Assorted collection of rabbinic letters. Jerusalem, Jaffa, Petach Tikva, Tiberias and Safed, 19th-20th centuries.
The collection includes letters from:
• R. Avraham Tzvi HaLevi Rabbi of Tiberias, 1862; • R. Refael Zilberman Rabbi of Safed, (1890); • R. Moshe Kliers Rabbi of Tiberias, to R. Chaim Berlin. Tiberias, (1910); • R. Yisrael Dov Frumkin, Jerusalem, (1898); Declaration from the Edah HaCharedit, completed in the handwriting and with the signature of R. Zelig Reuven Bengis. Jerusalem, 1950; • And other rabbis (see Hebrew description).

Over 20 letters. Size and condition vary. Most in good condition.

Handwritten letter, signed by seven leading rabbis of Jerusalem: R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Shimshon Aharon Polansky (the Tepliker Rav), R. Yosef Gershon Horowitz, R. Eliyahu Romm, R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap, R. Shmuel Pesach Halperin and R. Yechiel Michel Horowitz. Jerusalem, 9th Tammuz 1933.
Appeal to the burial societies in Jerusalem to fund some of the costs of setting up the Eruv in Jerusalem, due to the expansion of the city with new houses and neighborhoods.
The entire letter was handwritten by R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap Rabbi of the Shaarei Chessed neighborhood.

[1] leaf. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks and tears (repaired on verso with tape). Minor marginal open tears.

Large collection of 63 booklets, calendars with laws and customs, compiled by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, for the years 5667-5719. The collection includes most the calendars published by R. Tucazinsky in his lifetime.
• Luach LeEretz Israel, synagogue laws and customs (for Eretz Israel), compiled by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, with comments by the Aderet and Jerusalem Torah leaders. For the years: 5667-5669, 5671-5716, 5718-5719. Jerusalem: J.N. Levy and Partners; I.D. Frumkin; Salomon Brothers, [1906-1958].
• Calendar, with synagogue laws and customs and other year-round laws and customs, for the Diaspora, with halachic times for the New York time zone, for the years: 5692-5696, 5700-5701, 5705-5708. Jerusalem: Salomon, [1931-1947].
• Tekufat HaChamah UBirkata, for 5685, by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky. Jerusalem: Salomon, [1924].

R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (1871-1955), dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He authored many halachic books and essays. One of his main enterprises was the Luach LeEretz Israel, a calendar based on the customs of the Perushim communities of disciples of the Gaon of Vilna, with the addition of halachic rulings from contemporary Jerusalem Torah leaders. These calendars are also prominent for the halachic times established by R. Yechiel Michel based on his halachic conclusions and thousands of days of observation and calculations.
63 volumes. Size and condition vary. All booklets with new bindings. The booklets were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

Collection of leaf fragments, mostly on parchment, from early manuscripts, which were used as bindings or from a "bindings genizah".
• Parchment leaf, Taj and Tafsir R. Saadiah Gaon, Vayetze-Vayishlach, Yemenite script with supralinear vocalization. [Yemen, ca. 1400].
• Parchment leaf, Parashat Nasso, Oriental script, with vocalization, cantillation marks and Masoretic notes. [Yemen?, 14th/15th century].
• Parchment leaf, Yeshayahu 39-41, Sephardic script, with vocalization, cantillation notes and Masorah Gedolah and Ketanah. [Spain, 14th century].
• Two parchment leaves, section of Melachim I, Sephardic script with vocalization and cantillation notes. [Spain, 14th century].
• Parchment leaf, section of Yechezkel, Sephardic script. [Spain, 15th century].
• Two paper leaves, Psalms 34-36, 46-39, in Oriental script, unvocalized. [Middle East? Yemen?, 13th/14th century].

8 leaves (including 7 parchment leaves). Size and condition vary.
Enclosed: report by Shlomo Zucker, expert on Hebrew manuscripts.

Volume comprising handwritten copyings of several works. [Yemen], 1872.
The volume comprises: • Three Megillot – Shir HaShirim, Ruth and Kohelet, with Targum and Rashi. • Kav HaYashar. • Ibur HaShanim, with tables of year cycles. • Sefer HaBal'i – on zodiacs and eclipses. • Pitron Chalomot and Sefer HaGoralot L'Achitofel. • Other additions.
Semi-cursive script. A colorful, decorated title page precedes the Three Megillot (with the date of writing); ornaments in red ink to titles of several works. Diagrams and tables in several places.
Marginal glosses and additions. Birth records and ownership inscriptions from various periods on the endpapers and in several places in the volume.

[1], 37, [1] leaves; 66 leaves; 39-88 leaves; [2] leaves. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Worming, affecting text. Original leather binding, worn and slightly damaged.