Collection of paper items from the archive of R. Eliyahu Landau, descendant of the Gaon of Vilna, documenting his activities to disseminate the legacy of the Gaon of Vilna in Eretz Israel, in managing the Beit Midrash Eliyahu in Jerusalem, in publishing the books of the Gaon of Vilna, and more. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, 1900s-1940s.
The collection includes:
• Paper items from the Beit Midrash Eliyahu in Jerusalem: Official letters issued by the Beit Midrash Eliyahu with appeals for financial assistance; two printed lithographs (color illustrations); booklet of "Regulations and Certificates of Beit Midrash Eliyahu…" [Jerusalem, ca. 1910]; letter addressed to R. Eliyahu Landau from New York, regarding Beit Midrash Eliyahu; receipts and a printed postcard with a map of Eretz Israel on the back.
• Paper items related to Beit Knesset HaGra in Tel Aviv: three records of the sale of seats in Beit Knesset HaGra (one in the name of R. Betzalel Deblitzky; filled-in by hand); synagogue announcement in Hebrew and English; printed leaf with the synagogue regulations, Kislev 1946.
• Printed leaf, with recommendations by the rabbis of Jerusalem and Lithuania for the activities of R. Eliyahu Landau in publishing the books of the Gaon of Vilna, with a picture of the handwriting of the Gaon of Vilna and a list of the compositions of the Gaon of Vilna; printed letter from R. Eliyahu Landau regarding the publication of the books of the Gaon of Vilna; printed leaf – "solution to the riddle of the Gaon of Vilna", printed by R. Eliyahu Landau.
• Announcement about a sermon to be delivered by R. Eliyahu Landau in a synagogue in Rehavia, on Shabbat Parashat Behar, 13th Iyar 1938.
• And more.
25 paper items. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.