Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

ABUHATZEIRA, MEIR

(“Baba Meir” 1917-83). Autograph Letter written in Hebrew in purple ink on letterhead to Rabbi Avraham Elasri (Lasri). With Abridged Signature.

Erfoud, Morocco, 1954

ABUHATZEIRA, YISRAEL

(Baba Sali, 1889-1984). Manuscript Signed (twice).

Erfoud, Tafilalet (Morocco), n.d

ADLER, PINCHAS

(Rabbi of Radvanka, author of Pnei Chesed, 1872-c. 1930). Autograph Postcard Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.

Radvanka, (near Ungvar/Uzhhorod, Czechoslovakia), 1927

(AMERICAN RABBIS).

Group of c. 19 Autograph Letters Signed all written in Hebrew or Yiddish by rabbinic leaders and laymen in the United States. Primarily 1920’s.

ARCHIVOLTI, SHMUEL

(Italian rabbi, grammarian and poet, 1515-1611). Autograph Responsum Signed, written in Hebrew. Addressed to: “The finest of sages, S.L.”

Padua, 1607

(BELZ).

Collection of Letters, Manuscripts and Documents with Torah and stories pertaining to Grand-Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz (1880-1957).

Jerusalem, 1950’s-60’s

(BELZ).

Yeshiva d’Chassidei Belz - Sepher Kupah Keren HaBinyan. Ledger listing donors to the construction of Belz’s flagship Jerusalem Yeshiva, updated daily for three years.

Jerusalem, 3rd Tishrei, 1950 - 26th Kislev, 1953

BENGIS, ZELIG REUVEN

<<& ISSER ZALMAN MELTZER & SHIMSHON AHARON POLANSKY.>> Three letters in support of the Miphal Ezra LeNitzrachim Organization. First two are fully autograph and signed along with stamp, the last is typed and signed along with stamp.

Jerusalem, 1945

(CHABAD).

Group of c. 35 letters and documents related to Chabad Chassiduth in Eretz Israel, c. 1960-1980. Many to or from <<R. Shmuel Menachem Mendel Schneerson.>>

(CHASSIDISM).

Collection of c. 14 printed invitations to various Chassidic weddings. Many with autograph letters attached.

(CHASSIDISM).

Group of c. 20 Autograph Letters Signed Letters, all late 20th-century Chassidic leaders.

(CHASSIDISM).

Collection of c. 45 Autograph Letters Signed and other Documents. All from various Chassidic leaders.

1930-2000

CHODOROW, MORDECHAI

(The Imrei Baruch of Kolomea, 1867-1937). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to R. Shlomo Roth.

Budapest, 1919

DESSLER, ELIYAHU ELIEZER

(Leader of Gateshead and Ponevezh Yeshivas, 1891-1954). Autograph Postcard written in Hebrew to L. Skolsky (Eliyahu Eliezer (Lazarus) Skolsky).

London, 1933

(DIASPORA JEWRY).

Four Letters from exotic parts of the Jewish world: Tehran, Kutaisi, Joanina & Lima.

DUSCHINSKY, YOSEPH ZVI

(First Rebbe of Dushinsky and Head of the Eidah HaChareidis in Jerusalem, 1867-1948). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead on letterhead to to members of Palestine’s Agudath Israel.

Jerusalem, 1941

EHRENFELD, SHMUEL

(The Mattersdorfer Rav, 1891-1980). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to R. Binyamin Wolf Singer.

n.p, c. 1930’s

EPSTEIN, MOSHE

(Grand Rabbi of Ozerov - Chantzin, 1889-1971). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead.

Tel Aviv, n.d

EPSTEIN, YOSEPH ALTER HALEVI

(Of Magrov / Ozheron, 1835-99). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Meir.

Magrov, 1877

(ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS).

Group of c. 55 Letters, primarily from Lithuanian Yeshiva Heads and Rabbis in Eretz Israel.

1950’s-1990’s

(ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS).

Group of c. 17 Autograph Letters / receipts, all signed, from Sephardic Rabbis in Israel, latter half of the 20th century.

(ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS).

Group of c. 67 Autograph Letters and Documents by Community Rabbis in Israel. Most on official rabbinic letterhead.

(ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS).

Group of c. 29 Letters and Documents by Chief Rabbis of Israel and of Tel-Aviv.

(ERETZ ISRAEL RABBIS).

Group of c. 47 printed documents with manuscript additions stemming from various Israeli rabbinical courts. Most documents with rabbinical autographs.

Israel, 1940-1985

ETTINGER, ISAAC AARON SEGAL

(Head of Kollel Oesterreich-Galicia, author of Responsa Maharya HaLevi, 1827-1891). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew to Rabbi Moshe (Chara’g) Zeiger.

Lemberg, 1871

(EUROPEAN RABBIS).

