Collection of 11 documents and letters handwritten and signed by rabbis (of Hamburg and the surroundings), including leaves handwritten and signed by R. Elazar Lazi Berlin - head of the Beit Din of the Three Communities (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek). Germany, ca. 1790s-1810s.
The collection includes seven Beit Din documents and rulings, mostly written and signed by R. Elazar Lazi, head of the Beit Din of the Three Communities. Also signed by other dayanim of the Three Communities (see Hebrew description).
The collection also includes three letters, including a letter dated 1813 addressed to the rabbis of Vilna, signed by R. Elazar Lazi and two other dayanim; and a letter from R. Dov Ber Rabbi of Elmshorn (a town near Hamburg) to R. Elazar Lazi, with a recommendation and a halachic question.
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.
11 documents and letters (12 leaves). Size and condition vary, good-fair. Stains and minor mold stains, wear and tears to some leaves.