Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Rabbi of the Arugat HaBosem Tzeilem community. Brooklyn, New York, [Adar II] 1965.
Sent to his friend R. David Moskowitz of Bonyhád and Miskolc, in response to his letter on the topic of unintentional labor on Shabbat. Written between Purim and Pesach [19th Adar II], the letter opens and closes with allusions to past and future redemptions.
R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald (1893-1980), outstanding Torah scholar and holy man. Youngest son and close disciple of R. Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust, the Arugat HaBosem. Served as Rabbi of various Hungarian communities, and later of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz, Austria), from which he was known as "the Rabbi of Tzeilem". In 1938 he settled in Brooklyn, where he founded and headed the Arugat HaBosem community. He campaigned for true Torah observance in the United States, especially on matters of kashrut and purity, and was at the forefront of the establishment of Torah and Chassidut in the United States.
Aerogram, 21.5X30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and folding marks. Minor tears to folds.
Large collection of over seventy letters and stamped documents (lists and reports of donors), sent by rabbis, rebbes, tzedakah collectors and various donors to Kollel Shomrei HaChomot – Kollel Ungarn. Hungary, Transylvania and other regions, ca. 1920s-1930s.
The present collection includes letters and documents signed by the following rabbis:
• R. Binyamin Fuchs, Rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea), president of Kollel Shomrei HaChomot. • Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Nyírbátor (2 letters). • R. Meir Leib Frei, Rabbi of Šurany. • R. David Yehudah Leib Silberstein, Rabbi of Vác. • R. Yosef Elimelech Kahana, Rabbi of Ungvár (Uzhhorod). • R. Moses Chaim Litch-Rosenbaum, Rabbi of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda). • R. Shaul Rosenberg, Rabbi of Ratzfert (Újfehértó). • Rebbe Eliezer Lipa HaLevi Silberman of Ratzfert, son of R. Moshe of Ratzfert and grandson of R. Hertzka of Ratzfert (3 letters). • R. Chaim HaLevi Silberman (3 letters). • Rebbe Naftali Gross of Kerestir-Berbesht (son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Steiner of Kerestir). • R. Yosef Meir Moshe HaKohen Steiner, Rabbi of Ilok – son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia (3 letters). • R. Yisrael Hillel Yitzchak HaKohen Steiner, Rabbi of Ilok. • R. Yaakov Shalom Sofer, Sárospatak. • R. Moshe Eliezer, Rabbi of Novo Mesto. • R. Tzvi Segal Prager, Rabbi of Poprad. • R. Chaim Yaakov Moshe Krauss, Rabbi of Ragendorf (Rajka). • R. Moshe Bunam Krauss, Rabbi of Baden (3 letters). • R. Yisrael Broda, dayan and posek of Michalovce (author of Ishei Yisrael). • R. Shalom Tzvi Adler, Rabbi of Diosig. • R. Yerachmiel Katzburg, Rabbi of Ózd. • R. Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer, Rabbi of Fabric, Timișoara (3 letters). • R. Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen, Rabbi of Derecske. • R. Moshe Chaim Grünfeld, Rabbi of Sajószentpéter (5 letters). • R. Efraim Grünfeld, Rabbi of Rimavská Seč (2 letters). • R. Menachem HaKohen Fischer, Rabbi of Sárvár. • R. Mordechai Leib Fischer, Rabbi of Nagykáta. • R. Menachem Mendel Schick, Rabbi of Szikszó. • R. Asher Anshel Schick, Szikszó. • R. Eliezer Brumer HaLevi, head of the Sanok Beit Din. • R. Yaakov Segal Leibowitz, Rabbi of Kaposvár. • R. Peretz Tuviah Stein, Rabbi of Diósgyőr. • R. Menachem Mendel Tennenbaum, Rabbi of Tarnów. • R. Moshe Tennenbaum, Rabbi of Moldava nad Bodvou (4 letters). • R. Chaim Sofer-Schreiber, Rabbi of Arad. • R. Avraham Aharon Katz, head of the Nitra Beit Din. • R. Alexander Chaim Schwartz, Rabbi of Gurahonț. • R. Yisrael HaLevi Jungreis, Rabbi of Nádudvar. • R. Bentzion Sneiders, Rabbi of Raab. • R. Elazar Singer, Rabbi of Rimavská Sobota. • R. Shalom Wieder, Rabbi of Nyíregyháza. • R. Bentzion HaLevi Ungar (son of R. Shmuel David, Rabbi of Nitra). • And many more letters.
77 letters and postcards, most on official stationery. Varying size and condition. Some with open tears and singeing (saved from fire), affecting text.
Collection of 38 official forms – birth, marriage and death certificates issued for Jews of various communities in Austria-Hungary and nearby regions. [Austria-Hungary and nearby regions, 1855-1950]. Hungarian and German.
Official forms, some handwritten and others printed and filled in by hand, signed by Rabbis of cities and community officials, and bearing official stamps of the communities.