Group of c. 16 Autograph Letters and Documents from Europe.

20th-century

EVEN-LAPIDOTH, ALEXANDER MOSHE

(Av Beth Din of Raseyn, 1819-1906). <<AND:>> Yechiel Michel Wolfson (Av Beth Din of Yanishok, 1844-99). Two Autograph Letters Signed (attached), written in Hebrew to R. Yoseph Zechariah Stern of Shavel (author of Zechor Yoseph).

Yanishok (Joniškis, Lithuania), 1885

FRIEDMAN, YISROEL

(Grand Rebbe of Tchortkov, 1854-1934). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Residents of Boro Park, New York.”

Vienna, 1928

FRIEDMAN, YISROEL CHAIM

(Rabbi of Rakhiv and author of Likutei Maharya’ch, 1859-1922). Public Letter Signed.

Rakhiv, Ukraine, 1905

FRIEDMAN, YITZCHOK

(Admor of Bohush-Shpikov, 1903-92). Autograph postcard (unsigned) written to “Mrs. H. Twersky.”

Bohush (Buhusi), Romania; November 1928., 1928

GANZFRIED, SHLOMO

(Author of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, 1804-86). Autograph Manuscript Signed, written in Hebrew.

Ungvar (Uzhorod), Austro-Hungary, 1870

GOLDMAN, SHLOMO

(“Reb Shlomkeh,” the fourth Admor of Zvhil, 1869-1945). Certificate of deposit, Signed. Written in Hebrew to the governors of Otzar HaChesed Keren Shmuel (Free Loan Fund).

Jerusalem, 1931

GRODZENSKI, CHAIM OZER

(Spiritual leader of Lithuanian Jewry, 1863-1940). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to R. Moshe Blau (head of Agudath Israel, Jerusalem).

Vilna, 1933

GRUNWALD, MOSHE

(The "Arugas HaBosem,” 1853–1910). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to his student, Yechezkel Yoel.

Chust, n.d

GUTTMACHER, ELIYAHU

(Of Greidetz (Graetz), 1795-1874). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Zev Hertzfeld and leaders of the community of Neustrelitz, Germany.

Greidetz (Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland), 1865

HALBERSTAM, BEN-ZION

(The Kedushas Tzion, Second Grand Rebbe of Bobov, 1874-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Mordechai Segal.

Bobov, 1925

HALBERSTAM, ELISHAH

(Grand Rebbe of Sanz, 1859-1941). Letter Signed, with stamp, written in Hebrew.

Görlitz, 1934

HALBERSTAM, YA’AKOV

(Rebbe of Chakova-Sanz, 1896-1967). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to M.L. Landau in Breslau.

Cologne, 1929

HERZOG, YITZCHAK ISAAC HALEVI.

(Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1888-1959). Group of seven: <<*>> Autograph Letter Signed. 1939. <<*>> Three Typed Letters Signed. 1938-49 <<*>> Three others (printed appeals).

HILDESHEIMER, AZRIEL

(Moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany, 1820-99). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in German (with some Hebrew) to <<Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch>> (1808-88) in Frankfurt.

Berlin, n.d

HOROWITZ, ARYEH LEIBUSH

(Rabbi of Stanislav, author of Responsa Harei Besamim, 1847-1909). Autograph Letter Signed.

Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), 1906

(HUNGARY).

Autograph Beth Din verdict followed by signatures of Dayanim:

Pest, 1951

(JERUSALEM).

Pages from the ledger of a “chalukah” – an organization that distributed funds to the Jewish communities of Eretz Israel. These pages specify donations earmarked for particular named individuals.

1859-60

(JERUSALEM).

Call for Torah Assembly. Typed Letter Signed, written in Hebrew by twenty leading rabbis of Jerusalem (listed below).

Jerusalem, 1943

(JERUSALEM).

Va’adath Kevi’uth Itim LaTorah [“Committee for Establishing Torah Study Times.”]

Jerusalem, 1943-4

KADOURIE, YITZHAK

(Kabbalist, 1899-2006). Typed Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Menachem Porush.

(Jerusalem), 1978

KAHN, AVROHAM YITZCHAK

(Admor of Toldoth Aharon, 1914-1996). Group of three letters: Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed.

Jerusalem

KANNER, AVROHOM ABBISH

(Admor of Tshechov-Haifa, 1894-1984). Autograph Letter Signed (aerogramme), written in Hebrew to the Agudath HaRabonim of America and Canada.

Haifa, 1956

KLUGER, SHLOMO

(Of Brody, 1785-1869). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Chaim Nathan Dembitzer of Cracow.

Brody, 1859

KOOK, AVRAHAM YITZCHAK HAKOHEN

(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1865-1935). Autograph Letter Signed, writter in Hebrew on letterhead to the Fifteenth Zionist Congress.

Jerusalem, 1927