Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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![Kedushat Eretz Yisrael BaZman HaZeh, by R. Chaim Eliezer Hausdorf. Jerusalem: M. Lilienthal, [1889].
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Kedushat Eretz Yisrael BaZman HaZeh, by R. Chaim Eliezer Hausdorf. Jerusalem: M. Lilienthal, [1889].
This booklet opposes the Heter Mechirah, an allowance for agricultural work in the Shemitah year by sale of the land to a non-Jew. The author discusses the article by R. Meir HaLevi Levin (Berditchev, 1889) permitting Heter Mechirah.
[1], 14 pages. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Many tears, including open tears to title page and many other places, affecting text, repaired with paper filling (repaired around margins of all leaves). New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 647.
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Devar HaShemitah, by R. Eliezer Eliyahu Wallenstein – letters of rabbis and opposition to Heter Mechirah. Jerusalem: Zichron Shlomo, sons of R. Y. L. Löwy, 1889.
Contains halachic rulings supporting and opposing Heter Mechirah, an allowance for agricultural work in the Shemitah year by sale of the land to a non-Jew. Stamps (Hebrew and English).
26 pages. 16 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 648.
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Devar HaShemitah, anthology of letters of rabbis supporting Heter Mechirah, edited by R. Yitzchak Hirschensohn. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Hirschensohn, 1888.
The book contains articles published in periodicals, most by R. Yaakov Mordechai Hirschensohn, the author's father, supporting Heter Mechirah, an allowance for agricultural work in the Shemitah year by sale of the land to a non-Jew.
[2], 110 pages. Approx. 19 cm (uneven trimming). Dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 614.
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Eizo Hi Mishnah, on the history of the Mishnah from the giving of the Torah until R. Yehudah HaNasi, by R. Chaim Hirschensohn. Jerusalem: printed by the author R. Chaim Hirschensohn, 1890.
On second leaf, printed dedication to Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer in honor of his 70th birthday. At the top of the leaf, the author adds a handwritten dedication (somewhat trimmed).to "Dr. Chazanowitz" (apparently Dr. Yosef Chazanowitz, a founder of the Midrash Abarbanel library, today the National Library of Israel).
[3] leaves (and another blank leaf), 46 pages. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Open tear to title page, slightly affecting title frame, repaired with paper to verso. Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 692.
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Large collection of sixty letters, handwritten and signed by heads of the community in Tiberias, rabbis and officials of Ashkenazi kollels in the city. Tiberias, 1880s-1890s.
The letters were sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. The collection contains letters handwritten, signed and stamped by community leaders, rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, with accounts of allocation and transfer of funds, public affairs and various controversies, as well as private letters of dayanim, Torah scholars and others in Tiberias, describing their harsh financial conditions and requesting financial aid and assistance; some include letters of recommendation from rabbis and kollel officials in Tiberias, and some bear official stamps.
See Hebrew description for a list of authors of letters included in the collection.
60 letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large collection of over thirty letters, handwritten and signed by heads of the community in Safed, rabbis and officials of Ashkenazi kollels in the city. Safed, 1880s-1890s. Hebrew and some Yiddish.
The letters were sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. The collection contains private letters of dayanim, Torah scholars and others in Safed, describing their harsh financial conditions and requesting financial aid and assistance; some include letters of recommendation from rabbis and kollel officials in Safed, and some bear official stamps.
See Hebrew description for a list of authors of letters included in the collection.
33 letters, including over 30 signed letters. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Large collection of over forty letters and documents sent by people of Jerusalem to rabbis, donors and philanthropists abroad, regarding financial assistance. Some sent to the Pekidim and Amarkalim organization in Amsterdam, which was responsible for raising funds from the diaspora for the Old Yishuv in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, Amsterdam and various places, ca. 1880s-1920s. Hebrew, Yiddish and German.
See Hebrew description for a list of letters.
The collection also includes three printed receipts (filled in by hand) from the Pekidim and Amarkalim in Amsterdam, sent to rabbis and kollel officials in Jerusalem (Amsterdam, 1883-1893).
Total of over 40 letters and documents, including about 33 on postmarked postcards. Size and condition vary.
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Assorted collection of manuscripts, letters and documents, from the archive of R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger and his grandfather R. Moshe Charag (Zeiger). Torah novellae, contracts and letters on public affairs, halachic rulings and responsa, and more. Safed and elsewhere, ca. 1870s-1930s.
See Hebrew description for a list of items in the collection.
11 items, comprising about 15 leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Some with stamps of estate of R. "Yosef Tzvi Geiger" (with a likeness of his signature).
R. Moshe Charag Zeiger (1816-1909), public figure and prominent member of the Safed Chassidic community. Son-in-law of R. Gavriel Tshak (hence the name Charag – Chatan R. Gavriel) and confidant of Rebbe Mendele, the Tzemach Tzaddik of Vizhnitz, at whose behest he established the Vizhnitz Kollel in Safed and Tiberias. One of his grandsons was the artist Yosef Tzvi Geiger, known as the father of Safed art.
