(AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS)

v.p.

v.d.

Group of seven letters. Including: I: ELIEZER GORDON OF TELZ. Four stereotyped pages, signed. Proposals in relation to a Rabbinic meeting in Vilna seeking new procedures for the ordination and appointment of Rabbis. 1899. II: JUDAH LEIB ZIRELSON OF PRILUKA (later, Kishinev). Autograph letter signed to Eliezer Gordon. 3pp. Concerning the certification of "official" Rabbis by the Ministry, with an understanding who are the genuine "spiritual Rabbis." He ends: "Hide this letter from all, even those you trust... You may write of this matter only to the our esteemed Rabbis (of Kovno, Brisk and Vilna) and to no-one else.” The first page reads, "Becherem DeRabeinu Gershom Le'zulatho", (“One who this letter, other than the addressee, transgresses the excommunication decree of Rabeinu Gershom“). Russia, 1909. III: YITZCHAK ISAAC HIRSCHOWITZ. Autograph letter, signed "yud-aleph-hei", to his brother-in-law Zalman Sorotzkin (both were sons-in-law of Eliezer Gordon). 1p. Family matters, including addendum by his wife. Lithuania, 1931. IV: ELIJAH MEIR BLOCH OF TELZ. Autograph Letter, signed, to his uncle Zalman Sorotzkin. 1p. Family matters concerning Baruch Sorotzkin. Cleveland, 1945. V: EZEKIEL ABRAMSKY. Autograph Letter, signed. 1p. Concerning “the attempts of foreign elements seeking to control Chinuch Atzmai...The collapse of Chinuch Atzmai is a great danger...” England, 1960. VI: ABRAHAM KALMANOWITZ. Autograph Letter, signed, to Zalman Sorotzkin. 1p. Concerning missionaries in the State of Israel, protesting the persecution of religious Jews and the role of Agudath Israel. New York, 1964