Important collection of [4] important and beautiful letters of rabbinic ordination and [1] letter of approbation, handwritten and signed by leading rabbis of Lithuania and Jerusalem in the previous century, Jerusalem, 1906-1972.
Beautiful letter of semichah entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by the gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib Rashkes, av beit din of Shnipshok, author of Even Leshem B’Dvir , Jerusalem? 1906. ” Yoreh yoreh, yadin yadin both in issur v’hetter and in financial law.” [1] leaf paper, 20 cm. Entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Rashkes. Moderate-fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks. Tear across the middle fold. Adhesions.
Especially beautiful letter of semichah entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by the geon hageonim , the gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin, av beit din of Moscow and Jerusalem; son of the Netzi”v of Volozhin. Jerusalem, 1911. ” V’chol min din samacho lana, yoreh yoreh, yadin, yadin … signing with the best of blessings, Wednesday, parashat ‘Asher Bercho Hashem’ … May Hashem protect you and be gracious to you … ” [1] leaf paper, 22 cm. Entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Chaim Berlin. Fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks. Tear in the middle fold. Adhesions.
Especially beautiful letter of semichah entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by the gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin, av beit din of Aleksat, (a suburb of Kovno). Jaffa, c. 1911 [chronogram: “עזר וישועה”]. “Blessed shall be the congregation who selects him to serve them.” [1] leaf paper, 21 cm. Entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Frumkin. Fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks. Adhesions.
Very beautiful letter of semichah entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by the gaon Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Broide, author of She’erit Chayim , av beit din of Nemoksht, Shvekshna and more. Jerusalem, [undated]. “It is good and proper for him to be a rabbi among the Jewish people – yoreh yoreh , yadin yadin .” [1] leaf paper, 21 cm. Entirely handwritten, signed and stamped by Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Broide. Fine condition except for a tear in the middle fold with remnants of tape.
Exceptionally beautiful letter of approbation, handwritten by the posek hador Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach for Sefer Be’er Yosef – especially interesting approbation. Jerusalem, 27 Tevet, 1972. “And I, the small one, was accustomed to hearing his words; they were most sweet to me. I pleaded with him to write them in a sefer so that the public could enjoy them. And now that I see that a good many of his words have been published under the title Be’er Yosef , my soul is most satisfied.” [1] leaf paper, 28 cm. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman’s official stationery, entirely handwritten by him. Very fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin , the gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib Rashkes , the gaon Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Broide , the gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin , the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach , and the gaon Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Salant.