Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Collection of Torah Letters and Manuscripts – Rabbi Berish Salz and Safed Torah Scholars – Safed, ca. 1910s-1930s
Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of letters and manuscripts, mostly handwritten by R. Berish Salz (a rabbi of Safed), and some handwritten by other Safed rabbis. Safed, ca. 1910s-1930s.
The collection includes: • Tena'im for the betrothal of R. Berish son of R. Avraham Salz, to the daughter of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Unger of Safed, in Cheshvan 1911. • Drafts of letters and essays of Torah thoughts, handwritten by R. Berish Salz, including: Draft of a letter to R. Nachum Weidenfeld, author of Chazon Nachum, signed by R. Berish ("servant to worshippers of G-d, Yissachar Berish Salz son of R. Ch.A. Salz, grandson of the Taz"); draft of a letter with his signature, containing an essay on the topic of Matza made from wheat grown in an unpunctured pot, 1930s (he mentions his teacher the Ridvaz, rabbi of Safed, and suggests to give the essay to R. Sh.A. Weber to have it printed in the Kol Torah monthly); transcript of responsa by his teacher, R. Sh.A. Alfandari; collection of "Torah novellae heard from my father", Safed, 1941 (written by another person, possibly the son of R. Berish Salz. Contains a copy of a transcript of a letter sent to R. Y.M. Charlap, dated 13th Tammuz 1941); and other drafts of letters and notes of Torah novellae.
R. Yissachar Berish Salz (1893-1961), a leading Safed rabbi. An outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, he devoted his entire life to Torah study, and served as dean and posek in Safed. He came from one of the oldest families of the Safed community. His father was R. Chaim Avraham Salz (descendant of R. David HaLevi, the Taz) and his father-in-law was R. Yaakov Yitzchak Unger (descendant of Rebbe Mordechai David Unger of Dombrowa). He was a close disciple of the Ridvaz (R. Yaakov David Wilowsky, rabbi of Safed) and dean of the latter's yeshiva Bnei Yaakov – Ridvaz in Safed. He was also a close disciple and confidant of R. Sh.A. Alfandari, during the latter's tenure as rabbi of Safed, and served as scribe in his Beit Din (this collection includes responsa from R. Alfandari, who was a Torah scholar of Turkey and the East, arranged and written in Ashkenazic script, presumably that of R. Berish Salz. These responsa are printed in the book Responsa of the Saba Kaddisha). He exchanged halachic and friendly correspondence with R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and other rabbis in Eretz Israel.
55 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
The collection includes: • Tena'im for the betrothal of R. Berish son of R. Avraham Salz, to the daughter of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Unger of Safed, in Cheshvan 1911. • Drafts of letters and essays of Torah thoughts, handwritten by R. Berish Salz, including: Draft of a letter to R. Nachum Weidenfeld, author of Chazon Nachum, signed by R. Berish ("servant to worshippers of G-d, Yissachar Berish Salz son of R. Ch.A. Salz, grandson of the Taz"); draft of a letter with his signature, containing an essay on the topic of Matza made from wheat grown in an unpunctured pot, 1930s (he mentions his teacher the Ridvaz, rabbi of Safed, and suggests to give the essay to R. Sh.A. Weber to have it printed in the Kol Torah monthly); transcript of responsa by his teacher, R. Sh.A. Alfandari; collection of "Torah novellae heard from my father", Safed, 1941 (written by another person, possibly the son of R. Berish Salz. Contains a copy of a transcript of a letter sent to R. Y.M. Charlap, dated 13th Tammuz 1941); and other drafts of letters and notes of Torah novellae.
R. Yissachar Berish Salz (1893-1961), a leading Safed rabbi. An outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, he devoted his entire life to Torah study, and served as dean and posek in Safed. He came from one of the oldest families of the Safed community. His father was R. Chaim Avraham Salz (descendant of R. David HaLevi, the Taz) and his father-in-law was R. Yaakov Yitzchak Unger (descendant of Rebbe Mordechai David Unger of Dombrowa). He was a close disciple of the Ridvaz (R. Yaakov David Wilowsky, rabbi of Safed) and dean of the latter's yeshiva Bnei Yaakov – Ridvaz in Safed. He was also a close disciple and confidant of R. Sh.A. Alfandari, during the latter's tenure as rabbi of Safed, and served as scribe in his Beit Din (this collection includes responsa from R. Alfandari, who was a Torah scholar of Turkey and the East, arranged and written in Ashkenazic script, presumably that of R. Berish Salz. These responsa are printed in the book Responsa of the Saba Kaddisha). He exchanged halachic and friendly correspondence with R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and other rabbis in Eretz Israel.
55 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
Eretz Israel: Jerusalem, Safed and Elsewhere –
Letters, Documents and Books
Eretz Israel: Jerusalem, Safed and Elsewhere –
Letters, Documents and Books