Large assorted collection of 300 letters from rabbis and rebbes, dayanim and shochatim, activists and associates, Chassidim and distinguished individuals, addressed from around the world to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar and his attendant R. Yosef Dov Ashkenazi. Eretz Israel, Europe, United States, Canada, South America and elsewhere, 1940s-1970s, most in Hebrew, with some in Yiddish and other languages (Hungarian, Romanian, German and English).
The collection includes many letters from rabbis and activists from Eretz Israel and other locations, societies and organizations, yeshivas and Torah and charitable institutions, students of the Satmar Rebbe in his yeshivas in Romania, members of Romanian communities, and others.
Most letters handwritten (some typewritten), with signatures and stamps of rabbis and institutions, some on official stationeries.
The letters include names to be mentioned in prayer for blessings of various kinds, Shanah Tovah blessings and blessings for other holidays, personal questions and requests for advice and guidance, donations to Satmar institutions, halachic and Torah queries, public affairs, dispute resolution, printing of books, requests for financial assistance, receipts of tzedakah funds, and more.
The many senders include:
Rebbe Aharon Leifer of Nadvorna, Safed; R. Avraham Moshe Babad, Rabbi of Gura Humora, rabbi in Jaffa; Rebbe Mordechai David Teitelbaum of Husakov, Beersheba; R. Avraham Simchah Horowitz, Bnei Brak (2 letters); R. Elchanan Heilprin, rabbi in Golders Green, London; Rebbe Meshulam Ashkenazi of Stanislav, London (2 letters); R. Yoel Ashkenazi, Tiberias (2 letters); R. Alexander Chaim Ashkenazi, Jerusalem; R. Elimelech Ashkenazi, Rabbi of Melbourne (3 letters); R. Moshe Aharon Teitelbaum; Rebbe Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Deutsch of Helmetz; and others.
See Hebrew description for a partial list of authors of letters.
Some of the letters include letters of recommendation from rabbis of Jerusalem, written on the appeals of the needy of Jerusalem. These include R. Pinchas Epstein, head of the Jerusalem Beit Din; kabbalist R. Yeshayah Asher Zelig Margaliot, Jerusalem; Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga-Lipschitz-Halberstam of Stropkov; R. Yosef Scheinberger, secretary of the Edah HaCharedit.
Over 300 letters (many of the Aerograms). Varying size and condition. Overall good condition.
