Collection of 5 letters and documents and a postcard addressed to R. Joseph Nechemia Kornitzer of Cracow, relating to the Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin and other matters concerning Polish Jewry.

Includes: I: Autograph Letter, Signed in Hebrew dated 1930, personally inviting R. Joseph Nechemia Kornitzer, the Rabbi of Cracow to attend the opening ceremony of the Yeshiva Chachmei Lublin. II: Printed Letter concerning the festive opening of the Yeshiva and a request to participate “in my pain and shame,” against the Gabbaim of the Kollel R. Meir Baal Ha’ness, who protested against the collection boxes of the Yeshiva stating that it was prohibited to place other collection boxes together with theirs. R. Meir Shapiro reply, Teshuva Ke’halacha, (also present in this collection) is of great historical importance and erudition, quoting the Chidushei Ha’rim and the Sephath Emeth that more than one collection box is permitted. III: Draft of Rabbi Kornitzer’s response to the invitation, giving extensive blessings on the event although he could not attend personally. As to the collection box issue, he gives a full page dissenting response, stating that although Chachmei Lublin is a worthy cause, if a collection box were permitted, then they would proliferate even from questionable causes and thus damagingthe take and honor of Kupath Ramban. III: Types Letter, Signed in Hebrew by Rabbis Meir Shapiro and Isaac Meir Levin dated 1930, inviting Rabbi Kornitzer to a meeting concerning a religius bloc for elections to the Polish Seim and Senate. IV: Autograph postcard, Signed in Hebrew by Rabbi Abraham Shapiro, the brother R. Meir.