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A diverse collection of over twenty letters and certificates hand-signed and stamped by the rabbis and public figures of Jaffa. Jaffa, ca. 1900-1941.
Among those signing the certificates and letters in the present lot: R. Yosef Zvi HaLevi, rabbi of Jaffa, R. Shlomo HaCohen Aharonson, the first rabbi of Tel Aviv, R. Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, who then served as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa (later the "Rishon LeZion" and Chief Rabbi of Israel), R. Yehuda Leib Gurion, R. Aharon HaCohen (son-in-law of the "Chafetz Chaim"), R. Yisrael Isser Shapira head of the "Sha'arei Torah" yeshiva, Rabbi Shlomo Rohald (secretary and scribe of the Jaffa Beit Din), R. Yaakov Bechor Papula, R. Zerach Barnett, R. Shlomo Harinstein, R. Simcha Bunim Novobolski, R. Yaakov Meir Lerinman, R. Shmuel Levia, R. Gedalyahu Nachman Broder, Dr. Chaim Chissin director of the "Sha'ar Zion Hospital" in Jaffa, and others.
23 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good to good-fair condition.
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Diverse collection of over twenty letters to and from Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, later "Rishon LeZion – Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel". Palestine and Europe, 1910s-1940s. Some on official stationery with official stamps. Many letters include draft responses and notes in R. Uziel's handwriting.
The collection includes letters from R. Uziel, and letters to R. Uziel from various rabbis, including:
• R. Haim David Suranga, Jerusalem, [1912]. • R. Shmuel Moshe Mizrahi, Jerusalem, 1912. • Hakham Bashi R. Moshe Franco. Jerusalem, 1915. • Rishon LeZion R. Yaakov Meir. Jerusalem, 1931. • R. Shlomo HaCohen Aharonson, first Ashkenazi rabbi of Jaffa and the Tel Aviv district. 1930. • R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, dayan of the London Bet Din. London, 1930. • R. Yehuda Leib Nekritz, son-in-law of rabbi Avraham Yoffen, Rosh Yeshiva of the "Beit Yosef" Novardok Yeshivah. Bialystok, 1938. Two letters on official postcards. • R. Yehoshua Menachem Ehrenberg, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus – regarding an agunah in one of the Cyprus internment camps whose husband was lost in the Siege of Stalingrad. Cyprus, 1948. • R. Zev Tzvi HaCohen Klein, rabbi in Berlin – regarding kosher food supply for travelers on ships under his supervision. Berlin, 1935. • And more (for more details, please refer to Hebrew description).
Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953), among the leading rabbis of Eretz Israel in the early 20th century. Born in Jerusalem to a distinguished Sephardic family of Jerusalem rabbis, descendant of the author of "Chikrei Lev". At 20 he was appointed rabbi at the "Tiferet Yerushalayim" Yeshiva, and later became its director. He served as president of the "Porat Yosef" Yeshiva and established several educational institutions for Sephardic youth in Jerusalem. In 1911, he was appointed Hakham Bashi and Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Jaffa. In 1921 he travelled to Thessaloniki to serve there as Chief Rabbi, returning to Jaffa in 1923 to serve as Chief Rabbi of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, alongside Rabbi Shlomo Aharonson. In 1939, he became Chief Rabbi and Rishon LeZion of Eretz Israel. His works include "Mishpetei Uziel", "Mikhmanei Uziel", "HaShofet VeHaMishpat" and more.
22 letters. Size and condition vary.
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Diverse collection of over thirty letters and certificates signed by various rabbis: recommendations, certificates, and various forms and documents. Eastern Europe and Palestine, ca. 1930s-1940s. Some on official stationery with official stamps. Some letters include draft responses, stamps, and notes by the recipient rabbis (including R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, Rabbi of Tel Aviv).
Most letters relate to requests for immigration certificates to Palestine and recommendations for immigrants. Some were written in 1940 when Jews from occupied Europe attempted to escape the Holocaust and flee to Mandatory Palestine.
Included in the lot:
• Letter from R. Baruch Mordechai HaCohen Rappoport (grandson of the "Beit Shmuel" of Slonim) to R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv – obtaining immigration certificates for himself and his father R. Avraham Abele HaCohen Rappoport, Av Beit Din of Kielce (son-in-law of the Rebbe of Slonim, author of "Beit Shmuel"), who fled destitute to Vilna in independent Lithuania after the Nazi occupation of Poland. Vilna, Adar 1940.
• Letter from R. Yitzchak Rubinstein, rabbi of the "Mizrachi" community in Vilna. Vilna, Shevat 1940. Draft response by R. Amiel in the margin.
• Letter from R. Eliezer Liebschitz, Av Beit Din of Zduńska Wola, [1930].
