Auction No. 094
Rare Books & Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters, Zionism, Erez Israel, Judiaca objects & art, numismatics & archeology
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Words of encouragement said by the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh Rabbi Gershon Edelstein at the end of his lecture, with glosses and corrections in the margins in his handwriting.
[1] printed paper leaf. 30*21cm. Amongst other matters he refers to the violent acts carried out by the opposing side in the well-known argument which rips the Ponovezh Yeshiva into two. It is possible that a number of words which were added on the back of the leaf are in Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's handwriting.
In his words the Rosh Yeshiva emphasizes the importance of a person who closes his mouth during an argument, and does not respond to those who disagree with him despite how difficult this is.
Very fine condition.
A letter of request to a fundraising organization to save the Yeshiva world in the Land of Israel, with the signature of the Heads and Directors of Yeshivot from all sectors, from members of the Old Yishuv to the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva. 1957.
[1] leaf, 32*21cm. Typewritten.
The proclamation was sent to Rabbi E[liyahu Leon] Young by the organization of yeshivot which was organized by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. The Rosh Yeshivas approach him as the result of a plan to have a fundraising dinner to save the Yeshivot due to their critical financial condition. They encourage the plans to organize a joint dinner for all of the yeshivot.
Amongst the signees, the head and directors of: Beit Avraham – Slonim, with the handwritten signature of Rabbi Shalom Noach Berezovsky [later the Slonimer Rebbe]; Porat Yosef with the handwritten signature of Rabbi Ezra Sharim; Shevet Sofer Yeshiva – Pressburg; Beit Yosef Zvi-Dushinsky Yeshiva; Kol Torah Yeshiva; Tiferet Yisrael Yeshiva in Haifa, alongside the Yishuv HaChadash Yeshiva of Tal Aviv, and the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva of Kfar Haroeh, and more.
A letter of great historical significance. Fine condition.
![A Collection of Postcards in the Handwriting of Rabbi David Sperber. Romania, 1920's-40's [9]](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/Sale94-public/39517.jpg)
A collection of postcards Rabbinical correspondence in the handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi David Shperber Av Beit Din of Brasov. Romania, 1920-40's.
[9] stamped postcards, all addressed to Rabbi Chaim Leib Lerner, originally in Leordina, Romania and later in New York. Rabbinical correspondence of Torah thoughts and regarding the publishing of his books.
Rabbi David Shperber (1877-1962) was known as "The Gaon of Brasov". Author of the responsa Afarsekta D'Anya, was one of the greatest responders to questions of halacha in pre-war Romania, he learned the revealed Torah from Rabbi Arik and Chassidut from the Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Hager of Kosov, the Rebbe later appointed him to edit his important book "Leket Ani". Immigrated to Israel and was a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah until his death.
Fine general condition.
![A Collection of Rabbinic Letters Regarding the Individual and the Collective [20]](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/Sale94-public/39173.jpg)
A collection of approximately 20 Rabbinic letters on topics of the individual and the whole nation.
Amongst the letters is a letter from Rabbi Chizkiyahu Mishkovsky Av Beit Din of Krink; Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, Av Beit Din of Mattersdorf; a leaf of Torah novaelle in the handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein; a letter from the Roshei Yeshiva of the Me'ah She'arim Yeshiva, led by the Rabbi of Teplik; a long letter from Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Edelstein the father of the great brothers Rabbi Yaakov Edelstein, the Rabbi of Ramat HaSharon and Rabbi Gerson Edelstein the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh; letters with the signatures of the Rebbes Rabbi Mordechai Shalom Yosef of Sadigora, and Rabbi Yaakov Friedman of Husiyatin; the signatures of the sages of Jerusalem Rabbi Yisrael Zev Mintzberg, Rabbi Yonah Romm, Rabbi Eliyahu Romm, Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Amram Blau; a letter from Rabbi Yaakov Landau Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak regarding supervision of the matza baking on the intermediary days of Pesach 1946; a list in the handwriting of "the Tzadik of Ra'anana", the Kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Hoberman and more.
Varying conditions, fine, very fine.
A letter from Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski to Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog. 1936.
[1] official paper leaf, 21*28cm. A long and important letter written by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, one of the great Rabbis and prominent leaders of Eastern European Jewry in the pre-Holocaust period. The letter is written by a scribe, and at the end Rabbi Chaim Ozer added a blessing in his handwriting and signed in his handwriting.
At the beginning of the letter Rabbi Chaim Ozer writes that he will certainly not do anything in London without the agreement of Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky. Later in the letter he writes about the government's prohibition against transferring money abroad. He later responds to Rabbi Herzog on a halachic question which he asked about burglaries done by non-Jews.
Very Fine condition.
A letter on Torah topics which was sent to Rabbi Aryeh Leib HaCohen [Heller] author of the 'Ketzot HaChoshen', in which are comments on his book, the writer addresses the author as 'His beloved friend'. Mogilev, 1792.
[1] leaf, 21.5*17.5cm.
The letter was sent after the first part of the book Ketzot HaChoshen was published, and before the second part was published. The writer describes the author of the Ketzot HaChoshen with dramatic descriptions, and it seems that they knew each other well and were friends.
