Collection of family letters from the archive of Rabbi Shmaya Luria, accomplished and influential individual, among senior activists of Agudat Yisrael, Beit Ya’akov and Slonim Chassidism in Eretz Israel. Many letters from his father Rabbi Tzvi (Hirsch) Luria of Tiberias, and his sons Rabbi Yitzchak Matityahu Luria and Rabbi Aharon Yosef Luria. Letters from other family members. Letters from the period of 1948 Arab-Israeli War [War of Independence] and detailed description of security and economic situation in Tiberias, Safed and Jerusalem.
Letters of his father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Luria, pertain to public matters, matters of Slonim Institutions in Tiberias, Divrei Torah and family matters. Many letters of Divrei Torah and methods of worship of G-d by his brother Rabbi Aharon Yosef Luria.
Rabbi Tzvi Luria – Rabbi Hirsch (1882-1952), among the greatest Chassidim of Slonim in Tiberias and among Rashei Yeshiva of Or Torah. His oldest sons Rabbi Aharon Yosef Luria (1894-1969, author of Avodat Pnim) and Rabbi Yitzchak Matityahu Luria (1897-1985), author of Sha’arei Limud, Avkot Rochlim and Nachalei Emuna). Among leaders of Slonim Chassidism, exalted Chassidic Torah scholars and founders of Orthodox education in Eretz Israel.
More than 100 letters; some on stationery of Or Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias. Various sizes and conditions.