful festival".
Rebbe Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir Kalish, R' Meir'l of Amshinov (1901-1976), son of Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov (1883-1954), miraculously survived the Holocaust by escaping to Vilna and from there to Shanghai in the Far East. After the Holocaust, they immigrated to Eretz Israel and moved to Jerusalem and established the Amshinov Shem Olam Yeshiva in 1954. He possessed a great love for the Jewish people, and unpretentiously and wholeheartedly served G-d. His daughter's son is Rebbe Ya’akov Milikowsky, the present Amshinov Rebbe.
22.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and folding marks.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Letter by The Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, Ober-Vishiva. 1937.
The entire letter is handwritten and signed by the Gabai Rabbi Eliezer Yitzchak Fishler, who delivers the Rebbe's blessing for good health, plenty, easy livelihood and finding favor. Also includes a special blessing for a good match for the daughter. Around the margin is a line written and signed by the Rebbe himself, who writes: "Please, bring my tidings of good news, real salvation and consolation by his faithful friend, Menachem".
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, the Rebbe of Vishiva (1885-1951, Encyclopedia Le’Chassidut, Vol. 3, pp. 95-96), son of Rebbe Yisrael of Vizhnitz, author of “Ahavat Yisrael”. From 1908, he served as Av Bet Din of Vizhnitz and from 1921, as Av Bet Din of Ober-Vishiva, there he founded the Bet Yisrael Yeshiva. A leader of Agudat Yisrael and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. After his father’s death in 1936, he succeeded him as rebbe. This letter was written during his second year occupying this position.
Official stationery, 23.5 cm. Good condition.
The entire letter is handwritten and signed by the Gabai Rabbi Eliezer Yitzchak Fishler, who delivers the Rebbe's blessing for good health, plenty, easy livelihood and finding favor. Also includes a special blessing for a good match for the daughter. Around the margin is a line written and signed by the Rebbe himself, who writes: "Please, bring my tidings of good news, real salvation and consolation by his faithful friend, Menachem".
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager, the Rebbe of Vishiva (1885-1951, Encyclopedia Le’Chassidut, Vol. 3, pp. 95-96), son of Rebbe Yisrael of Vizhnitz, author of “Ahavat Yisrael”. From 1908, he served as Av Bet Din of Vizhnitz and from 1921, as Av Bet Din of Ober-Vishiva, there he founded the Bet Yisrael Yeshiva. A leader of Agudat Yisrael and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. After his father’s death in 1936, he succeeded him as rebbe. This letter was written during his second year occupying this position.
Official stationery, 23.5 cm. Good condition.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,063
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Long letter with New Year blessings handwritten and signed by Rebbe Mordechai Hager of Vizhnitz-Monsey, the eldest rebbe of our times, to his relative Rebbe Naftali Moskowitz of Mielec. Monsey, 4th day of Selichot 1994.
"…A year of blessings and peace, life and plenty from Above and all the best forever…You should merit seeing much pleasure of holiness…and to dwell in the tent of Torah…and the new year should bring…good and blessing, ketiva v'chatima tova in the books of the completely righteous…". The letter was written by the gabai and is with the Rebbe's own signature: "Mordechai ben R' C.M. of Vizhnitz".
Official stationery, 25 cm. Very good condition, folding marks.
"…A year of blessings and peace, life and plenty from Above and all the best forever…You should merit seeing much pleasure of holiness…and to dwell in the tent of Torah…and the new year should bring…good and blessing, ketiva v'chatima tova in the books of the completely righteous…". The letter was written by the gabai and is with the Rebbe's own signature: "Mordechai ben R' C.M. of Vizhnitz".
Official stationery, 25 cm. Very good condition, folding marks.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Four wedding invitations, three of them are invitations on the marriage of the Skvira Rebbe's grandchildren with a letter signed by the Rebbe, "David ben…Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef". Skvira, New York, USA, 2009-2010.
The invitations were sent to Rabbi David, the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon. The fourth invitation is from Rebbe Yechiel Michel of Skvira.
4 invitations, varied size and condition, tears.
The invitations were sent to Rabbi David, the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon. The fourth invitation is from Rebbe Yechiel Michel of Skvira.
