Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Collection of Official Documents Signed by the Rabbis of Hungary – Stamp of the Ktav Sofer – Hungary, 19th Century

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Collection of certificates and official documents, signed by Hungarian rabbis, including a document stamped by the Ktav Sofer. [Hungary, second half of 19th century].
Seven handwritten documents, in German and in Hungarian, with signatures (in Latin characters) and stamps (some in Hebrew) of the following rabbis: R. Nathan Binyamin Liber head of the Pressburg Beit Din, R. Menachem Eisenstadt Rabbi of Ungvar, R. Mayer Abelis Rabbi of Kittsee and R. Yaakov Shalom Freyer Rabbi of Raab (Győr):
• Marriage certificate, signed in German by R. Nathan Wolf Liber (1805-1881), alongside the stamp of R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the Ktav Sofer: "S.W. Schreiber Oberabbiner in Pressburg". [Pressburg], 1871.
• Official document signed in German by R. Menachem Eisenstadt (1808-1870), with his wax seal. [Ungvar], 1862.
• Two official documents signed in German by R. Mayer Abelis (1806-1887), with his wax seals (one damaged). One of the documents also bears the wax seal of the Kittsee community, with other signatures. [Kittsee], 1857-1860.
• Three official documents signed in German by R. Yaakov Shalom Freyer, with his wax seals (in Hebrew and German). [Raab], 1855-1856.
• Enclosed: document (a double leaf) with two marriage certificates of Jewish soldiers, from the headquarters of the Austrian army and the military rabbinate (mentioning also the Vienna rabbinate). [Milano], 1857.
[8] leaves. Approx. 31 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Folding marks.

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Letters from Rabbis
Letters from Rabbis