Group of c. 13 letters and documents related to Mandate-era Safed.

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 65
(SAFED).

Group of c. 13 letters and documents related to Mandate-era Safed.

Including, (see below):

Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $450
<<*>> Six autograph letters by R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. Rabbi, artist and communal leader. <<*>> Autograph letter by R. Abraham Leib Silberman. <<*>> Letter from local branch of Agudath Israel to British Police department reacting to murder of four police officers by Arabs. 1936. <<*>> Autograph letter from R. Avraham Chaim David Sofer of Drohobytch (1877-1937), president of Kollel Galicia. To R. Chaim Yisrael Eis of Zurich. Thanking for donation to Yeshivath Chasam Sofer. 1921. <<*>> Letter from R. Chaim Hager of Stanislav to R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. 1930. <<*>> Two anonymous communications to R. Moshe Kleirs of Tiberias and 1 to Safed. <<*>> Document regarding financial support for the Chasam Sofer Yeshiva of Safed, along with manuscript delineating the terms of its merger with another institution.