Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Large Collection of Letters of Rabbis and Torah Scholars – Hungary and Romania – Ca. 1900's-1950's
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Large assorted collection of over 90 letters handwritten signed by rabbis and Torah scholars, shochatim and tzedakah collectors, Chassidim and distinguished individuals. Hungary and Transylvania, Romania and the region, ca. 1900s-1950s.
Most letters on postcards.
The collection includes letters from:
• R. Moses Chaim HaLevi Litch-Rosenbaum, Rabbi of Kisvárda (1864-1942), addressed to R. Pinchas Chaim Klein, Rabbi of Seleuș.
• R. Chaim HaLevi Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Jassy (1861-1942).
• R. Shmuel Segal Austerlitz, Rabbi of Miskolc.
• R. Yehoshua Gins, Rabbi of Apc (1902-1944), addressed to R. Tzvi Hirsch Ferber of London.
• R. Yitzchak Tzvi Sofer, Rabbi of Fabric, Timișoara (1888-1966).
• R. Ze'ev Wolf Glattstein, Rabbi of Kráľovský Chlmec and the region (1872-1944).
• R. Zusman Katz Stern (author of Tosafot Yom Tov on Tehillim).
• R. Yisrael Goldman, preacher and rabbi of Oradea (ca. 1870-1943).
• R. Yaakov Shmuel Elias, Rabbi of Gerlachov.
• And many others. Some have not yet been studied and identified.
See Hebrew description for a partial list of letters.
96 letters. Varying size and condition.
Letters – Hungarian Rabbis
Letters – Hungarian Rabbis