The entire letter deals with Torah novaelle and comments on the book Ketzot HaChoshen. The letter is not signed, but there is no doubt that its writer was a Torah scholar of stature. It is possible that the writer was the Rabbi of Mogilev in this period, Rabbi Zev Wolf son of Rabbi Hillel, who was known as Reb Wolf Reb Hillels, the author of the book Tosefet Meruba on the Mishna, refer Otzar HaRabbanim 5476.
On the back of the leaf are various writings and signatures.
Age stains. Slight tears in the margins with no lack of text. Folding signs. Fair condition.
An archive of letters and documents from the family of the Baumgarten Rabbis, Vienna – Jerusalem.
Some 25 letters from Rabbi Yosef Baumgarten from Vienna, which he sent to his son Rabbi David Zvi, and to his other sons and daughter. The letters to Rabbi David Zvi mainly deal with Torah thoughts, alongside interesting content. On one postcard he writes to his son David Zvi about his visit to the Belzer Rebbe when he stayed in Vienna for medical purposes, and that the Rebbe asked after him.
Approximately 15 documents about the immigration of the Baumgarten family to Jerusalem, especially Rabbi David Zvi Baumgarten who immigrated to Israel in 1939.
Rabbi Yosef Baumgarten, Av Beit Din of the Schiff Shul of Vienna, was born in 1864 in Helishoya, and was a student of the Chatam Sofer. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber Stern of Szerdahely. Published articles in 'Tel Talpiot', died in 1933.
A letter from Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman regarding an orphan girl who wants to learn in the teachers' seminary in Krakow, and Rabbi Elchanan requests that they take her condition into consideration and give her a reduction in the school fees.
[1] Official postcard of the Ohel Torah Yeshiva of Baranowitz. 11*15cm. Entirely in his handwriting and with his signature.
Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman (1875-1941), Rosh Yeshiva of the Ohel Torah Yeshiva in Baranowitz, one of the great Rosh Yeshivas and Torah teachers of Lithuania in the pre-Holocaust generation, the Chofetz Chaim's main assistant in preserving the foundations of the religion and a dynamic activist in Agudat Yisrael. His scholarly books Kovetz He'arot and Kovetz Shiurim, are vital learning material in the Yeshiva world, and his philosophical articles are the cornerstone of a Torah worldview.
Here we see his concern for a Jewish girl who, despite being lacking in means is worthy of learning, become certified and succeeding.
A slight crease in the corner. A few stains. Very Fine condition.
A letter from Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung which was sent whilst he was in Kobe, Japan, during his escape from the Nazis in the Second World War.
[1] paper leaf. 21*16cm. Written on both sides in his handwriting and with his signature. In the letter he describes the terrible condition in which they are found, and begs in his name and his friends names to find a solution to bring them to America. In addition, he expresses his frustration and displeasure about the lack of response from the addressee and about his ignoring the suffering of his former friend in the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung an incredible genius with an outstanding memory, one of the choice students of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva and a close and beloved student of the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin. During the Second World War he succeeded in escaping to Shanghai, in 1941 he arrived in Canada and served as the Rabbi of the Montreal community and as a member of the American Board of Rabbis.
Very Fine condition.
* Letter sent by Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg of Warsaw to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. [1928].
[1] postcard, 9x14 cm. In his hand and with his signature. The letter is crammed with honorifics for Rabbi Yosef Chaim. He signs: חיים יעקב נפתלי בן חי' קילא.
* Draft of a letter to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, written by Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg.
* Lengthy letter sent by Chaya Kayla Zilberberg, mother of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg, to her son. Jerusalem, [1893]. It seems that the mother moved to Jerusalem while her son remained in Warsaw.
Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg (1850-1930) was the grandson of the "Zayit Ra'anan." He was a moreh tzedek in Warsaw for many years and was known as "Rabbi Naftali Warshauer." He was close to the Gaon of Chechnov and the Sefat Emmet. He visited Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and was a friend of the Chafetz Chaim. He studied, proofread, and explained the works of the Mahar"il Tzintz and asked to be buried next to him. His Torah is printed in Divrei Chaim (1931) and Anfei Zayit (1932).
The letters are in fine condition.
![Important collection of rabbinic letters [10]](https://winners-files.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/Sale94-public/39507.jpg)
Ten letters from rabbis in communities throughout the Diaspora, regarding various subjects.
Including:
*Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, av"d and Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, to his son Rabbi Rafael Shapiro of Volozhin (son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and author of Torat Rafael). * Letter in the hand and with the signature of Rabbi Chaim Berlin. * Letter from Rabbi Shmuel Zalman Landau, av"d of Halusk and close friend of Rabbi Baruch Ber (mentioned in his Birkat Shmuel on Bava Kama) * Letter in German from Rabbi Yitzchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger, av"d Wurzburg from 1865. * Letter with a halachic question from a community rabbi, sent to Rabbi Shlomo Kluger. * Letter from Rabbi Gershon Stern, av"d Marash-Ludash, author of the Yalkut HaGershoni. * Copy of a letter sent by the Lomza community, under the leadership of the Maharil Diskin, to Montefiore. This copy was made by the Lomza community leader and bears the original stamp of the Lomza beit din.
Various conditions, moderate-fine.
Letter from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook. Jerusalem, [1933].
[1] letterhead. 13.5x21 cm. All in his hand and with his signature.
The letter discusses a request for an immigration certificate to Palestine. Rabbi Kook requests to hasten the process due to tragic circumstances.
Fold mark. Filing holes. Fine condition.