• Letter of recommendation from R. Chaim Menachem Mendel HaLevi Kastenberg, Rabbi of Radom. Radom, 1933.
• Letter from R. Chaim Baruch HaCohen Gerstein, Av Beit Din of Siemiatycze – recommendation for a meat wholesaler from his town who immigrated to Eretz Israel. Siemiatycze, 1935.
• Letter of recommendation for a mohel from R. Shabtai son of R. Ozer Alpert, Av Beit Din of Polanka. Polanka, 1935.
• Letter from R. Leibush Rosenberg, chairman of the "Rabbinical Committee" in Lodz. Lodz, 1935.
• Letter of recommendation regarding kashrut from the "Council of Rabbis of Warsaw", signed by committee member R. Yitzchak Meir Kanal and secretary R. Yaakov Gesundheit. Warsaw, Cheshvan 1932.
• Letter of recommendation regarding kashrut from R. Simcha Treistman, member of the "Council of Rabbis" in Lodz. Lodz, 1935.
• Letter of recommendation regarding kashrut from R. Azriel Zelig Rosenstein, member of the "Council of Rabbis" in Lodz. Lodz, 1935.
•Three letters of recommendation from leaders of the Koźminek community (Kalisz district, Poland), 1935.
• Employment confirmation for the rabbi of "Beit HaMidrash VeHaTefillah of the Piltz Chassidim" in Częstochowa. Częstochowa, 1935.
• Employment confirmation for R. Hillel Gantzarski as rabbi in Lodz. Lodz, 1935.
• Employment confirmation for R. Moshe Binyamin Lehman as rabbi of the "Chevra Kadisha" Beit Midrash in Radomsko. Radomsko, 1935.
• Employment confirmation for R. Mordechai Tregetz as gabbai and Chazan in Kłodawa. Kłodawa, Poland, 1935.
• Certificate confirming R. Yechiel Srualov as rabbi of the "Nachalat Yaakov" synagogue in the Nachalat Shiva neighborhood in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1934.
• Employment contract for R. Chaim Pesachowitz as rabbi of the Beit Midrash of the "Torah VaDa'at" organization in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1932.
• Confirmation from R. Asher Sandomierski, director of "Or Zoreach" Yeshiva in Jaffa, that the bachur Nechemia Fishman from Lublin was accepted to the yeshiva. Tel Aviv, 1936.
• Confirmation from R. Shmuel Weingurt, member of the Chassidic Beit Din in Jerusalem, that Shlomo Friedfeldstein studied for several years in his yeshiva in Plauen, Germany. Jerusalem, Kislev 1938.
• Letter from R. Moshe Moschil Hirschhorn, shochet, chazan, and mohel in Zagórz, to Dr. Yosef Pomork of Tel Aviv concerning the obtaining of an immigration certificate to Eretz Israel. Zagórz, Galicia, 1936.
• Additional letters, approvals, and various certificates.
31 letters and documents. Size and condition vary.
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Eight letters handwritten and signed by rabbis and directors of the Beit Yosef yeshiva in Novardok during the Holocaust, addressed to R. Eliezer Bentzion Bruk, dean of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Jerusalem. Vilna, Biržai and Eretz Israel, ca. 1940-1941.
The letters were sent after the yeshiva fled the occupation and partition of Poland by Germany and Russia to Vilna and Biržai in Lithuania which remained free.
Includes letters by yeshiva dean R. Avraham Yoffen, R. Abba Yoffe (brother of R. Avraham Yoffen), R. Yehudah Leib Nekritz (son-in-law of R. Avraham Yoffen), R. Nisan Tzelniker of Babruysk (brother-in-law of R. Bentzion Bruk and a dean of the Novardok yeshiva in Bialystok), R. Nisan Potashinsky (Rozhanker; son-in-law of R. Refael Alter Shmuelevitz and a director of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Bialystok), R. Aharon Agulnik (Kamayer; mashgiach of Novardok yeshiva in Ostrów Mazowiecka) and R. Yaakov Zeldin (Mozirer, mashgiach of Beit Yosef yeshiva in Lutsk).
See Hebrew description for a detailed listing of each letter.
Background
At the outbreak of World War I, when Russia annexed eastern Poland, including Bialystok where the Novardok yeshiva headed by R. Avraham Yoffen was located, the yeshiva students who refused to live under the Soviet regime fled to Vilna. When the Russians invaded Lithuania, the yeshiva students again fled to Biržai while attempting to attain visas to countries that were not occupied by the Germans or the Soviets. While R. Avraham Yoffen and a limited number of students managed to attain visas to the United States, the remaining students were offered Soviet citizenship; when they refused, they were deported to labor camps in Siberia (most of those students who were not deported were later murdered by the Nazis).
8 letters (six on postcards). Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Last letter in fair-poor condition (written on thin paper, with open tears and damage, affecting text).
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