Diverse and unique collection of wedding invitations, from the students and alumni of the Mir (Poland) Yeshiva and the Lithuanian Yeshivot. (1931-1938).
The collection includes invitations to the weddings of: Rabbi Yosef Bigon [among the notable giants of ethics] and Chana Grossfeld [among the pioneer students and teachers in Beit Ya’akov]; Rabbi Avraham Orlean and Tzila Neugroschel [Tzila Orlean among the students of Sara Schnirer, famous for her activity as a “rescue angel” in the Auschwitz concentration camp]; Rabbi Yo’el Kloft in the city of Riga; Rabbi Shimon Katz in Petach Tikvah; Rabbi David Lifshitz in Sovalk; Rabbi Moshe Swift in London; Rabbi Elchanan Sorotzkin; Rabbi Peretz Yagel; Rabbi Mendel Kaplan in Baranowitz; Rabbi Shmuel Pesach Bogimolski; Rabbi Avigdor Tziperstein and many additional invitations.
40 invitations + 1 Shana Tova card. Various sizes and conditions, the majority in very good condition.
Attached material.

Divorce certificate. Singapore, Tamuz (1922).
“In the city of Singapore situated on the sea-shore”. Scribe writing upon sketched paper. On bottom of page noting in pencil “Pasul” [invalid].
Jews began to arrive in Singapore in the year 1840 (especially from Iraq, India and Iran). Prior to World War II the congregation consisted of 2,500 Jews. During the War, while Singapore was governed by Japan, the majority of the Jews were detained in Japanese prisons. Upon their release after the War, the majority left Singapore to the US, Britain, Israel and Australia. Currently there are approximately 300 Jews residing in Singapore.
33 cm. High-quality oak-tag paper. Very good condition.

Printed Ketubah form, filled in handwriting, celebrating the wedding of Philip and Aurelia Pistiner. Vienna, 1934. * Beit Din divorce confirmation. Written by hand on the letter paper of the Vienna rabbinical office: “Divorce given by husband Ya’akov […] son of Israel Zelig called Isidor through Yerucham Fishel son of Ze’ev who lives here in Vienna, to be transmitted to his wife Feige…”. Bears the witnesses’ signatures and the ink-stamp of Vienna’s rabbinical court. 24 cm. Varying conditions.

Tehilim with the Metzudat David and the Metzudat Tzion. With the Seder Ma’amadot. Slavita, [1832]. Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira son of the Slavita Rabbi print.
Ownership stamps: “Rabbi Yosef Tzvi son of Rabbi Kahana Shapira – Zgierz” [of the Chasidim of the Admor Rabbi Henich of Alexander, known as the Kohen Meyuchas, see enclosed material].
178 leaves. (Missing 2 leaves: first title page and approbations leaf). Separate title page for the Seder Ma’amadot on leaf 146 (showing the date: 1832). About 19 cm. Greenish-blue paper. Good-fair condition, wear and moth damage. Some of the stamps are erased. Antique and worn leather and fabric binding.
Rare. A similar copy, from a private collection appears on the Bibliography Institute CD, record 0326378.