Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Document Pertaining to the Registration of "Hekdesh" in the Meah She’arim Neighborhood - With the Signatures of About 68 Rabbis and Homeowners - Jerusalem, 1912
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Handwritten leaf, recording a decision on how to register the mikvaot of Meah She’arim in the land registry office as Waqf (Hekdesh, donated property), signed by approx. 65 of the neighborhood homeowners, with the authorization of the Beit Din and signatures of three dayanim. Jerusalem, Adar 1912.
Heading the list of signees is the rabbi of the neighborhood, R. "Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz, residing here in Meah She’arim". At the foot of the second page of signatures, Beit Din authorization signed by the dayanim R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, with the signature of the Beit Din scribe R. Chaim Mendel Safra.
R. Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz (1820-1916) was the son-in-law of R. David Tevele of Minsk, author of Nachalat David. He served as rabbi of Dubrowna for 18 years. In 1883, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he was considered one of the foremost Torah scholars. He was the founder and dean of the Meah She’arim yeshiva and boys’ school in Meah She’arim. He merited longevity and passed away in 1916. He authored Kelilat Shaul, Mitzpeh Shaul and other works.
R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein (1841-1922), head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, was a disciple of the Ketav Sofer. In 1864, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he became an associate and disciple of the Maharil Diskin, studying under him together with a group of leading Torah scholars in Jerusalem. In 1903, he was appointed dayan in R. Shmuel Salant’s Beit Din in Jerusalem, and in 1908, became the head of the Beit Din. After the passing of R. Shmuel Salant, the official position of rabbi of Jerusalem remained vacant for over a decade, during which R. Moshe Nachum became the de facto leader of Jerusalem’s Orthodox community and its official representative before the authorities. In 1920, when the Beit Din of the Eda HaCharedit was established, R. Moshe Nachum went to serve as its head, alongside his colleague R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the rabbi. Some of his halachic responsa were published in the book Bnei Moshe (Jerusalem, 1990).
R. Tzvi Pesach Frank (1873-1961), a leading posek and rabbi in his times. An outstanding Torah scholar, renowned for his prodigious diligence. He studied in the Lithuanian yeshivot, and immigrated to Jerusalem in his youth. In 1908, he became a dayan in the Beit Din of R. Shmuel Salant, and in 1935, he was appointed rabbi of Jerusalem. His teachings were published in the series of books: Har Tzvi, Mikra’ei Kodesh and others.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 29 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks.
Heading the list of signees is the rabbi of the neighborhood, R. "Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz, residing here in Meah She’arim". At the foot of the second page of signatures, Beit Din authorization signed by the dayanim R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein and R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, with the signature of the Beit Din scribe R. Chaim Mendel Safra.
R. Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz (1820-1916) was the son-in-law of R. David Tevele of Minsk, author of Nachalat David. He served as rabbi of Dubrowna for 18 years. In 1883, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he was considered one of the foremost Torah scholars. He was the founder and dean of the Meah She’arim yeshiva and boys’ school in Meah She’arim. He merited longevity and passed away in 1916. He authored Kelilat Shaul, Mitzpeh Shaul and other works.
R. Moshe Nachum Wallenstein (1841-1922), head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, was a disciple of the Ketav Sofer. In 1864, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he became an associate and disciple of the Maharil Diskin, studying under him together with a group of leading Torah scholars in Jerusalem. In 1903, he was appointed dayan in R. Shmuel Salant’s Beit Din in Jerusalem, and in 1908, became the head of the Beit Din. After the passing of R. Shmuel Salant, the official position of rabbi of Jerusalem remained vacant for over a decade, during which R. Moshe Nachum became the de facto leader of Jerusalem’s Orthodox community and its official representative before the authorities. In 1920, when the Beit Din of the Eda HaCharedit was established, R. Moshe Nachum went to serve as its head, alongside his colleague R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the rabbi. Some of his halachic responsa were published in the book Bnei Moshe (Jerusalem, 1990).
R. Tzvi Pesach Frank (1873-1961), a leading posek and rabbi in his times. An outstanding Torah scholar, renowned for his prodigious diligence. He studied in the Lithuanian yeshivot, and immigrated to Jerusalem in his youth. In 1908, he became a dayan in the Beit Din of R. Shmuel Salant, and in 1935, he was appointed rabbi of Jerusalem. His teachings were published in the series of books: Har Tzvi, Mikra’ei Kodesh and others.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 29 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks.
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