Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew in a fine calligraphic rabbinic hand.

Auction 93 | Thursday, May 06th, 2021 at 1:00pm

K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 45

(JERUSALEM).

Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew in a fine calligraphic rabbinic hand.

On behalf of an avrech at the yeshiva of the Kollel Ungarn, R. Yosef Chaim Peril and his wife, who were both ill. With three sets of signed endorsements (see below). One page. Tall folio.

Jerusalem: Erev Shavu’oth 1922

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $750

With three sets of signed endorsements. The first, with a paragraph extolling the virtue of this cause, is signed by <<Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman>> (1842-1928), Rosh Yeshiva in Dunaszerdahely and Pápa in Hungary, before retiring to Batei Ungarin in Jerusalem in 1905. The second is a similar paragraph by <<Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld>> (1848-1932). After this is a note from the Beth Din Zedek of Jerusalem, signed by <<Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein>> (1841-1922) who served as the first head of the Eidah Charedith, <<Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank,>> and the Beth Din’s scribe, Rabbi Chaim Mandel.