Collection of c. 167 Autograph Letters by Rabbis Dov Ber Abramowitz and Solomon Joseph Eliach of New York to Rabbi Samuel Salant of Jerusalem. Most on headed paper, dated, stamped and signed. In Hebrew.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

New York

1897-

Concerning the Central Charity Committee- Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Fund

Collection of letters concerning the administration and internal politics involved in the collection of funds for the poor residents of Jerusalem by the the "Vaad Haklali" (Central Charity Committee) presided by Rabbi Samuel Salant. Of note, is an extended disagreement between the Central Committee and the newly founded Kollel America, established by Rabbi Moses Hirsch Hochstein and supported by Rabbi Joshua Leib Diskin to aid Americans resident in Jerusalem