(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 290

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

Letter to the rabbis responsible for Kollel Vilna and Kovno concerning financial arrangements. Stamped and signed "Samuel Salant," Chief Rabbi of the Aschkenazic Community of Jerusalem (n.d.). Single side. * Letter on stationary of Talmud-Thora-School & Jeshibath Etz-Hajim and Bicur-Cholim-Hospital, Jerusalem, dated 25th Tishri 1905, addressed to gabba'ei tzedakah [those responsible for the disbursement of charity] in the city of Chicago. Stamped Isaac Blaser and Samuel Salant and signed by Isaac Blaser . pp. (3) + 1 integral blank. Black ink on paper

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

The second letter, sent to Chicago, alludes to a financial controversy. As a solution, it has been decided that the shada"r [emissary] from Jerusalem, Rabbi M.M. Mendelson be recalled and replaced by another Jerusalemite emissary. Hope is expressed that the case not to be taken before "er[ka'oth] sh[el] g[oyim]," i.e. the non-Jewish court in Chicago. In addition to Rabbis Salant and Blaser, several prominent lay leaders affixed their signatures, including Joel Moses Salomon, famed founder of Petach Tikvah. R. Isaac Blaser (1837-1907), known as "R. Itzeleh Peterburger" (referring to the fact that he served as Rabbi of St. Petersburg), was the chief disciple of R. Israel Salanter, founder of the East European Musar Movement. Beside publishing the ethical writings of his mentor under the title "Or Yisrael," Blaser authored a halachic work "Peri Yitzchak." In 1904, he retired to Jerusalem, assuming there responsibility for various communal organizations. See EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 1072-1073