Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Berlin, addressed to R. Chaim Tchernowitz ("Rav Tza'ir"), posek in Odessa. [Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi)], 1905.
Written on a postcard dated 10th Adar II 1905. In his letter, R. Chaim Berlin warns not to consume goose fat from his city, since the geese were not slaughtered in conformance with halachah. With R. Chaim Berlin's stamp alongside his signature.
R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure in Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin.
Postcard. 14X9 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear, slightly affecting text. Filing holes.
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Receipt book of Keren HaTorah, with seven color lithograph receipts for 1-dollar donations, with the lithographed signatures of the Chafetz Chaim, Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov and Rebbe Avraham Mordechai of Ger. Vienna, Tishrei 1924.
The book contains seven receipts attached to blank stubs. At the beginning of the book, there are two stubs inscribed with names of donors. The receipts are printed on both sides in color lithograph – with pictures and illustrations, a quote of the decision to fundraise reached at the Kraków conference in Elul 1924, and the lithographed signatures of Torah leaders of the generation. With printed wrappers in Hebrew, German and English.
Keren HaTorah was founded by the World Agudath Israel to help rebuild the yeshiva world following the ravages of WWI.
Notebook: approx. 29X12.5 cm. Printed wrappers, two paper stubs, and 7 receipts. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Wrappers in fair condition: stains and traces of past dampness. Wear and tears.
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Letter signed by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen, the Chafetz Chaim. Radin, Adar 1930.
The body of the letter is typewritten, with the hand signature and stamp of the Chafetz Chaim. Addressed to the philanthropist R. Moshe Yehuda Paktor in Amsterdam.
The Chafetz Chaim thanks him for his help on behalf of the Radin yeshiva (especially during the difficult times of the Great Depression, when the yeshiva's income from philanthropists abroad had declined considerably) and blesses him with much abundance and success in all areas.
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 22X18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Folding marks. Lower margin of leaf cut by hand, unevenly.
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Letter signed and stamped by R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Vilna, Av 1928.
Typewritten letter, with his hand signature. Delivered by the emissary of Vaad HaYeshivot, R. Yosef Lipman Gurwitz of Vilna, who travelled to Amsterdam; name of the recipient filled in by hand (by the emissary).
Letter of thanks for supporting Vaad HaYeshivot, which sustains over five thousand students throughout Poland and Lithuania. R. Chaim Ozer blesses the philanthropist with success in all areas.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Wear and folding marks.
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Letter signed by R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz, dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamenets, Lithuania). Kamenitz, 1934.
Typewritten letter, signed by R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz. Sent to R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Paktor in Amsterdam, with a request to assist the emissary of the yeshiva, his brother-in-law R. Naftali Leibowitz, mashgiach of the yeshiva. The letter describes the exceptionally high level of Torah study in the yeshiva, as well as the dire financial straits of the yeshiva, especially since the Great Depression. R. Baruch Ber concludes with blessings for the recipient.
R. Naftali Ze'ev HaKohen Leibowitz (d. 1954), son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman Rabbi of Hlusk and Kremenchuk. Cherished disciple of the Alter of Slabodka. He served as mashgiach and spiritual director of the Kamenitz yeshiva which was led by his brother-in-law R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz, and directed the yeshiva during R. Baruch Ber's trip to the United States. He later founded the Kamenitz yeshiva in New York.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including tape stains. Creases and folding marks. Tears to folds.
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Letter (in Yiddish) from R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak Yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamenets), Lithuania. Kamenitz, [1933-1936?].
Letter (in Yiddish) addressed to the Feigin family in Philadelphia, U.S.A, donors of the yeshiva. Most of the letter is typewritten, on two leaves (official stationery of the yeshiva). In the letter, R. Baruch Ber thanks them for their generous support of the yeshiva, describing the difficult situation of the yeshiva and the acute need for support. Concludes with three lines handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Ber, with heartfelt blessings in Yiddish and Hebrew.
[2] leaves, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Minute marginal tears.
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Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Yehuda Leib Fein Rabbi of Slonim. Amsterdam, [Shevat] 1929.
R. Fein, who had travelled to the Netherlands to try to rescue the Slonim yeshiva, writes despondently that he is in the third week of his trip, and has so far been unsuccessful. He describes the difficult situation of the yeshiva, whose students are falling ill from starvation.
R. Yehuda Leib Fein blesses the philanthropist in the merit of the yeshiva which has been operating for three hundred years.
R. Yehuda Leib Fein (1871-1941), leading Torah scholar in his times. A disciple of R. Itzele of Ponovezh. He served as rabbi in several cities, including Oshmiana and Slonim, and was a leader of Polish Jewry. He established a prominent yeshiva in Oshmiana, and later served as director of the Slonim yeshiva, which he undertook to finance.
[1] double leaf (2 written pages, approx. 30 autograph lines). 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear and tears. Creases and folding marks.
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Letter signed by R. Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, rabbi and dean of the Telz yeshiva. Telz (Telšiai), Nissan 1938.
