Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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Collection of 41 postcards sent to R. Dr. Chaim Brody, Rabbi of Prague – with 54 signatures of rabbis who joined the Heter Meah Rabbanim – rabbis and Beit Dins from various countries across Europe. Nisan-Elul 1922.
Reply cards in lithographic print, assenting to permit Shmuel Tzvi son of David to remarry. On the outer side of the postcard is printed the name and address of the recipient, R. Chaim Brody.
The signatories on the postcards include R. Isser Zalman Meltzer and his court, Slutsk; R. Shlomo Grünfeld and his court, Munkacs; the Beit Din of London, with six signatories, including R. Joseph Hertz, R. Moshe Avigdor Chaikin, R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, and more; R. Yosef Tzvi Carlebach, Hamburg; R. Aharon Neuwirth, Halberstadt; R. Pinchas Wolf and his court, Cologne; R. Meir Hildesheimer, Berlin; R. Yosef Wohlgemuth, Berlin; R. Yaakov Posen, Frankfurt; R. Binyamin May, Frankfurt; R. Yissachar Behr, Prenzlau; R. Yisrael Broda, Michalovce; R. Avraham Aryeh Kurzweil of Pressburg, Brtnice (Moravia); R. Zalman Jacobowitz, Lackenbach; R. Yosef Rosenfeld, Chernivtsi; R. Aryeh Leibish Lichtig, Hamburg; R. Yitzchak Rosel, Tilsit (Sovetsk); and more.
The Heter Meah Rabbanim (permission of a hundred rabbis) was granted in cases when it was necessary to permit a man to marry a second wife, when his first wife becomes incapacitated or runs off, under certain halachic conditions. One of the conditions is that the permitting rabbis be of different countries.
R. Chaim Brody, chief rabbi of Prague, corresponded with rabbis from all over the world, and for this reason addressed dozens of rabbis from different countries with a detailed responsum to explain the Heter, enclosing a reply card to endorse it.
The recipient of the present postcards, R. Dr. Chaim (Heinrich) Brody (1868-1942), chief rabbi of Prague. Born in Ungvár, where he was taught by his father R. Shlomo Zalman Broda, and his grandfather R. Shlomo Ganzfried, both dayanim in the city. He studied in the Pressburg yeshiva, and later in R. Hildesheimer's Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Served as Rabbi of Náchod, later succeeding his father-in-law R. Nathan Ehrenfeld as Chief Rabbi of Prague. He specialized in the study of manuscripts from the Rishonim, and was known as one of the most prominent researchers of Spanish Jewry's medieval poetry. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1934, where he directed Salman Schocken's Institute for the Research of Hebrew Poetry.
41 postcards. 14x9 cm. Varying condition. Some contain postage stamps and postmarks. Some postcards contain open tears (due to removal of postage stamps), affecting text.
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Assorted collection of over 40 letters of rabbis from various countries: Germany, Hungary, Poland, Galicia, United States and elsewhere. [Ca. 1861-1961].
• Letter of R. Mendel Koretz, dayan in Liptovský Mikuláš. Liptovský Mikuláš, Iyar 1861.
• Letter of R. Moshe HaLevi Silberman (son of R. Naftali Hertzka of Ratzfert). Ratzfert, Tishrei 1910.
• Letter of R. Shlomo Tzvi HaKohen Strasser, Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Debrecen. Debrecen, 1925.
• Letter of R. Aharon Ausch, Rabbi of Lupeni [son-in-law of the Tal Chaim of Liska]. Grosswardein (Oradea), [after the Holocaust, ca. 1946-1947].
• Lengthy letter of R. Yoel Wolf Glattstein, Rabbi of Helmec (Kráľovský Chlmec). Helmec, 1939.
• Letter of R. Moshe Spitzer, dayan in Munkacs (served on the Beit Din of the Darchei Teshuvah). Munkacs, 1910.
• Letter of R. Tzvi Hirsch Perls, Rabbi of Kittsee. Kittsee, [ca. 1920s].
• Letter of R. Fishel Sofer-Süssman, dayan in Budapest, 1935.
• Letter of R. Yehudah Leib Tsirelson, Rabbi of Chișinău – on a copy of a letter by R. Chaim Ozer of Vilna. Chișinău, 1938.
• Letter of R. Chaim Mordechai Roller, Rabbi of Neamț. Neamț, 1930.
• Letter of R. Moshe Tuviah Tal, Rabbi of the Hague. The Hague (Holland), Elul 1898.
• Letter of R. Yitzchak Shmuel, head of the Oslo Beit Din. Oslo, 1933.
• Letter of R. Dov Ber Zeitlin. Paris, 1891.
• Letter of R. Yair Peterseil, Rabbi of the Polish community in Berlin. Jerusalem, 1938.
• Letter of R. David Katz Neuwirth, dayan in Eperjes (Prešov). Prešov, 1927.
• Letter of R. David Feldman, Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Leipzig. Leipzig, 1921.
• Letter of R. Yosef Gelernter, Rabbi of Brussels. Brussels, 1936.
• Letter of R. Chaim Yaakov Widerwitz of Moscow, head of the Kollel in New York. New York, 1909.
• Letter of R. Shalom Israelson, a rabbi in Chicago. Cleveland, Ohio, 1911.
• Letter of R. Yehudah Leib Levin. Detroit (United States), Cheshvan 1913.
• Letter of R. Shlomo Yitzchak Levin. Indianapolis, Indiana (United States). Elul, 1920.
