Collection of letters and documents, from the archive of R. Moshe Ostrovsky (HaMeiri), who served as rabbi of the Ekron settlement (Mazkeret Batya) in 1912-1919.
The collection documents the state of the moshava at the end of the Ottoman rule in Eretz Israel, and includes: letters of ordination; letters of rabbinic appointment and other documents signed by the inhabitants of Ekron; certificates and documents recording the efforts of the Ekron residents to become members of the Agudath Israel and Mizrachi movements; letters, documents and various certificates.
The collection includes:
• Certificate of ordination for a shochet, with letters handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Berlin Rabbi of Moscow and Jerusalem; R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook Rabbi of Jaffa; the Jerusalem Beit Din: R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, R. Leib [Hershler] and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank; the heads of the shochetim in Jerusalem: R. Chaim Ze'ev Aryeh [Gottlieb?], R. Yosef Binyamin Shimonovitz and R. Yisrael Rabin. Jerusalem and Jaffa, 1911-1912.
• Certificate of rabbinic ordination, by R. Aryeh Leib Raschkes. Jerusalem, [Elul 1910]. • Certificate of rabbinic ordination, by R. Yonah Romm of Birzh. Jerusalem, Elul 1910. • Letter from R. Yosef Eliyahu Vinograd, dean of the Torat Chaim yeshiva. Jerusalem, Elul 1912. • Confirmation of R. Ostrovsky's position as rabbi of the Ekron settlement, from the Chacham Bashi of Jaffa, R. Ben Tzion Meir Chai Uziel. Jaffa, Elul 1915. • Two letters from R. Yisrael Abba Citron Rabbi of Petach Tikva. Jaffa, 1918; Petach Tikva, 1918-1919. • Several letters from R. Ostrovsky (some addressed to R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook Rabbi of Jaffa), letters from rabbis and public figures, and various documents.
R. Moshe HaMeiri-Ostrovsky (1886-1947), a rabbi and leader of the Yishuv in Eretz Israel. He served as rabbi of the Mazkeret Batya (Ekron) settlement in 1912-1919, later moving to Petach Tikva. He was one of the leaders of the Mizrachi movement, and a founder of the chief rabbinate in Eretz Israel. He helped establish the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem. See also following item.
It must be noted that in some of the certificates and stamps in the present collection, his name appears as "Moshe Broder", using his father-in-law's surname.
31 items: letters, notebooks and various documents. Size and condition vary. Good condition.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.