(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

A huge archive of information in which the Ezrath Torah Organization record information pertaining to hundreds of communities across the globe. A small sample of names to whom charitable funds were transferred to: Chassidic dynasties including the Rebbes of Skver, Rachmastrivka, Tchernobel. The Twersky family, the Hager family of Vishnitz, Halberstam of Sanz, Ratzpert, Gorelitz, Rudnik, R. Ben Zion of Bobov, Stropkov. Friedman of the Ruzhiner dynasty, Teitelbaum, Stolin, Greenwald family, R. Levi Yitzchak of Tzelem, Rokeach and Jungreis. Rabbi J. I. Schneerson, Shmaria Noach Schneerson of Bobroisk and R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (father of the late Rebbe). R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, the Rogatchover Gaon R. Joseph Rosen, R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, R. Aaron Kotler, R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz, R. Shimon Shkop, R. Elchanan Wasserman, the Brisker Rav, R. Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik, his brother R. Moshe Soloveitchik, the latter's son R. J. B. Soloveitchik (then residing in Warsaw). Harav Shach, R. Jacob Kaminetsky, R. J. I. Ruderman, the Feinstein family, the Karelitz family including the Chazon Ish and his brother-in-law the Steipler, the Chofetz Chaim of Radin, Rabbis Kook and Sonnenfeld in Eretz Israel, R. Dessler in Kelm and many, many others. These ledgers are vitally important for genealogical study, as much detail is provided concerning family members. It is also most interesting to study the channels by which funds sent by Jews across America were subsequently dispersed. Accompanying this lot is a detailed description citing many of the more important entries to be found in these ledgers