• Letter of R. Alter Shaul Pfeffer, Rabbi of the Beit Midrash HaGadol. New York, 1924.
• Letter of R. Moshe Shimon Sivitz. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States), 1928.
• Letter of R. Shmuel HaLevi Levin. Hamilton (Canada), Cheshvan 1935.
• Letter of R. Yosef Feimer (the second) of Slutsk. Boro Park, Brooklyn, Elul 1932.
• Letter of R. Shlomo Yehudah Leib HaLevi Levitan. Rock Island, Illinois. United States, 1936.
• Letter of R. Shaul Leib Morgenstern. Liberty, New York, 1938.
• Letter of R. Yekutiel Yehudah Greenwald. Columbus, Ohio, [ca. 1940s].
• And more.
42 letters. Most on official stationery. Size and Condition varies.
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Assorted collection of over 30 interesting letters from rabbis who served communities in Hungary, Romania and other countries in the region. [1890s-1940s].
The collection includes:
• Letter of R. Moshe Hirsch Fuchs, Rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea), 1899.
• Letter of R. Koppel Krauss, Rabbi of Ács, 1895.
• Letter of R. Yoel Wolf Glattstein, Rabbi of Helmec (Kráľovský Chlmec), 1933.
• Letter of R. Shlomo Yehudah Weinberger, Rabbi of Nyírbogát, 1929.
• Letter of R. Meir Leib Frei, Rabbi of Šurany, 1938.
• Letter of R. Koppel Reich, head of Budapest Beit Din, regarding a case involving his son-in-law and the dayan R. Yaakov Shalom Sofer of Budapest.
• Letter of R. Chaim Yehudah Ehrenreich, Rabbi of Deva, [ca. 1927].
• Letter of R. Moshe Aryeh Roth, Rabbi of Pápa, 1904.
• Six letters of R. Yechezkel Bennett, Rabbi of Seini [grandson of R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch]. Seini, 1895-1909.
• Letter on Torah matters of R. Elimelech Friedlander (son of R. Yehudah Friedlander, Rabbi of Borgóprund (Prundu Bârgăului). Borgóprund, 1903.
• Letter of R. Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, Rabbi of Derecske, 1909.
• Letter of R. Chaim Yosef Grünbaum, Hosasău, 1896.
• Letter of R. Yehoshua Falk Ze'ev Wolfson, Rabbi of Fălticeni, [1902?].
• Letter of R. Avraham Aryeh Rosen, Rabbi of Fălticeni, [1931].
• Letter of R. Chaim Mordechai Roller, Rabbi of Neamț, 1925.
• Letter of R. Yitzchak Shapiro, Rabbi of Galați, 1936.
• Letter of R. Moshe Sofer, a head of the Galicia Kollel. Boryslav, 1937.
• Letter of R. Moshe Deutsch (son of the Pri HaSadeh of Bonyhád). Subotica, 1935.
• Letter of R. Yitzchak Michael Dushinsky, Rabbi of Rákospalota. 1935.
• Letter of R. Yehudah Leib HaKohen Fishman [Maimon; later Minister of Religion in Israel]. Mărculești (Bessarabia), 1899.
• Letter of R. Mosher Berger, a rabbi of Bucharest, 1937.
• Letter of R. Gavriel Tzvi HaKohen Steiner. Paks, [ca. 1910s-1930s].
• Two letters of R. Binyamin Ze'ev Benedict of Vienna, regarding immigrating to Eretz Israel, after his flight from Austria to Slovakia. Pressburg, [autumn 1938].
• Shanah Tovah letter by R. Yochanan Sofer. Erlau (Eger), September 1945.
• Letter of R. Ze'ev Wolf HaLevi Samet, a rabbi in Kleinwardein (Kisvárda), [ca. 1946].
• Letter of R. Yisrael Welz, head of Budapest Beit Din. Jerusalem, 1950.
32 letters. Some on official stationery and some on postcards. Size and Condition varies.
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Large assorted collection of over fifty letters on postcards, handwritten and signed by rabbis and Torah scholars from Hungary and the region (Romania, Transylvania, Czechoslovakia and central Europe). Ca. first half of 20th century.
The collection includes letters from the following rabbis:
• R. Shalom Wieder, Rabbi of Nyíregyháza. • Rebbe Chaim Rabinowitz. Bucharest. • R. Yitzchak Fränkel of Khust, a dayan in Jerusalem. • R. Yoel Tzvi Roth (on a Shanah Tovah card), Kleinwardein (Kisvárda). • R. Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer of Paks. • R. Yitzchak Tigerman, Rabbi of Bekescsaba. • R. Chaim Mordechai Roller, Rabbi of Neamț. • R. Yosef HaKohen Schwartz of Grosswardein (Oradea), author of Vaylaket Yosef (4 letters). • R. Shlomo Zalman Broda, dayan in Ungvár – son-in-law of R. Shlomo Ganzfried (4 letters). • R. Eliezer Segal Mishel, Rabbi of Turka (two letters). • R. Yaakov Yitzchak Neuman, head of the Beit Din of Pápa and Antwerp. • R. Chaim Yehudah Ehrenreich, Rabbi of Humenné. • R. Yehudah Kohen Krauss, Rabbi of Lackenbach (2 letters). • R. Shimon Krauss, Rabbi of Ács (3 letters). • R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz, Rabbi of Kaposvár and a rabbi of Budapest. • And many more letters.
55 letters on postcards. Varying size and condition.
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