The letter, which is addressed to a supporter of the yeshiva in Amsterdam, confirms the receipt of the funds raised on behalf of the yeshiva. The letter contains Torah thoughts, blessings for success, and wishes for the upcoming festival of Passover. Typewritten, with the hand signature of R. Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, dean of the Telz yeshiva.
R. Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1890-1941), rabbi and yeshiva dean of Telz. Son of the Shiurei Daat, R. Yosef Leib Bloch, and grandson of R. Eliezer Gordon founder of the yeshiva. He was murdered by the Nazis near Telz, together with hundreds of the yeshiva's students and rabbis, most of his family and community.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 26 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
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Lengthy letter (2 pages) from the management of the Kletsk yeshiva, signed by the yeshiva dean, R. Aharon Kotler. Kletsk, Elul [1929].
Written by a scribe, with the hand signature of R. Aharon Kotler. The signature is followed by an addition in a different hand. Addressed to the gabbai of the yeshiva in the Netherlands, R. Moshe Yehuda Paktor of Amsterdam. The letter opens with blessings for a good year and much success.
The letter then discusses details of the fundraising in the Netherlands on behalf of the yeshiva, as well as words of encouragement about the merits he accrues for the new year through his efforts to support the yeshiva.
[1] leaf (written on both sides), official stationery. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including tape stains. Wear and tears to margins and folds.
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Four letters handwritten and signed by R. Yitzchak Hillel Bisko, emissary of Kollel Kovno. [Various places: Lithuania, the Netherlands and England, ca. 1929-1930].
Four letters addressed to the philanthropist R. Aryeh Leib Paktor in the Netherlands. The letters were sent from Yurburg (Jurbarkas, Lithuania), Hoek van Holland (Hook of Holland, a port town in the Netherlands), London and Leeds (England). The letters discuss the details of the fundraising for Kollel Kovno and the Tiferet Bachurim society in Lithuania. R. Hillel thanks him for his support, informs him of the purpose of the donations and of the progress of the establishment of Torah institutions, and requests further donations. One letter is signed with his full name; the other letters are signed with his initials.
R. Yitzchak Hillel Bisko (1880-1960), student of the Radin yeshiva. Founder of the Tiferet Bachurim movement, which included hundreds of branches throughout Europe and beyond. He was one of the supporting pillars of Kollel Kovno, and travelled on its behalf to the Netherlands, England and the United States. He later immigrated to the U.S., where he founded Kollel Kovno (one of the first Kollelim for young Torah scholars in the United States). The Kollel later relocated to Lakewood, N.J., where it was joined by a yeshiva – Beth Medrash Govoha led by R. Aharon Kotler.
4 letters, size and condition vary. Most in good condition.
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Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Reuven Dov Dessler, dean of the Talmud Torah in Kelm. Kelm (Kelmė), Av-Elul 1929.
Addressed to a supporter of the yeshiva, R. Aryeh Leib Paktor of Amsterdam. In the first letter, dated 2nd Av, he relates that during his trip to Antwerp, R. Amiel (then rabbi of Antwerp) recommended that he ask R. Paktor to fundraise in the Netherlands on behalf of the yeshiva.
In the second letter, dated 20th Elul, he expresses his gratitude for the assistance extended to R. Gershon Miadnik, one of the deans of the Talmud Torah, who had just returned from his trip to the Netherlands on behalf of the yeshiva. This letter opens with blessings for the new year.
R. Reuven Dov Dessler (1863-1935), one of the leaders of the musar movement and prominent disciple of the Alter of Kelm. Brother-in-law of R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and father of R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, author of Michtav MeEliyahu.
2 letters on (different) official stationery of the Kelm yeshiva. Size and condition vary.
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Three letters from R. Gershon Miadnik, one of the heads of the Kelm Talmud Torah, addressed to the yeshiva supporter R. Aryeh Leib Paktor in Amsterdam. Kelm (Lithuania), ca. 1929-1939.
• Lengthy letter (2 large pages) handwritten and signed by R. Gershon Miadnik. Kelm, 1929.
• Postcard handwritten and signed by R. Gershon Miadnik (with good year wishes). Kelm, Elul 1929.
• Printed leaf with good year wishes from the Talmud Torah in Kelm, with the full signature of R. Gershon Miadnik. Kelm, Elul 193[9].
The two handwritten letters mostly discuss fundraising in the Netherlands on behalf of the Kelm Talmud Torah; the yeshiva dean – R. Reuven Dov Dessler (father of the Michtav MeEliyahu) is mentioned several times.
R. Gershon reports at the end of the long letter about genealogical inquiries he made for R. Paktor.
R. Gershon Miadnik (1888 – perished in the Holocaust 1941), prominent musar leader in Lithuania. He studied in the Radin yeshiva under the Chafetz Chaim and R. Naftali Trop. He was the son-in-law of R. Nachum Ze'ev (son of the Alter of Kelm), head of the Kelm Talmud Torah. He succeeded R. Reuven Dov Dessler as dean of the yeshiva after the latter immigrated to England.
3 letters. Long letter on official stationery, written on both sides. Size and condition vary.
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