4 invitations, varied size and condition, tears.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Sold for: $375
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Three wedding invitations upon the marriage of the grandchildren of the Vizhnitz-Monsey Rebbe, from 2010-2012.
Letters by the senders of invitation were handwritten upon the three invitations sent to the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon: "Menachem Mendel Hager ben the Maharam of Vishitz"; "Aharon Hager ben HaTsaddik of Vishnitz"; "Your friend, Nachman Yosef ben Chana Esther" [Twersky of Rachmistrivka].
3 invitations, varied size and condition.
Letters by the senders of invitation were handwritten upon the three invitations sent to the Rebbe of Toldot Aharon: "Menachem Mendel Hager ben the Maharam of Vishitz"; "Aharon Hager ben HaTsaddik of Vishnitz"; "Your friend, Nachman Yosef ben Chana Esther" [Twersky of Rachmistrivka].
3 invitations, varied size and condition.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Sold for: $375
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A collection of letters and financial reports, sent from the committee of the Slonim Chassidim to the Or Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias, Kobryn, 1905-1911.
Letters signed by Rabbi Azriel Yeshaya [Leichtung], Rabbi Mordechai Shimon HaCohen [ben Rabbi Zvi Hirsh] and the emissary Rabbi Yitzchak Matityahu Sandberg.
The committee of the Or Torah Yeshiva was founded by the public activist Rabbi Azriel Yeshaya Leichtung who managed the committee from its establishment in c. 1899. [Apparently, due to legal restrictions in collecting contributions, the committee was labeled "commercial": "The General Committee Supervising the store for Etrogim and olivewood utensils from The Land of Israel, whose yields are dedicated to the Or Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias”]. These letters and reports contain many details of various donors and their requests for prayers at holy sites as well as addresses for sending receipts and various reports of the activities of collecting the money on behalf of the yeshiva.
41 leaves (approximately 80 written pages), approximately 28 cm. Fair condition, wear and some tears.
Letters signed by Rabbi Azriel Yeshaya [Leichtung], Rabbi Mordechai Shimon HaCohen [ben Rabbi Zvi Hirsh] and the emissary Rabbi Yitzchak Matityahu Sandberg.
The committee of the Or Torah Yeshiva was founded by the public activist Rabbi Azriel Yeshaya Leichtung who managed the committee from its establishment in c. 1899. [Apparently, due to legal restrictions in collecting contributions, the committee was labeled "commercial": "The General Committee Supervising the store for Etrogim and olivewood utensils from The Land of Israel, whose yields are dedicated to the Or Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias”]. These letters and reports contain many details of various donors and their requests for prayers at holy sites as well as addresses for sending receipts and various reports of the activities of collecting the money on behalf of the yeshiva.
41 leaves (approximately 80 written pages), approximately 28 cm. Fair condition, wear and some tears.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
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Collection of letters, printed leaves and receipts, from public institutes in Tiberias, Safed and Jerusalem, from the years 1953-1958.
• Numerous letters signed by Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner [Ashkenazi rabbi of Tiberias], Rabbi Avraham Weinberg [Rebbe of Slonim, author of "Birkat Avraham"] and Rabbi David Munzberg. Most of the letters are in Yiddish. [A note is attached to one of the letters on which it is written that our custom is not to place a Kvitel for the deceased, only to study Mishnayot, Azkara and Kadish]. • Receipts and a letter handwritten by Rabbi Meir Vaaknin [Sephardi rabbi of Tiberias]. • Letter and receipts from Yeshivat "Beit Avraham – Slonim" Jerusalem.
• Letters and receipts from Safed: letter from Rabbi Isaac Adler, on behalf of "Talmud Torah" of the Rebbe of Klausenburg. Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Kleinman, in the name of the Yeshivah disciples "Yeshivat Maharitz Margarethen – in Beit Yossef, Safed". Receipts from the committee of "Chevra Kadisha HaKlalit, leAdat HaAshkenazit". One receipt is for a "donation to fix the roof of HaAri Mikveh".
About 27 letters, receipts and printed leaves. Size and condition varies.
