Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Large Collection of Letters – Rabbis and Rebbes – 1911-1983
Opening: $600
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of over 30 letters from rebbes, rabbis and Torah scholars, from various countries at various time periods, addressed to various recipients. Eretz Israel, Poland, Galicia, England, Belgium, United States, Brazil and elsewhere. Ca. 1911-1983.
The collection includes letters from:
• R. Yisrael Aharon Katz Englander, head of the Frysztak Beit Din (disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova). • R. Eliezer Lipa Weisblum (author of Divrei Eliezer, a descendant of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, rabbi of the Anshei Lizhensk community in New York). • A letter addressed to the Rebbe of Boyan, mentioning the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva and its rabbi [R. Meir Shapiro, shortly before his death], Daf Yomi, Agudat Yisrael and other topics. • R. Matityahu Yechezkel Guttman, Rabbi of Leova. • R. Eliyahu Labin, Stryi (Galicia). • Rebbe Aryeh Mordechai Rabinowitz of Porisov, Rabbi of Bnei Brak, dayan and posek in Jerusalem. • Rebbe Yitzchak Yoel Rabinowitz of Monistrich-Linitz. • R. Moshe Shapiro-Horowitz, Rabbi of Zawichost. • Rebbe Avraham Yosef Yoska Gottesman of Ozheran-Jassy-Leshkovitz. • Rebbe Chaim Kanner of Shinova. • R. Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky, head of the Hanover Beit Din (cousin of the Imrei Emet of Ger, member of the Batei Din of Hanover and Bergen-Belsen after the Holocaust). • Rebbe Naftali Chaim Adler of Dzhikov (son-in-law of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz and stepson of the Mekor Baruch of Seret-Vizhnitz-Haifa). • And more.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of letters.
36 letters. Varying size and condition.
Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut