Letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Feinstein. New York, 10th Adar 1968.

Addressed to "my friend the great Gaon" R. Yechezkel Abramsky in Jerusalem, a leader of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Eretz Israel, regarding the activities of the Peilim organization in the absorption of children of Moroccan immigrants to Israel into a Torah education.

R. Moshe states that since the facts relating to the Moroccan children are unknown and disputed, R. Dov Zev Weinberger was to travel to Israel in order to give a reliable report. He asks R. Abramsky to inform him of the details and let him know "what we are to do".

R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. A leader of Orthodox Jewry, he served as president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim yeshiva in New York. He authored Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe – Talmudic novellae, and Darash Moshe – novellae on the Torah.

R. Moshe Feinstein had served as Rabbi of Lyuban, Belarus in 1921-1936 under the Bolsheviks, and it was during this period that he met R. Abramsky (1886-1976), who served as Rabbi of Slutsk from 1923-1930 until his arrest and exile to Siberia.

[1] leaf. Official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.

Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten by "the Tzaddik of Jerusalem", R. Aryeh Levin. Jerusalem, Tamuz 1958.

Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, head rabbi of the London Beit Din and a leader of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Eretz Israel. The letter was written in the midst of a worldwide struggle against the building of a mixed swimming pool in Jerusalem.

R. Aryeh asks R. Abramsky to forgive him for what had been characterized as his attempt to compromise before asking the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, stating that R. Yechezkel Sarna had asked him to attempt to influence the Herut party not to give a permit for a mixed swimming pool without a separation between the genders, but he had not yet been briefed on what he was to demand of them. He adds that he was unaware of the details, as he avoids protests. He goes on to quote a letter he received from the party.

R. Aryeh reports on the negotiations, after his participation in the protest against the pool. He met with two activists who asked him to have Menachem Begin influence the party in question, quoting his answer. He ends with a blessing for the leaders of the Jewish people to join together, adding that he would never do any act of his own accord, and concludes with his signature.

The "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" R. Aryeh Levin (1885-1969), excelled in Torah and in charitable deeds. He served as the spiritual director and supervisor of the Etz Chaim Torah school. An alumnus of Lithuanian yeshivot Hlusk, Slutsk, Volozhin and the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a cherished disciple of the leading Torah scholars of the generation: R. Refael Shapiro of Volozhin, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Shlomo Elyashiv the Leshem, R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz, R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, his brother-in-law R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik of Brisk. He immigrated to Jerusalem in his youth and married the granddaughter of the head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira. He was renowned for his dedication to acts of benevolence. He was a beloved friend to one and all, wholeheartedly sharing the difficulties and joys of his brethren. During the British Mandate he would regularly visit the prisoners in the British jails in order to encourage them, and he was known as the "rabbi of the prisoners". He was a beloved figure among all strata of society in Eretz Israel, regardless of their religious orientation, including many of the militants (of Lehi and the Irgun) who were close with him before the State of Israel was formed. He lent an ear to all and had true love for each and every one of his fellow Jews.

[1] leaf. 20 cm. Written on both sides. Good condition. Folding marks and creases.

Collection of nineteen letters, on postcards, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky. Bnei Brak, [1995-1999].

Short, concise responses to various questions on Torah matters and halachic customs, sent to R. Y. B. Goldenthal of Bnei Brak.

In some of his responses he says to "come" [this is what he habitually answered when the question was too obscure or complicated to answer in brief on a postcard].

All of the postcards have the name of the author, "Chaim Kanievsky", and the name and address of the recipient, handwritten by R. Chaim Kanievsky.

19 postcards. 14.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and postmarks.

Lengthy handwritten letter by the Anshei Maamad society in Jerusalem, addressed to R. Eliyahu Levinson of Kretinga, signed by three treasurers of the society: R. Bentzion Shlez, R. Moshe son of R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yitzchak Meir son of R. Yechezkel, with stamps of the society. Jerusalem, [ca. early 1880s].

On verso, abbreviated copying of the statutes of the society, enacted by R. Yehoshua Leib (Maharil) Diskin, and of a letter of leaders of the community in Jerusalem, R. Meir Meisel, R. Yaakov Tzvi Rabinowitz, R. Aharon Zelig son-in-law of R. Mordechai Chen Tov, R. Avraham Eisenstein and R. Moshe son of R. Yaakov. They go on to request donations to be sent to the trustee R. Yitzchak Tzvi, administrator of the Suvalk Kollel (son-in-law of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver).

The Anshei Maamad society was established in Jerusalem, ca. 1878-1879, by R. Bentzion Shlez. Its members were Torah scholars who kept a fixed morning study regimen of study and prayer.

The present letter describes the Anshei Maamad society, and asks for donations to support the members and their devotion to acts of kindness.

R. Eliyahu (Elinke) of Kretinga (1822-1888), studied in his youth in Salant under R. Yosef Zundel of Salant, during which time he became the close friend and disciple of R. Yisrael Salanter and R. Shmuel Salant. He remained the close disciple of R. Yisrael his whole life, and served as his close attendant in public activism and a staunch proponent of the Musar movement founded by R. Yisrael Salanter. Though he was one of the prominent Torah scholars of his generation, he refused to serve as rabbi and worked as a merchant and banker. R. Elinke was a foremost leader of Russian Jewry and a leading lobbyist in the upper echelons of the government. He was an administrator and trustee of the Eretz Israel funds for over forty years.

[1] leaf. 26 cm. Written on both sides. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Open tears, slightly affecting text and one stamp.