Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Large Collection of Letters – Archive of Rabbinical Court of Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank – Jerusalem
Opening: $700
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Large archive containing hundreds of letters and court rulings, documents and various listings, of the Grand Court for all Ashkenazi Congregations in Jerusalem. C. 1930-1970. Members of rabbinical court signed these documents: Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz, Rabbi Eliyahu Re’em, Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal, Rabbi Mordechai Sender Kupstein, and others.
· Letters to the Beit Din and to Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal, by various people and renowned rabbis: Rabbi Reuven Katz, Av Beit Din of Petach Tikva [an interesting letter, response to the demand of a shadchan, who claimed in the Beit Din that he was the shadchan of Rabbi Katz's daughter], Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman Av Beit Din of Safed, Rabbi Binyamin Mendelsohn Av Beit Din Kfar Ata [later Av Beit Din of Kommemiyut], Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Sapir, of Petach Tikva, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaniel of Haifa, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Nurok [member of the Latvian parliament and member of the first Knesset – letter of testimony for a Heter Aguna, in which he attests to the annihilation of the Jews of Riga by the Nazis].
· Signed court rulings, drafts of court rulings and various memoranda handwritten by rabbis (some in handwriting of Ga’on Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank). Court journals from the 1970s. Court rulings on matrimonial and monetary laws. Management of public institutions and letters requesting assistance for needy. Various testimonies regarding holocaust victims. Letters and memoranda regarding the Din Torah concerning the management of the Chayeh Olam Yeshiva. Various copies of testimonies concerning the "Slander Affair" in 1901, [spread by the opposition to Rabbi Shmuel Salant about his family – as "vengeance" for bringing the Aderet to serve as Rabbi of Jerusalem].
Grand Court for all Ashkenazi Congregations is the veteran court of Rabbi Shmuel Salant which was established in 1841 and for many years was situated
in an office in the courtyard of the Churva synagogue. Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank was appointed as rabbinical judge during the lifetime of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and was eventually appointed Av Beit Din. During the time of the documents in this archive, the rabbinical court was managed by Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal (author of Be’er HaMelech and rabbi of the Sha’arei Chessed community).
Approximately 140 items, varied size and condition, most in good condition.
· Letters to the Beit Din and to Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal, by various people and renowned rabbis: Rabbi Reuven Katz, Av Beit Din of Petach Tikva [an interesting letter, response to the demand of a shadchan, who claimed in the Beit Din that he was the shadchan of Rabbi Katz's daughter], Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman Av Beit Din of Safed, Rabbi Binyamin Mendelsohn Av Beit Din Kfar Ata [later Av Beit Din of Kommemiyut], Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Sapir, of Petach Tikva, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaniel of Haifa, Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Nurok [member of the Latvian parliament and member of the first Knesset – letter of testimony for a Heter Aguna, in which he attests to the annihilation of the Jews of Riga by the Nazis].
· Signed court rulings, drafts of court rulings and various memoranda handwritten by rabbis (some in handwriting of Ga’on Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank). Court journals from the 1970s. Court rulings on matrimonial and monetary laws. Management of public institutions and letters requesting assistance for needy. Various testimonies regarding holocaust victims. Letters and memoranda regarding the Din Torah concerning the management of the Chayeh Olam Yeshiva. Various copies of testimonies concerning the "Slander Affair" in 1901, [spread by the opposition to Rabbi Shmuel Salant about his family – as "vengeance" for bringing the Aderet to serve as Rabbi of Jerusalem].
Grand Court for all Ashkenazi Congregations is the veteran court of Rabbi Shmuel Salant which was established in 1841 and for many years was situated
in an office in the courtyard of the Churva synagogue. Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank was appointed as rabbinical judge during the lifetime of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, and was eventually appointed Av Beit Din. During the time of the documents in this archive, the rabbinical court was managed by Rabbi Avraham David Rosenthal (author of Be’er HaMelech and rabbi of the Sha’arei Chessed community).
Approximately 140 items, varied size and condition, most in good condition.
Archives and Notebooks – Rabbis, Communities, Organizations
Archives and Notebooks – Rabbis, Communities, Organizations