Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Assorted Collection of Letters – Jewish Community of Safed – Letters from Chassidic Courts in Europe, from the Pekidim and Amarkalim in Amsterdam, and Others

Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium

Assorted collection of letters and documents pertaining to communal matters in Safed. From various writers and places: Vizhnitz, Amsterdam, Safed, Tiberias – ca. 1860s-1910s
The collection includes:
• Letter from the Vizhnitz Chassidic court, to R. Moshe Charag of Safed, from his son-in-law R. Todros Geiger, informing him of the governmental authorization to appoint the Imrei Baruch of Vizhnitz as administrator of the Kollel. At the foot of the leaf, letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Brumer (scribe and attendant of the rebbes of Vizhnitz). Vizhnitz, Adar II 1889.
• Interesting letter from R. Moshe Charag, to Rebbe Moshe [of Shotz-Vizhnitz?], about complaints received from Safed. He also mentions the battles against missionaries in Safed, and the state of the local hospitals. Safed, Iyar 1898.
• Official certificate in German, regarding the estate of a wealthy man from Sered, signed and stamped by R. Moshe Zeiger (Charag) and R. Yaakov son of R. Mordechai HaLevi Fertig. [Safed, ca. 1885]. • Six printed letters from the Pekidim and Amarkalim, completed by hand and signed by R. Avraham de Lima and R. Meir Rubens (two letters are stamped by R. Avraham Kohen Underweiser [Onderwijzer]). Amsterdam, 1880s-1910s. • And more.
19 letters (16 of them signed by hand). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.


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Jewish Communities in Safed and the Galilee – Printed Matter, Letters and Documents
Jewish Communities in Safed and the Galilee – Printed Matter, Letters and Documents