• Numerous letters signed by Rabbi Asher Zeev Werner [Ashkenazi rabbi of Tiberias], Rabbi Avraham Weinberg [Rebbe of Slonim, author of "Birkat Avraham"] and Rabbi David Munzberg. Most of the letters are in Yiddish. [A note is attached to one of the letters on which it is written that our custom is not to place a Kvitel for the deceased, only to study Mishnayot, Azkara and Kadish]. • Receipts and a letter handwritten by Rabbi Meir Vaaknin [Sephardi rabbi of Tiberias]. • Letter and receipts from Yeshivat "Beit Avraham – Slonim" Jerusalem.
• Letters and receipts from Safed: letter from Rabbi Isaac Adler, on behalf of "Talmud Torah" of the Rebbe of Klausenburg. Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Kleinman, in the name of the Yeshivah disciples "Yeshivat Maharitz Margarethen – in Beit Yossef, Safed". Receipts from the committee of "Chevra Kadisha HaKlalit, leAdat HaAshkenazit". One receipt is for a "donation to fix the roof of HaAri Mikveh".
About 27 letters, receipts and printed leaves. Size and condition varies.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
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Sold for: $2,125
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Collection of letters written by Rebbes:
• Shana Tova letter, signed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Lubavitch-Chabad Rebbe. Brooklyn, 1957. • Letter signed by Rebbe Pinchas Menachem Alter of Ger, author of Pnei Menachem. Jerusalem, 1961. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Avraham Weinberg of Slonim. Tel Aviv, 1964. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala. Jerusalem, 1962. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Lifshitz Halberstam of Stropkov. Jerusalem, 1954. Postcard. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles, grandson of Rebbe Uri of Sombor. Philadelphia, 1939. Postcard. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Kontikoziva -Haifa. • Letter handwritten and signed by the Rebbe of Czchów – Rabbi Avraham Abish Kanner – the Rabbi of Halisa. [Haifa], 1968. • Receipt of the Vaad HaKlali Knesset Yisrael in Jerusalem, with the signature of Rebbe Nachum Twersky of Rachmistrivka. • Receipt with the signature of Rebbe Yisrael Alter author of Beit Yisrael of Ger.
10 items, varied size and condition.
• Shana Tova letter, signed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Lubavitch-Chabad Rebbe. Brooklyn, 1957. • Letter signed by Rebbe Pinchas Menachem Alter of Ger, author of Pnei Menachem. Jerusalem, 1961. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Avraham Weinberg of Slonim. Tel Aviv, 1964. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala. Jerusalem, 1962. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Lifshitz Halberstam of Stropkov. Jerusalem, 1954. Postcard. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles, grandson of Rebbe Uri of Sombor. Philadelphia, 1939. Postcard. • Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Kontikoziva -Haifa. • Letter handwritten and signed by the Rebbe of Czchów – Rabbi Avraham Abish Kanner – the Rabbi of Halisa. [Haifa], 1968. • Receipt of the Vaad HaKlali Knesset Yisrael in Jerusalem, with the signature of Rebbe Nachum Twersky of Rachmistrivka. • Receipt with the signature of Rebbe Yisrael Alter author of Beit Yisrael of Ger.
10 items, varied size and condition.
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Letters – Chassidism
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Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Archive of letters, composed of dozens of letters and postcards, New Year cards and various paper items. Sent to Jerusalem, to Rabbi Zvi Moskowitz. C. 1950s-1960s.
The collection contains many letters by rabbis and rebbes in Eretz Israel. Most of the letters are about printing and purchase of books. The recipient is Rabbi Zvi Moskowitz – The Printer from Margarethen (c. 1900-1910 – 1983), an exceptional Torah scholar, Chassid and Kabbalist, disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Weinberger Av Beit Din of Margarethen. Close to the Belz and Mukacheve Rebbes, and the Nadvorne and the Kumrana Rebbes, editor and author. He printed books in the city of Margarethen (Romania) between 1937-1947 and ascended to Jerusalem in 1947, there he printed and sold books. Authored dozens of books. Edited and published over 300 issues of the Torah compilation Otzrot Yerushalayim during 1956-1983. He was an authority on examining and editing Torah literature [he was the head editor of the Da'at Sofer books by the Rabbi of Pressburg], and he edited the novellae and books of many Hungarian rabbis and rebbes in Eretz Israel.
