Huge collection of over 240 letters, from rabbis, tzedakah collectors and philanthropists around the world: United States and Canada, Europe and Russia, and various countries. [Ca. 1880-1920s].

Most of the letters in the present collection are addressed to R. Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of Jerusalem. Some are also addressed to the other rabbis who assisted him in administering the city's tzedakah funds: R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet); R. Yitzchak Blazer of St. Petersburg; R. Chaim Berlin of Moscow; R. Dov Ber Abramowitz and other rabbis and tzedakah collectors from the Vaad HaKlali and other institutions in the city.

See Hebrew description for a partial list of senders.

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 pragmatic approach to halachic ruling and in running communal matters in Jerusalem and worldwide.

Over 240 letters. Varying size and condition. The collection has not been thoroughly examined, and is being sold as is.