Four letters and documents pertaining to the marriages of R. Elazar Lazi Berlin, author of Mishnat DeRabbi Eliezer, and members of his family.
• Two printed leaves (in Rashi script), completed by hand - Tena'im Acharonim and Shtar Chatzi Chelek Zachar for the wedding of R. Elazar Lazi son of R. Yosef of Berlin. Hamburg, 15th Kislev 1783. Signed by the father of the bride and the trustees of the community.
• Beit Din ruling signed by R. Chaim Rabbi of Chodzież, the dayanim of his Beit Din and three community leaders. Chodzież, Tammuz 1783. Ruling regarding a claim against R. Elazar Lazi to pay the expenses of a matchmaking proposal which did not come to fruition, suggested to him after the passing of his first wife.
• Tena'im handwritten by R. Elazar Lazi Berlin, for the betrothal of his son Meir Berlin. Signed by R. Elazar Lazi and the father of the bride. [Hamburg? Friedrichstadt?], 7th Av 1807.
R. Elazar Lazi (Heilbut) Berlin (1740-1814), author of Mishnat DeRabbi Eliezer, a Torah leader of his times. He served as dayan in the Beit Din of R. Refael HaKohen in Posen, and later in Hamburg. After R. Refael left the rabbinate, R. Elazar Lazi began serving as head of the Beit Din of the Three Communities (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek). He temporarily replaced R. Refael as chief rabbi of the Three Communities, until the appointment of a permanent successor. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Chatam Sofer.
4 leaves. Size and condition vary.