Among the writers: Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Tirnauer of Sefad, Av Beit Din Schotz [ author of Tal Orot, father-in-law of the Nadvorne Rebbe in Safed] – (9 letters); Rebbe Eliezer Ze'ev Rosenbaum of Rachów (2 letters and a wedding invitation); Rabbi Shmuel Meir HaCohen Hollander [Rabbi in Tschernowitz and later in Tel Aviv, author of the Shem Cohen res] – (4 letters); Rabbi Avraham Baruch Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Solitza and Gamzu (7 letters); Rabbi David ben Zion Klein Av Beit Din of Yesodot; Rabbi Yeshaya Sneiblag Av Beit Din of Deyzh; Rabbi Asher Ze'ev Werner Av Beit Din of Tiberias; Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin Av Beit Din of Pardess Chana, (6 letters); Rabbi Bezalel Stern [author of B'tzel HaChochma] (2 letters); Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Deutch Av Beit Din of Montevideo and Katamon (2 letters); Rabbi David Wein Av Beit Din of Holon; Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Zalmanowitz Av Beit Din of Bergen-Belsen and Yavneh (2 letters); letters from the home of the Kretchnif Rebbe in Kiryat Ata; invitations to meetings of the Niturei Karta signed by Rabbi Amram Blau; calling card of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Kopychyntsi with handwritten additions (perhaps his own); etc.
Approximately 90 paper items, more than 80 letters. Varied size and condition, good-fair to poor. Some letters have major moisture damages.
The collection contains many letters by rabbis and rebbes in Eretz Israel. Most of the letters are about printing and purchase of books. The recipient is Rabbi Zvi Moskowitz – The Printer from Margarethen (c. 1900-1910 – 1983), an exceptional Torah scholar, Chassid and Kabbalist, disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Weinberger Av Beit Din of Margarethen. Close to the Belz and Mukacheve Rebbes, and the Nadvorne and the Kumrana Rebbes, editor and author. He printed books in the city of Margarethen (Romania) between 1937-1947 and ascended to Jerusalem in 1947, there he printed and sold books. Authored dozens of books. Edited and published over 300 issues of the Torah compilation Otzrot Yerushalayim during 1956-1983. He was an authority on examining and editing Torah literature [he was the head editor of the Da'at Sofer books by the Rabbi of Pressburg], and he edited the novellae and books of many Hungarian rabbis and rebbes in Eretz Israel.
Among the writers: Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Tirnauer of Sefad, Av Beit Din Schotz [ author of Tal Orot, father-in-law of the Nadvorne Rebbe in Safed] – (9 letters); Rebbe Eliezer Ze'ev Rosenbaum of Rachów (2 letters and a wedding invitation); Rabbi Shmuel Meir HaCohen Hollander [Rabbi in Tschernowitz and later in Tel Aviv, author of the Shem Cohen res] – (4 letters); Rabbi Avraham Baruch Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Solitza and Gamzu (7 letters); Rabbi David ben Zion Klein Av Beit Din of Yesodot; Rabbi Yeshaya Sneiblag Av Beit Din of Deyzh; Rabbi Asher Ze'ev Werner Av Beit Din of Tiberias; Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin Av Beit Din of Pardess Chana, (6 letters); Rabbi Bezalel Stern [author of B'tzel HaChochma] (2 letters); Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Deutch Av Beit Din of Montevideo and Katamon (2 letters); Rabbi David Wein Av Beit Din of Holon; Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Zalmanowitz Av Beit Din of Bergen-Belsen and Yavneh (2 letters); letters from the home of the Kretchnif Rebbe in Kiryat Ata; invitations to meetings of the Niturei Karta signed by Rabbi Amram Blau; calling card of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Kopychyntsi with handwritten additions (perhaps his own); etc.
Approximately 90 paper items, more than 80 letters. Varied size and condition, good-fair to poor. Some letters have major moisture damages.
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Letters – Chassidism
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