(EUROPEAN RABBIS).

AUCTION 61 | Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 259

(EUROPEAN RABBIS).

A group of c. 20 letters from European Rabbis all written to Rabbi Joseph Rosen. Including: Two Autograph Letters Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Zuckerman, Rosh Yeshiva in Bialystok. “I hear that you are not satisfied in America and wish to return to Poland. Do not even think of returning to such an abnormal country. Perhaps emigrate to the Holy Land.” Recounts financial difficulties, concerns for his unwed daughters and inquires about a position for himself in America. 1924. * Autograph Letter Signed by Rabbi Menachem Krakowski of Vilna (brother-in-law of R. Moshe Soloveitchik), seeking financial aid for his relative the widow of R. Ben Zion Mitovsky of Lebedova who was murdered in a pogrom. Vilna, 19th Adar, 1927. * Secretarial Letter on letterhead of R. Elchanan Waserman concerning the Baranowitch Yeshiva. Baranowitch, 1929. * Autograph Letter Signed from R. Rosen’s relative Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Barilkowski of Narewka. * Typed Letter Signed by R. Yaakov Moshe Charlap and R. Shalom Nathan Ranan Kook. Concerning the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva and the condition of the Torah world after the Holocaust. Jerusalem, 1944. * Typed Letter Signed by R. Yechezkel Sarna of the Hebron Yeshiva. Jerusalem, 1950. * Plus a group of letters from the Keren Hayesod of Poland, the Ezrath Torah office in Warsaw and the Mizrachi Organization in Bialystok.

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Est: $1,500 - $2,500