Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

One Hundred Rabbis Permit – 8 Letters, Germany

Opening: $180
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Printed posted letters, for the purpose of joining the One Hundred Rabbis Permit. Germany, 1903-1911.
Letters from rabbis of Berlin, Nierenberg and Fürth, Strasbourg, Frankfurt am Main, Bromberg, Offenbach and Magentza. Among the rabbis: Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman, Rabbi Ezriel Monk, Rabbi Meir Hildesheimer, Rabbi Avraham Biberfeld, Rabbi Natan Weil, Rabbi Yosef Aryeh Buttonviser, Rabbi Mordechai Horowitz, Rabbi Ya’akov Emanuel and others.
The One Hundred Rabbis Permit is utilized in situations in which it is necessary to annul the ban of Rabbeinu Gershom, which prohibits a married man from taking another wife while married to his first wife – this permit warrants an exemption in cases in which the wife is mentally ill or has escaped from him.
8 items, 4 printed leaves and 4 postcards. Various sizes and conditions, good to fair.
Ketubot and marriage documents
Ketubot and marriage documents