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Collection of Letters and Documents – Munkacs Kollel in Jerusalem – 1920s-1940s
Opening: $700
Sold for: $1,750
Including buyer's premium
Large assorted collection of about 80 letters, drafts and documents – from the archive of the scribe and secretary of the Munkacs kollel in Jerusalem, R. Menachem Bentzion Shapiro, author of Or Shivat HaYamim. Jerusalem and Munkacs, ca. 1920s-1940s.
A rare and extensive historical documentation of the Tiferet Tzvi kollel of the Munkacs community in Jerusalem in the 1920s-1940s. The collection includes letters sent to the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs and the directors of the kollel in Munkacs, lists of beneficiaries, authorizations, receipts, contracts and various documents, most written on the kollel's official stationery – representing the kollel's administration in Eretz Israel, appointment of officials, disputes and disagreements, distribution of funds, building of Batei Munkacs and other topics.
The collection also includes many letters from the Shapiro family (including his son, R. David Shapiro, author of Bnei Tzion, and his brother-in-law R. Yitzchak Frankel of Khust, a member of the Jerusalem Beit Din), addressed to and from Munkacs and Jerusalem.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of the contents of the collection.
80 paper items. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair condition. Some items in poor condition, with large dampstains affecting text, and open tears affecting text.
Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut