Important collection with about 160 wedding invitations from the families of foremost Torah personalities, Admors and prominent rabbis. Most of the invitations are from the 1940s and 50s, some are from the 1980s.
Includes: Invitation to the wedding of Rabbi Yaakov Edelstein ztz”l [deceased rabbi of Ramat HaSharon, who married his cousin Shulamit, the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Krol, rabbi of Kfar Chassidim in 1951]; invitation to the wedding of Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky [later Rosh Yesiva of Ponevezh] with the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Kaplan [Tamuz 1954]; invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky [the “Steipler”] with Rabbi Shlomo Berman [Av 1952]; invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv [Sara Rochel] with Rabbi Yisrael Yosef Yisraelson [Elul 1955]; invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach [Beila Rochel] with Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg [Elul 1954, later a prominent posek]; invitation to the wedding of the granddaughter of the Maggid of Mezeritch with Rabbi Yitzchak Meir HaKohen – grandson of Rabbi Elimelech Gordon, Kislev 1978; invitation to the wedding of the son of Rabbi Meir Karelitz [brother of the Chazon Ish] – Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz [founder and Rosh Kollel Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak – Kislev 1951; greetings to a bride and groom written and signed by Rabbi Yonah Merzbach, Rosh Yeshiva of Kol Torah and more.
Additionally includes tens of invitations to weddings from prominent families of rabbis and roshei yeshiva, including: Silberstein, Rottenberg, Landau, Markowitz, Brand, Sofer, Frank, Erlanger, Friedman, Diskin, Shechter, Arieli, Karelitz, Salant, Friedlander and others.
Almost all of these invitations were sent to various generations of the Carlebach family in Bnei Brak. Includes a number of bar mitzvah invitations. Varying sizes and conditions. Some of the invitations are stained – one side of some invitations are missing [generally, the side with the address and instructions on how to reach the event].
Overall fine condition.