A collection of 111 ‘Happy New Year’, ‘Gemar Chatima Tova’ and ‘Ketiva V’Chatima Tova’ cards. Most of the cards were produced in Israel, some in Lodz, Warsaw, Łęczyca, Ripon, Brooklyn and more. Cards with various illustrations, cards with greetings in Yiddish, cards in a special format (miniature) and more.
Most of the cards have happy new year greetings in handwriting or calligraphic print addressed to Rabbi Yitzchak Yedidya Frankel [Rabbi of the Florentin neighborhood of Tel Aviv and Chief Rabbi of the city of Tel Aviv from 1973], which were sent by various high ranking people, Rabbis, politicians and prominent people in Israeli and general society. Among them: The mayor of Tel Aviv Mordechai Namir, the Mayor of Tel Aviv Yisrael Rokach, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Binyamin Mintz, Rabbi Chaim David HaLevi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Rabbi of the Air Force – Rabbi Dov Cohen, Rabbi Yosef Shafran, Moshe Kraus cantor of the Ultra-Orthodox community in Brussels, and others.
Some of the envelopes are in the original envelopes they were sent in.
Average size: 10×6 cm.
Fine condition.