Interesting collection of letters and various documents, originating from Chatzer Strauss (Strauss Courtyard) in Jerusalem – a center of the Mussar movement in Eretz Israel and home to many prominent Mussar personalities. [Ca. 1890s-1920s].
Included:
• Handwritten leaf – protocol of a meeting regarding the administration of Chatzer Strauss, signed by R. Aryeh Leib Broide (elder brother of the Alter of Kelm), R. Yitzchak Moltzan (disciple of R. Yisrael of Salant), R. Chaim Yitzchak Ziv (son-in-law of the Alter of Kelm), R. Tuvia Leib [---?], R. Yisrael David Rufman (leader and gabbai of Chatzer Strauss), R. Nachum Yitzchak Broide (grandfather of R. Simcha Ziskind Broide, dean of the Hebron Yeshiva), R. Nachum Avraham Broide; R. Eliezer Zvi Levitan, R. Yehuda Yaakov Kuperstock, R. Avraham Broide, and others. Jerusalem, Shevat 1914.
• Two copies of a letter to Dr. Eliyahu Strauss (son of the philanthropist R. Shmuel Strauss), signed by R. Aryeh Leib Broide and by his son R. Nachum Yitzchak Broide. Jerusalem, Nissan 1914.
• Testaments signed by the Jerusalemite dayanim, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira of Kovno and R. Leib Dayan. Jerusalem, 1902-1903.
• Four small ledgers of R. Yisrael David Rufman of Kovno, with various records from 1897-1926: records of funds given to the needy and of loans; various records related to the management of the Shoneh Halachot Beit Midrash and the Or Chadash Yeshiva located in Chatzer Strauss. Contains a number of signatures. Several signed notes between the leaves.
• Additional documents and letters.
Chatzer Strauss (Strauss Courtyard) in Jerusalem was home to many prominent Mussar personalities who emigrated from Lithuania. It was established at the initiative of the Alter of Kelm, R. Simcha Ziskind Broide-Ziv; the funds were provided by philanthropist R. Shmuel Strauss of Karlsruhe.
4 small ledgers and approx. 10 leaves (letters and documents). Size and condition vary.
These items presumably originate from the archive of R. Yisrael David Rufman of Kovno, gabbai of Chatzer Strauss.

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