Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
Letter from Moses Montefiore to the Chacham Bashi R. Avraham Ashkenazi and several Torah sages and community leaders of Jerusalem. London, 1872.
Montefiore's official stationery. Handwritten and signed by Montefiore's secretary (in square Hebrew script). The letter deals with sending of funds from R. Nathan Adler, Rabbi of London, given to Montefiore for the poor in Eretz Israel.
The addressees are: R. Avraham Ashkenazi, the Chacham Bashi; R. David Ben-Shimon [Rav Devash], R. Moshe Benveniste, R. Meir son of R. Asher of Anykščiai and R. Yaakov Yehudah Leib Levi.
[1] double leaf, with the recipients' address in three languages: Hebrew, English and Arabic; with postage stamps. Approx. 25 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Folding marks.
Collection of over 60 letters sent to R. Shmuel Salant by rabbis, tzedakah collectors, emissaries and philanthropists from England, South Africa, Australia and various countries in the British Empire. [Ca. 1880s-1900s].
The letters were sent to R. Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem. Some are also addressed to other rabbis who assisted him in managing the tzedakah funds in the city: R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet); R. Yitzchak Blazer, the Rabbi of St. Petersburg; R. Chaim Berlin, the Rabbi of Moscow; and additional rabbis and tzedakah collectors directing the Vaad HaKlali and other institutions in the city.
The authors of the letters include Yaakov Chaim son of R. Eliezer HaLevi (secretary of Montefiore); R. Eliyahu son of R. Shlomo Yaakov, a rabbi in Manchester; R. Moshe Avigdor Chaikin, Rabbi of the United Synagogue in London; R. Yoel HaLevi Herzog, a rabbi in Leeds (2 letters); R. Mordechai Yitzchak HaLevi Epstein, Rabbi of Sheffield; R. Aharon Leib Newman of Jerusalem, maggid in the Torah society in London; R. Yaakov Dov Ber son of Meir Moshe Lenzer, prayer leader of Mikveh Yisrael synagogue in Melbourne; R. Yehoshua Meir Reifman of Pretoria, South Africa; R. Aryeh Tzvi son of R. Moshe Fishel Isaacs, prayer leader and maggid of Kimberly, South Africa; the emissary R. Yosef HaLevi Horowitz of Johannesburg (4 interesting letters); R. Menachem Mendel Wolpert of Johannesburg (3 letters), and many more authors.
R. Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), immigrated from Salant to Eretz Israel in 1841 to serve as posek and rabbi of the Perushim community of disciples of the Vilna Gaon in Jerusalem. His father-in-law R. Yosef Zundel Salant immigrated to Jerusalem in the same period. In his capacity as rabbi of Jerusalem, a position he held for close to seventy years, he founded the educational and charitable institutions in the city, established the Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazi community. He was renowned for his brilliance and practical approach to halachic ruling and in running communal matters in Jerusalem and worldwide.
63 letters. Varying size and condition.
![Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Yitzchak Segal, dean of Manchester yeshiva. [Manchester, ca. 1930s-1940s].Sent](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/227_2.jpg "Two Letters from Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal, Dean of Manchester")
![Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Yitzchak Segal, dean of Manchester yeshiva. [Manchester, ca. 1930s-1940s].Sent](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/227_1.jpg "Two Letters from Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal, Dean of Manchester")
Two letters handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Yitzchak Segal, dean of Manchester yeshiva. [Manchester, ca. 1930s-1940s].
Sent to R. Tzvi Hirsch Farber of London. In his first letter he informs him that a son was born to his own son R. Yehudah Ze'ev. In the second letter he writes that he participated in the circumcision festivities. The letters also deal with matchmaking issues. He also informs R. Farber of the success of the Manchester yeshiva.
R. Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal (1881-1947), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok. He founded the Etz Chaim yeshiva in London, as well as the Manchester yeshiva which he headed for some 35 years.
His son and successor as dean of the Manchester yeshiva, R. Yehudah Ze'ev Segal (1911-1993), tzaddik and wonderworker; for his efforts in support of proper speech he was known as the "Chafetz Chaim of England".
[2] letters, official stationery. 26 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.
Large assorted collection of over 70 letters, from rabbis and community leaders from England, ca. 1890s-1960s. Hebrew and English.
The authors of the letters include: Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler (Tishrei 1895); R. Eliyahu son of R. Shlomo Yaakov, rabbi in Manchester (Tevet 1889 and 1899); R. Yisrael Yaakov HaKohen Yaffe (Manchester, Kislev 1920); R. Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (London, 1926); R. Shemaryah Yitzchak Bloch (Birmingham, 1914); R. Shemaryah Menasheh HaKohen Adler (London, Tishrei 1921; sent to R. Shlomo Breuer, Rabbi of Frankfurt); R. Aharon Hyman (2 letters, ca. 1900-1901); R. Yoel HaLevi Herzog (4 letters; Leeds, ca. 1909-1910); R. Yisrael Chaim Deiches (Leeds, 1934); R. Yehudah Leib Ostrinsky (Leeds; two letters); R. Binyamin Benish Atlas, Rabbi of Glasgow (6 letters); R. Yaakov David Luria (Glasgow; 6 letters); R. Michel Asher HaKohen Matlin, Rabbi of Dublin (4 letters); R. Yitzchak Meir Yoselson (Dublin, 1909); R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (London, 1931); R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi Herzog; R. Isser Yehudah Unterman (Liverpool; 5 letters); R. Asher Grunis (Cardiff, 1937); R. Nachman Shlomo Greenspan of Leeds (a letter from him, and many letters to him); R. Chaim Heller and R. Yerucham Leiner (postcard to R. Greenspan with letters from both of them); R. Joseph Hertz, Chief Rabbi of England (two letters); R. Yisrael Brody, Chief Rabbi of England; R. Avraham Moshe Babad (Sunderland, 1946); R. Yaakov Schechter, Rabbi of Belfast (2 letters); R. Aryeh Leib Grossnass and his Beit Din (London, 1966); and more letters from many rabbis.
77 items, including over 70 signed letters, most on official stationery. Varying size and condition.