Auction 95 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Letters and Manuscripts, Engravings and Jewish Ceremonial Objects
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Letter on postcard handwritten and signed by R. Eliezer Deutsch, Av Beit Din of Bonyhád. Bonyhád, Erev Shavuot [1913].
Sent to R. Binyamin Ullman, son of R. Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Av Beit Din of Makó, author of Yeriot Shlomo. In the letter, he thanks R. Binyamin for sending him his father's book Yeriot Shlomo and blesses him for the coming festival of Shavuot to receive the Torah with much joy.
Postcard. 14x9 cm. Good condition. Stains and inscriptions. Postmarks from Bonyhád dated June 1913.
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Letter from R. Shaul Brach of Nitra to a Jew of Thessaloniki, regarding distributing his book in Thessaloniki. Magendorf (Veľký Meder), 1897.
R. Shaul wrote and signed the present letter in square script for the ease of the reader, who as a resident of Thessaloniki was unfamiliar with Ashkenazic script. Among other things, R. Shaul details the list of rabbis and people of Thessaloniki to whom he sent his book, and wonders why he is not receiving compensation for it. On the side of his letter is a letter draft (unsigned), in Oriental script, written by the recipient in response to this letter, ending with the place and date (for another letter of R. Shaul Brach from the same year and on the same subject, see: Kedem Catalog 27, November 2012, lot 441).
Rabbi Shaul Brach (1865-1940) was a disciple of the Chatam Sofer and a leading rabbi in his times. He was appointed Rabbi of Magendorf (Veľký Meder) in 1892, and served as Rabbi of Carei between 1910-1923, until his appointment as Rabbi of Košice. Throughout his years in the rabbinate he headed a large yeshiva, and his disciples included many Hungarian rabbis.
[1] double leaf. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, slightly affecting text at beginning of letter. Folds.
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Letter on postcard, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, from his tenure as Rabbi of Khust (about two years before he began his tenure as chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem). Khust, Adar 1931.
Sent to his friend and disciple R. Naftali Krauss [of Prešov], whose son was a student of R. Yosef Tzvi's yeshiva (and apparently received an exemption from army duty). He guides his disciple to accept the yoke of heaven, and thanks him for sending wheat and wine for the upcoming holiday of Pesach, and he blesses him with children, life, sustenance and bountiful blessing, signing his name. In the margins of the letter, he adds a greeting for his children.
R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867-1948), prominent Hungarian Torah scholar. He served as rabbi of Galanta and Khust, where he also headed one of the largest and most prestigious yeshivot in Hungary. In 1933, he immigrated to Eretz Israel to succeed R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld as chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and where he reestablished his yeshiva and delivered regular lectures. He had fatherly love for his thousands of disciples, as is also discernible in the present letter.
Official postcard of R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some wear.
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Handwritten leaf, certificate of ordination as rabbi, signed by R. Akiva Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg, and the dayan R. Leib Rubenstein. Pressburg, [Kislev 1920].
The ordination was apparently written by the dayan R. Leib Rubenstein, who signed the present document, to which R. Akiva Sofer appended his signature.
On the reverse side of the leaf is an additional ordination handwritten and signed by R. Yeshayah Kalisch, a dayan of Pressburg, son-in-law of R. Leib Friedman, head of the Pressburg Beit Din. Pressburg, [Tevet] 1920.
The ordination was granted to the student of the Pressburg yeshiva, R. Menachem Donat, son of R. Shmuel Donat of Pressburg
R. Akiva Sofer (1878-1960), author of Daat Sofer, son of the Shevet Sofer and grandson of the Ketav Sofer. Served as Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Pressburg for 33 years. In 1939, he moved to Lugano, Switzerland, and from there immigrated to Jerusalem, where he reestablished his yeshiva and community.
The dayan, R. Yehudah Leib Rubenstein (ca. 1857-1923), disciple of the Shevet Sofer and Maharam Schick, served as dayan and yeshiva lecturer in Pressburg.
The dayan R. Yeshayah Kalisch (1883-1944; perished in the Holocaust), disciple of the Shevet Sofer, R. Yeshayah Ehrenfeld Rabbi of Šurany, the Minchat Elazar Rabbi of Munkacs, and R. Yitzchak Shmelkes Rabbi of Lviv. Dayan in Pressburg and head lecturer in the Pressburg yeshiva.
The recipient of the certificate of ordination, R. Menachem Donat (1888-1977), born in Pressburg to his father R. Shmuel Donat (1861-1931, rabbi and orator in the Ahavat Torah society in Pressburg), studied in the Pressburg yeshiva and Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Served as Rabbi and dayan in various cities in Germany. Immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939, settling in Jerusalem.
[1] double leaf (2 written pages). 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Folds. Tears to folds, reinforced with tape.
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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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