Large collection of rabbinical letters and various documents, for the release of agunot whose husbands were murdered by the Germans in ghettos and extermination camps. Hungary, ca. 1945-1950.
Beit Din rulings, marriage permits and various authorizations, signed by the dayanim of the special Beit Din for Agunot in Budapest (under the Central Bureau for Orthodox Jewry in Hungary): R. Yisrael Welcz, R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz, R. Yehoshua Lerner Rabbi of Volovets', R. Tzvi Hirsh HaKohen, R. Avraham Eliezer Czitron, R. Chananyah Dov HaKohen and R. Yaakov Snyders.
Letters and testimonies signed by various rabbis in Hungary, Germany and other countries: R. Yechezkel Shraga Lipschitz Halberstam, rabbi of the DP camp in Bamberg, Germany (later rebbe of Stropkov in Jerusalem); R. Chaim Yaakov Rottenberg Rabbi in Antwerp, R. Meir Segal Landau and their Beit Din; R. Ze'ev Wolf Samet dayan and posek of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda) and his Beit Din; R. Moshe Stern dayan and posek of Debrecen; R. Yekutiel Yehuda Heilprin Rabbi of Nanash (Hajdúnánás) and his son R. Ben Tzion Heilprin; R. Yehoshua Lerner (Rabbi of Volovets'); R. Amram HaLevi Jungreis Rabbi of Gyöngyös (Dindish); R. Moshe Natan Schick; R. Yaakov Shraga Heiman of Tokey (Tokaj); R. Menachem Tzvi son of R. Chaim Eliyahu [Neiman, disciple of the Kedushat Yom Tov]; R. Mordechai Grünfeld of Teglash (Téglás) and his Beit Din; R. Moshe Mordechai Pollak Rabbi of Vadkert (Soltvadkert) and his Beit Din; R. Tzvi HaKohen Rabbi of Derecske; R. Naftali Elimelech Grünfeld and his Beit Din in Mátészalka; R. Shlomo Dov Wieder of Niredhaz (Nyíregyháza); R. Simcha Bunem of Ujhel (Sátoraljaújhely) and his Beit Din; R. Yoshe Katz Rabbi of Makova (Makó) and his Beit Din; and more.
One notable letter was to be sent to many rabbis, with the purpose of obtaining a Heter Me'ah Rabbanim. The letter outlines various factors that allow the remarriage of men whose wives disappeared during the war (the letter was written in October 1945 – six months after the end of the war). The letter is signed by 11 rabbis and dayanim: R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz; R. Avraham Gutenplan Rabbi of Tinnye (author of Keter Kehunah); R. Elazar Shapiro, head of the Beit Din of [Kleinwardein?]; R. Mordechai son of Chaim Yehuda [Hoffman], dayan and posek in Berettyóújfalu; R. Meir Lamet Rabbi of the Tarnów Geulei Tzion community; R. Yaakov Tzvi Katz Rabbi of Soboslo (Hajdúszoboszló; author of Leket HaKemach HaChadash); R. David Gross Rabbi in Tab; R. Tzvi Aryeh Schick Rabbi in Sharvar (Sárvár); R. Yehoshua Lerner Rabbi of Volovets'; R. Yekutiel Tzvi Schick, head of the Miskolc Beit Din; R. Yaakov Tzvi Jungreis Rabbi of Feherd'rmat (Fehérgyarmat).
46 signed letters, some on official stationery and others on regular paper. Seven permits written on verso of photograph of permit recipients. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.

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