Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Three letters signed by four rabbis of Jerusalem: R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook – chief rabbi of Eretz Israel; R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky – chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit; R. Pinchas Epstein and R. David HaLevi Jungreis – dayanim in the Edah HaCharedit Beit Din. Jerusalem, Kislev 1934.
The letters confirm and reinforce the regulation instituted at the meetings of the rabbis with the gabba'im of the Chevra Kaddisha of the Ashkenazi communities – that all income from building tombstones at the cemetery would be dedicated to the Orthodox boys' schools, which were undergoing a severe financial crisis.
[3] letters on official stationery. 27-28.5 cm. Typewritten and signed by the rabbis. Good to good-fair condition. Stains and wear.
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Large collection of letters and protocols (some signed), documents and notes, concerning the establishment and management of the Keren LeHachzakat HaYeshivot in Eretz Israel, founded in the home of the chief rabbi, R. Avraham Yitchak HaKohen Kook. Ca. 1930s.
The collection includes:
• Two leaves handwritten by R. Kook – minutes of the founding meeting of the Vaad LeHachzakat HaYeshivot, with R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva) and R. Yechezkel Sarna (dean of the Hebron yeshiva). [Jerusalem, ca. 1934].
• Minutes of the meeting of the Keren LeHachzakat Shloshet HaYeshivot HaGedolot, which took place in the home of R. Meir Berlin after the passing of R. Kook. Signed by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap (dean of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva) and R. Yechezkel Sarna. Jerusalem, Tishrei 1935.
• Letter signed by the chief rabbis, R. Yaakov Meir and R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, regarding fundraising at the Western Wall for the boys' schools in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Elul 1933.
• Two letters: letter signed by R. Reuven Katz chief rabbi of Petach Tikva, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky and R. Yechezkel Sarna, addressed to the chief rabbis of Tel Aviv; and response letter signed by R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, R. Benzion Chai Uziel and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank. Adar 1936.
• Typewritten eulogy for the first anniversary of the passing of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, emended and signed by the author of the eulogy, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky. Jerusalem, Elul 1936
• Printed notice of the passing of R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, signed by the administration of the Etz Chaim boys' school and yeshiva. [Jerusalem, Elul 1935].
• Other typewritten and handwritten letters, documents, protocols and notes, related to the activities of this fund, and the management of the yeshivot and boys' schools in Jerusalem.
Approx. 40 items + envelopes and additional leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Large collection of documents, protocols, letters and copies of letters pertaining to the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, ca. 1950s and 1960s.
The collection includes:
• Minutes of yeshiva faculty meetings. Some leaves (approx. 8 leaves) are signed by the faculty members: R. Elazar Menachem Shach (dean of the Ponovezh yeshiva), R. Avraham Yaakov Zalaznik, R. Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky, R. Chaim Yeshaya Acker and R. Chaim Berlin.
• Letter signed by 42 students of the Etz Chaim yeshiva, many of whom were later renowned as outstanding Torah scholars, halachic authorities and kabbalists.
• Letters signed by various rabbis: R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, R. Yosef Gershon Horowitz, R. Eliyahu Romm, R. Shlomo Zalman Zalaznik, and more.
Approx. 40 items. Size and condition vary.
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Large collection of letters, correspondence and copyings of letters, many notebooks, and various notes, documents and protocols, from the archive of R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, and of his son and successor R. Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky. [ca. 1890s-1960s].
The items include many letters and documents from renowned rabbis such as R. Zelig Reuven Bengis, R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, R. Yechezkel Sarna, R. Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, R. Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, R. Reuven Katz, R. Benzion Meir Chai Uziel, R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, R. Pinchas Epstein, R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, and many more rabbis.
• Letters from the leaders of the yishuv in Eretz Israel and the heads of the religious parties: Dr. Thon, Arthur Ruppin, Henrietta Szold, David Yellin, R. Yehuda Leib HaKohen Fishman [Maimon], R. Yitzchak Meir Levin, R. Moshe Blau, R. Ze'ev Gold, R. Meir Berlin [Bar Ilan], and more.
• Letters from authors and intellectuals such as Pinchas Grayevsky, Shlomo Schocken, Dr. B.M. Levin, Prof. Simcha Assaf, and more.
• Receipts, letters and signed wills from philanthropists.
• Many notebooks handwritten by R. Tucazinsky, some from his time as attendant of his grandfather R. Shmuel Salant. Leaves with various notes in his handwriting, including: his memoirs of R. Shmuel Salant; copies of early documents pertaining to the courtyard of the rabbi of Radishkovitz, and more.
Approx. 1000 items, size and condition vary. The archive was not examined in depth and may contain more important items. For more details, see Hebrew description.
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