Postcard with a letter handwritten and signed by R. Akiva Sofer Rabbi of Pressburg. [Lugano, Switzerland], Erev Shabbat Parashat Mishpatim 1940.
Addressed to his disciple R. Aharon Taussig in Jerusalem, son of the dayan from Mattersdorf. Inquiry about his wellbeing and that of other disciples.

R. Akiva Sofer (1878-1960), author of Daat Sofer, grandson of the Ketav Sofer. Served as rabbi and dean of Pressburg for 33 years. In 1939, he fled to Lugano, Switzerland, and from there immigrated to Jerusalem, where he reestablished his yeshiva and community.

Postcards. Approx. 15X10.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear.

Leaf (2 written pages), novellae on Parashat Bamidbar, handwritten by R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid.
Manuscript handwritten by the author. R. Eliezer David's novellae on the books of Bereshit and Shemot were published before the Holocaust. The manuscripts of the other parts were hidden in the ground and thus survived the Holocaust, and were only finally published in 1976. The present leaf may have been amongst the writings which were hidden during the Holocaust.
This manuscript contains the initial text, handwritten by the author; it was published with many variations in the Brooklyn 1976 and Bnei Brak 2008 editions.

R. Eliezer David Grünwald Rabbi of Satmar (ca. 1866 – 1928), prominent Torah leader and yeshiva dean in Hungary and Transylvania. Close disciple of his brother R. Moshe Grünwald, the Arugot HaBosem. He served as rabbi in many prominent communities, establishing in each place a large yeshiva where he edified many disciples, including dozens of rabbis and poskim.

[1] leaf. 27.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Marginal open tears, affecting text. Tears repaired with paper and tape (with dark stains and traces of glue).

Letter handwritten and signed by R. Michael Dov Weissmandl. New York, 1954.
Letter of recommendation for a student in his yeshiva. R. Weissmandl explains that the student fallen on hard times and was compelled to leave the yeshiva, and asks to support him.

R. Michael Dov Weissmandl (1904-1958), tremendous Torah scholar, prominent rescue activist during the Holocaust and founder of the Nitra yeshiva in the United States.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and folding marks, slightly affecting text (repaired in part with tape).

Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten by R. Yehuda Leib Chasman author of Or Yahel, with his signatures "Y.H.L.". Jerusalem, Kislev 1931.

Written on the official stationery of the Hebron – Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Jerusalem, and addressed to R. Yechezkel Sarna (who was presumably abroad at the time taking care of yeshiva matters). R. Chasman describes the precarious financial situation of the yeshiva, and asks R. Sarna to write to his brother and ask him for help. On the verso, additional letter (signed again), regarding sending emissaries of the yeshiva to the United States.
R. Yehuda Leib Chasman (1869-1935), a leading Torah scholar of his times. A confidant of R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, the Chafetz Chaim and R. Shimon Shkop. Rabbi of Szczuczyn, and later mashgiach of the Hebron yeshiva until his passing.

[1] leaf, official stationery, written and signed on both sides. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Minor open tears at top of leaf, not affecting text.

Lengthy letter (21 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (author of Michtav Me'Eliyahu), written during his tenure as head of the Gateshead Kollel. [Cheshvan] 1945.
Addressed to R. Hillel Medalie (1916-1977), rabbi of Leeds and Dublin, and later of the Shomre HaDas community in Antwerp.

R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-1953), a leading author of musar literature in our generation. A product of the Kelm yeshiva, he arrived in England in 1927, later founding the Gateshead Kollel and other Torah institutes throughout England, and eventually serving as mashgiach of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.