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Letters of Rabbis and Handwritten Statutes of Yoshvei Yaavetz Yeshiva – Jerusalem, 1905 – Beit Midrash Established in Jerusalem for Hungarian Torah Scholars
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Group of three letters relating to the Yoshvei Yaavetz yeshiva, established in Jerusalem to support Torah scholars and learners from Hungary. Jerusalem, Av 1905:
• Large double leaf, with letter from yeshiva administration to donors, signed by yeshiva deans: R. Meir Yitzchak Friedman, R. Yosef Tzvi Wissenstern and R. Avraham Aharon HaLevi Prager; a letter (5 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, head of the Jerusalem Beit Din; letter (3 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld; letter (7 lines) with signatures and stamps of the Chassidic Beit Din in Jerusalem.
• Handwritten leaf with signatures of ten chairmen of the yeshiva committee, with handwritten and signed assent by R. Yosef Tzvi Wissenstern.
• Double leaf (4 written leaves), with a draft of yeshiva statutes.
3 items. Varying size and condition.
Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut