Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Large collection of sixty letters, handwritten and signed by heads of the community in Tiberias, rabbis and officials of Ashkenazi kollels in the city. Tiberias, 1880s-1890s.
The letters were sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. The collection contains letters handwritten, signed and stamped by community leaders, rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, with accounts of allocation and transfer of funds, public affairs and various controversies, as well as private letters of dayanim, Torah scholars and others in Tiberias, describing their harsh financial conditions and requesting financial aid and assistance; some include letters of recommendation from rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, and some bear official stamps.
See Hebrew description for a list of authors of letters included in the collection.
60 letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large collection of over thirty letters, handwritten and signed by heads of the community in Safed, rabbis and officials of Ashkenazi kollels in the city. Safed, 1880s-1890s. Hebrew and some Yiddish.
The letters were sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. The collection contains private letters of dayanim, Torah scholars and others in Safed, describing their harsh financial conditions and requesting financial aid and assistance; some include letters of recommendation from rabbis and kollel officials in Safed, and some bear official stamps.
See Hebrew description for a list of authors of letters included in the collection.
33 letters, including over 30 signed letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large collection of over forty letters and documents sent by people of Jerusalem to rabbis, donors and philanthropists abroad, regarding financial assistance. Some sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, Amsterdam and various places, ca. 1880s-1920s. Hebrew, Yiddish and German.
See Hebrew description for a list of letters.
The collection also includes three printed receipts (filled in by hand) from the Pekidim and Amarkalim in Amsterdam, sent to rabbis and kollel officials in Jerusalem (Amsterdam, 1883-1893).
Total of over 40 letters and documents, including about 33 on postmarked postcards. Size and condition vary.
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Assorted collection of manuscripts, letters and documents, from the archive of R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger and his grandfather R. Moshe Charag (Zeiger). Torah novellae, contracts and letters on public affairs, halachic rulings and responsa, and more. Safed and elsewhere, ca. 1870s-1930s.
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11 items, comprising about 15 leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Some with stamps of estate of R. "Yosef Tzvi Geiger" (with a likeness of his signature).
R. Moshe Charag Zeiger (1816-1909), public figure and prominent member of the Safed Chassidic community. Son-in-law of R. Gavriel Tshak (hence the name Charag – Chatan R. Gavriel) and confidant of Rebbe Mendele, the Tzemach Tzaddik of Vizhnitz, at whose behest he established the Vizhnitz Kollel in Safed and Tiberias. One of his grandsons was the artist Yosef Tzvi Geiger, known as the father of Safed art.
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A diverse collection of over twenty letters and certificates hand-signed and stamped by the rabbis and public figures of Jaffa. Jaffa, ca. 1900-1941.
Among those signing the certificates and letters in the present lot: R. Yosef Zvi HaLevi, rabbi of Jaffa, R. Shlomo HaCohen Aharonson, the first rabbi of Tel Aviv, R. Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, who then served as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa (later the "Rishon LeZion" and Chief Rabbi of Israel), R. Yehuda Leib Gurion, R. Aharon HaCohen (son-in-law of the "Chafetz Chaim"), R. Yisrael Isser Shapira head of the "Sha'arei Torah" yeshiva, Rabbi Shlomo Rohald (secretary and scribe of the Jaffa Beit Din), R. Yaakov Bechor Papula, R. Zerach Barnett, R. Shlomo Harinstein, R. Simcha Bunim Novobolski, R. Yaakov Meir Lerinman, R. Shmuel Levia, R. Gedalyahu Nachman Broder, Dr. Chaim Chissin director of the "Sha'ar Zion Hospital" in Jaffa, and others.
23 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good to good-fair condition.
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Diverse collection of over twenty letters to and from Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, later "Rishon LeZion – Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel". Palestine and Europe, 1910s-1940s. Some on official stationery with official stamps. Many letters include draft responses and notes in R. Uziel's handwriting.
The collection includes letters from R. Uziel, and letters to R. Uziel from various rabbis, including:
• R. Haim David Suranga, Jerusalem, [1912]. • R. Shmuel Moshe Mizrahi, Jerusalem, 1912. • Hakham Bashi R. Moshe Franco. Jerusalem, 1915. • Rishon LeZion R. Yaakov Meir. Jerusalem, 1931. • R. Shlomo HaCohen Aharonson, first Ashkenazi rabbi of Jaffa and the Tel Aviv district. 1930. • R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, dayan of the London Bet Din. London, 1930. • R. Yehuda Leib Nekritz, son-in-law of rabbi Avraham Yoffen, Rosh Yeshiva of the "Beit Yosef" Novardok Yeshivah. Bialystok, 1938. Two letters on official postcards. • R. Yehoshua Menachem Ehrenberg, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus – regarding an agunah in one of the Cyprus internment camps whose husband was lost in the Siege of Stalingrad. Cyprus, 1948. • R. Zev Tzvi HaCohen Klein, rabbi in Berlin – regarding kosher food supply for travelers on ships under his supervision. Berlin, 1935. • And more (for more details, please refer to Hebrew description).
Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), among the leading rabbis of Eretz Israel in the early 20th century. Born in Jerusalem to a distinguished Sephardic family of Jerusalem rabbis, descendant of the author of "Chikrei Lev". At 20 he was appointed rabbi at the "Tiferet Yerushalayim" Yeshiva, and later became its director. He served as president of the "Porat Yosef" Yeshiva and established several educational institutions for Sephardic youth in Jerusalem. In 1911, he was appointed Hakham Bashi and Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Jaffa. In 1921 he travelled to Thessaloniki to serve there as Chief Rabbi, returning to Jaffa in 1923 to serve as Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, alongside Rabbi Shlomo Aharonson. In 1939, he became Chief Rabbi and Rishon LeZion of Eretz Israel. His works include "Mishpetei Uziel", "Mikhmanei Uziel", "HaShofet VeHaMishpat" and more.
22 letters. Size and condition vary.
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