Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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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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Emissary notebook, recording donations received for the general Talmud Torah (boys' school) and the Torat Eretz Israel yeshiva in Safed, led by R. Yaakov David Ridvaz. Safed, [ca. 1911].
Title page in calligraphic script; ornamental border in gold. Fine binding with leather spine. The title page and binding were made by the artist R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Safed.
Following the title page is an appeal in Hebrew and English, with signatures in Latin characters (and signature-stamps in Hebrew) of the heads of the administration: R. Hersch Rosenstein, R. Naftali Chanales grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, and R. David Segal. This is followed by an appeal from the yeshiva deans, signed and stamped by R. Yosef Konvitz (son-in-law of the Ridvaz), and with two stamps (including one signature-stamp) of R. Yaakov David Ridvaz.
The rest of the notebook comprises dozens of leaves of the yeshiva's official stationery, for recording lists of donors (most leaves are blank). Only four leaves were completed in handwriting with lists of donors in Hebrew and French (beginning January 1911).
[14] written pages and dozens of blank leaves (official stationery of the yeshiva). 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Some tears. Colored edges. Binding with elegant leather spine. Fine endpapers. Placed in original slipcase, damaged.
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Record book of the Jewish orphanage in Safed, founded in 1919 by R. Yisrael Hager of Radovitz. Safed, [ca. 1919].
Title page in calligraphic script, in gold, copper-red and black. Color ornaments (flower garland surrounding part of title; ornamental border). Fine, gilt-decorated leather binding. The title page and binding were made by the artist R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Safed.
The following leaves contain information about the founding of the orphanage by the rebbe of Radovitz, its objectives, and lists of the gabbaim and board members appointed by the rebbe.
Further in the booklet are various letters of recommendation.
[7] written pages, dozens of blank leaves. Approx. 28 cm. Elegant leather binding. Fine endpapers. Placed in original slipcase.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.