Auction 98 · Lot 8
Collection of c. 7 Letters pertaining to the Old Yishuv during the Late Ottoman period.
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- $300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ERETZ ISRAEL).
Description
Including (see details below):
summary
* Handwritten copy of letter sent from Kollel America to R. Chaim of Brisk. 1900(?).
* Fundraising agreement between: Bikur Cholim Hospital, Va’ad Haklali D’Kolleloth Ha’Ashkenazim, Kollel Vilna VeZamot, Talmudei HaTorah. Signatures include those of: R. Chaim Ya’akov Shapira (ABD of the Ashkenazim Perushim), Yitzchak Charlap, Yoel Moshe Salomon, Asher Eliezer Loewy, Yechiel Michel Pines, Elimelech Perlman. 1902.
* Torah Novellae. Addressed to R. Mordechai Leib Rubin of Jerusalem. 1905.
* Halachic responsum addressed to R. Judah ibn Attar of Jerusalem. 1900.
* Rare joint letterhead of Rabbis Shmuel Salant and Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim. The two shared the position of Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi of Jerusalem for less than four years, between 1901 and 1905.
* Balance sheet on letterhead of the Jacob Valero & Co. Bank. 1912. Torn.
* Receipt from the Kollel America: Tifereth Yerushalayim.

