Auction 82 - Part II - Books and Letters from the Rabbi Yaakov Landau Family Collection

Four Letters from the Shefa Chaim, Rebbe of Sanz-Klausenburg - Correspondence with Rabbi Yaakov Landau

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Four letters from Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Sanz-Klausenburg - correspondence with R. Yaakov Landau Rabbi of Bnei Brak on halachic and communal matters. [Netanya, 1965-1967]. Additional letters from the same correspondence enclosed.
1. Letter signed by the rebbe, addressed to R. Yaakov Landau. Netanya, 17th Shevat 1965.
Most of the letter is written by a scribe. Concludes with four lines handwritten and signed by the rebbe.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.
2-3. Letter (3 leaves) - lengthy halachic responsum from the rebbe of Sanz-Klausenburg, in response to R. Yaakov Landau's question on matters of Even HaEzer. Netanya, Iyar 1966.
Letter almost entirely written by a scribe. Concludes with two lines handwritten and signed by the rebbe (the responsum was published in the rebbe's responsa work, Divrei Yatziv).
[3] leaves, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.
• Enclosed: letter with the question from R. Landau. Bnei Brak, Iyar 1966.
[1] leaf (2 written pages), official stationery. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.
4-5. Letter on communal matters from the rebbe of Sanz-Klausenburg, addressed to R. Yaakov Landau. Netanya, Cheshvan 1966.
Most of the letter was written by a scribe. Concludes with one line handwritten and signed by the rebbe.
• Enclosed: letter on the same topic from R. Yehuda Belz (one of the directors of the Kiryat Sanz neighborhood in Jerusalem), which the rebbe enclosed with his letter.
[2] leaves, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. + Envelope (damaged).
6-7. Letter (2 leaves) - lengthy halachic responsum regarding Shemittah, by the rebbe of Sanz-Klausenburg, to R. Yaakov Landau Rabbi of Bnei Brak. Adar II 1967.
Most of the letter was written by a scribe. Concludes with five lines handwritten and signed by the rebbe. (Published in Divrei Yatziv).
• Enclosed: halachic essay (nine typewritten leaves, on the rebbe's official stationery, with additions and emendations handwritten by a scribe, unsigned) - regarding the same topic discussed in the letter to R. Landau. The rebbe enclosed this essay with his letter (the essay was also published in Divrei Yatziv).
[2], [9] leaves, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition.
Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes
Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes