Diverse collection of letters sent to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel.
· Letter by Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margaliot, about attaining a visa for Aliya to Eretz Israel. NY, 1932. Rabbi Zevulun Margaliot (1851-1936), Rabbi of Boston (and later in NY) was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Rabbi Shalom Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe, concerning a dispute between a man and his wife. NY, 1911. Rabbi Elchanan HaLevi Yaffe (1858-1924), Rabbi in St. Louis (and later in NY), was a leading US rabbi.
· Letter by Yitzchak Glickson, "On behalf of the committee of Moshav Nachalat Ya'akov". A request for halachic guidance (regarding the laws of kil'ayim) planting Vicia with oats. Written in Jerusalem, Elul 1927.
· Letter of Torah teachings [laws of Ma'aser], by Rabbi Shmuel Feinstein. Petach Tikva, 1913. Rabbi Feinstein (1855-1932), alumni of the Volozhin Yeshiva (he became acquainted with Rabbi Kook during the time they both studied in the yeshiva), settled in Petach Tikva upon his Aliya to Eretz Israel and worked in the orchards of the Baron Rothschild.
· Letter from the rabbis of the Beit Chatam Sofer Yeshiva in Safed, regarding monetary support from the estate of the "late Kaduri from Shanghai". Safed, 1923.
· Letter by Rabbi "Michel HaLevi --?", requesting a letter of recommendation for immigration to Eretz Israel. Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislav), 1935.
· Letter by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh son of R' David of Levice, requesting monetary support. Gomel, 1935. With postage envelope.
· Letter by Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky of Slonim, student of the Mir Yeshiva, requesting assistance in attaining an exemption from the army, enclosed with 3 leaves of novellae on Tractate Pe'ah. Mir, 1936. Renowned Torah prodigy, one of the leading students at Mir Yeshiva. Later became the son-in-law of the Amshinov Rebbe and father of the current Amshinov Rebbe.
· Interesting letter, written in flowery language, by Rabbi Gershon son of R' Mordechai Melamed. Slavita, 1934.
· Letter on the topic of "Beliefs and principles", by "M. Ben Yehonatan". Jerusalem, 1924.
· Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shach. Jaffa, 1925. (1847-1929, served as Dayan of the Jaffa Beit Din and the settlements. Was murdered in the riots of 1929 while residing in Motza).
· Letter by Rabbi Shimon Trebnik. Snovsk, 1935. Rabbi Shimon Trebnik Av Beit Din of Snovsk, later teacher in the Kol Ya'akov Yeshiva in Moscow.
12 letters, size and condition vary.

A large and varied collection of handwritten and printed letters and documents. Letters by rabbis and Batei Din. Lithographs and original illustrations, proclamations and printed matter, printed "protection" leaves and amulets, receipts and publications of institutions, certificates and various ephemera. From various countries (Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, North Africa, Oriental countries and European countries, the USA and South America), and from various times (most of the items are from the first half of the 20th century, some from the 19th century and some from the second half of the 20th century).
· Letters and receipts signed by rabbis: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer; Rabbi Ovadia Yosef; Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap; Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Orlansky; Rabbi Leib Baron; Rabbi Yosef Shloush; Rabbi Avraham Kahane-Shapira; Rabbi Amram Blau, Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal; Rabbi Aharon Shlomo Katzenellenbogen; Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Wachtfogel; Rabbi Asher Lichtstein; Rabbi Yissachar Dov Goldstein; Rabbi Yedidya Shofet; Rabbi Chaim David Siriro; Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Pikarsky; Rabbi Yosef Zvi Geiger; etc.
More than 200 items. Varied size and condition, very-good to poor.

Manuscript, "Pinkas Beit Va'ad HaKlali LeKupat R' Meir Ba'al HaNess" [Ledger of the Beit Va'ad HaKlali of the fund of R' Meir Ba'al HaNess]. Jerusalem, 1900-[1911].
Color illustrated title page. At the top are a crown and two flags with a Star of David.
The ledger was prepared in 1900, but the inscriptions inside begin from 1909. It contains hundreds of entries of expenses and income, with many details related to the association's activities and hundreds of names of Jerusalem residents at that time and more names from abroad. Among the names mentioned are Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky [author of Kli Chemda], Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Rabbi Natan HaLevi Bamberger Av Beit Din of Würzburg, etc. The list of expenses include various interesting needs: "For an honorary archway for the Chacham Bashi", "For those who pray Mincha in the Rabbi's Beit Midrash", "For the guard in Meah She'arim", "Bendlach for Ma'arat HaMachpela", etc.
Approx. 180 written pages. Approx. 34 cm. Good condition, stains. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.

Three handwritten notebooks, of Jerusalem institutes:
· Large handwritten notebook, with "content of American letters", of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and Yeshiva and of the Bikur Holim hospital. [Jerusalem], 1904-1910. Contains hundreds of inscriptions, with summaries of letters received from various peoples including many names of American donors and correspondents, with interesting details, special requests of donors, etc. [359 written pages].
· Handwritten "Ledger of all the details of the meetings of the gaba'im of the Talmud Torah and the Bikur Holim Hospital, etc.". [Jerusalem], 1905-1929. Meeting protocols and decisions of the management committee of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and Yeshiva and the Bikur Cholim Hospital, signed by committee members, with many details related to the management of the institutions. [69 written pages].
· Handwritten Kadish Notebook of the Diskin Orphanage. Jerusalem, 1918. Illustrated title page. Contains names for prayer on Yahrzeit days, arranged by dates. (Number of leaves correspond to the days of the year [with the exception of two torn out leaves]. The date appears at the top of each leaf. Only some leaves have names).
3 notebooks. Size varies. Overall good condition.
Provenance: Collection of Willy Lindwer.