The collection includes: • Official form from Troppau (Opava; 1855). • Form of the Budapest community (1876). • Form signed by R. Shraga Feish Pollak, Rabbi of Novi Bečej and Vác (1886). • Form stamped by the Sanz community (1887). • Form signed by the Rabbi of Timișoara and with the community stamp (1892). • Form signed by R. Yaakov Steinhardt, Rabbi of Arad (1884). • Two forms signed by R. Lipa Rosenberg, with the stamp of the Arad community (1893/1895). • Form with the stamp of the Keszeg community (1914). • Form with the stamp of the Tarnów community (1894). • Form with the stamp of the Vienna community (1915). • Form with the stamp of the Przemyśl community (1922). • Marriage certificate of R. Moshe Natan Schick, Rabbi of Miskolc (son of R. Meir Schick, Rabbi of Ónod) and the daughter of R. Moshe Binyamin Ze'ev Lichtenstern, Rabbi of Ürmény (Mojmírovce; Budapest, 1923). • Form signed by R. Arnold Grünfeld, Rabbi of Eger, with the community stamp (1925). • Form signed by R. Moshe Asher Eckstein, Rabbi of Sereď, with the community stamp (1937). • Form signed by R. Yosef Yechiel (Yano) Buxbaum, dayan and posek of Galanta, with the community stamp (1938). • Form signed by the Rabbi of Cegléd, with the community stamp (1938). • Form signed by Dr. Manó Herzog, Rabbi of Kaposvár, with the community stamp. • Form bearing the Munkacs community stamp (1941). • Form bearing the Sighet community stamp (1942). • Form signed by R. Bentzion Halpert, Rabbi of Hajdúnánás (1942). • Birth certificate form of R. Shmuel Shmelke Ginsburg, Rabbi of Mediaș, with stamp of the community (1942). • Form with signature of R. David Gross of Nagykőrös (1943). • Form of the Budapest community (1945). • Forms from after the Holocaust of the Budapest, Miskolc and Ujhel communities. • Additional forms.
[38] leaves. Varying size and condition. Overall good-fair condition.
Collection of 67 forms and documentations of the appointment, election and service of Hungarian rabbis just before the Holocaust. [Hungary and nearby regions, most from late 1930s and early 1940s]. Hungarian (and some Romanian).
Declarations, documents, certificates, protocols, translations and copies of various documents, some handwritten and others printed and filled out by hand, with signatures of leaders of Hungarian communities, official stamps of the communities, and signatures and stamps of local officials; some also bear the signatures of the rabbis and their official stamps.
The present item is a rare and exceptional historical documentation of rabbis and their communities just before the Holocaust, containing much information unknown from other sources. Most of the rabbis and community leaders who signed the documents perished in the Holocaust.
The collection includes documents pertaining to the service and appointment of the following rabbis: • R. Aharon Tzvi Kestenbaum, dayan and posek in Tiszaújlak. • R. Chaim Friedman, Rabbi of Somotor. • R. Meir Leifer, Rabbi of the Yisrael Yaakov Beit Midrash in Khust (son of Rebbe Yisrael Shmelka Leifer of Khust). • R. Shalom Goldenberg, Rabbi of Szentmiklós. • R. Aharon Kahana, Rabbi of Bistra, grandson of Rebbe Yosef Meir Weiss, the Imrei Yosef of Spinka. • R. Tzvi Ze'ev Wolf Golberger of Berehove. • R. Moshe David Friedlander of Grosswardein (Oradea; son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Friedlander of Borga). • R. Shmuel Landau, Rabbi of Nagybocskó. • R. Yaakov Seidenfeld, Rabbi of Kobyletska Poliana. • R. Moshe Dov Ber Landau, Rabbi of Nyzhni Vorota. • R. Yitzchak Belz and R. Baruch Grünzweig, Rabbis of Ternovo. • R. Meir Weiss, Rabbi of Oroszvég. • R. Yaakov Felberbaum, Rabbi of Zapson and the region. • R. Oskar Klein of Seleuș, Rabbi of Zapson and Onok. • R. Shlomo Yitzchak HaKohen Schönfeld, Rabbi of Tiszaújlak. • R. Yitzchak (Ignaz) Schwartz of Tiszaújlak. • R. Yekutiel Yehudah (Zalman) Halpert, Rabbi of Hajdúnánás. • R. Moshe Halpert, Rabbi of Felsőapsa (Verkhnye Vodyane). • R. Shmuel Edelhauch, Rabbi of Barkasovo and Serne. • R. Ze'ev Sheftel Henich son of R. Natan (Strobach) Edelhauch, dayan and posek of Izky. • R. Natan Yosef Zimtbaum, Rabbi of Ohel Yissachar synagogue in Grosswardein (Oradea). • R. David Gross, Rabbi of Tab. • R. Yitzchak (Ignaz) Gross, Rabbi of Torun. • R. Yechiel David Salzer, dean of the Szerdahély (Miercurea Sibiului) yeshiva. • R. Avraham Eliezer Zitron, Rabbi of Hajdúdorog. • R. Shlomo Zuker, Rabbi of Nagyhalász. • R. Chaim Tzvi Fried, Rabbi of Veľké Kapušany. • R. Moshe Weinberger of Munkacs, Rabbi of Nyagova. • R. Moshe Dov Weissberger, Rabbi of Tárkány. • R. Ze'ev (Vilmos) Lichtenstein, Rabbi of the Beit Midrash of R. Yaakov Farkash in Khust. • R. Avraham Yaakov Goldenberg, Rabbi of the Shevet Achim synagogue in Munkacs. • R. Yosef Yosefowitz, Rabbi of Falucska (Bogarevytsya). • And more.
[67] forms. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair-good condition. The collection has not been thoroughly examined, and is being sold as is.
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