b'207 (ISRAEL,LANDOF.)YaakovMeirb.Avraham Moshe Lehren and Zalman b. Yehuda Ber Rubens of the the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society. Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Yitzchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger the Wrzburger Rav and R. Avraham Wechsler of Schwabach. Discusses an unscrupulous charity collector who misappropriated funds for himself that was due to be given to the indigent Jews living in Eretz Israel. Provides details concerning disputes between Sephardic and Ashkenazic agents sent to collect funds in America. Due to these problems only monies received in New York are acceptable. Also notes that a collector sent by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gaguin to America died while in transit in London. pp. 4 (including address panel). Edges expertly repaired touching a few letters. 4to. Amsterdam, 18th Shevat, 1850. $1500 - $2500Inordertoorganizeandsimplifythesystem bywhichmoneywasraisedinwealthierJewish communities to benet indigent Jews in Eretz Israel, Tzvi Hirsch Lehren (1784-1853), his brothers, and other leading members of the Jewish Community in Amsterdam, founded in 1809 The Pekidim and Amarkalim Society of the Holy Land. Due to their professionalism and dedication, by 1824 they had become the exclusive collecting agency on behalf of the Jews of Eretz Israel. (EJ, vol. X col. 1584).After discussing various problems, the present letter requests that R. Bamberger not issue a proclamation against the organizations Tzedakah collectors. They will take care of any improprieties and will seek to give the Dutch and German Jews in Eretz Israel a greater share of the collected funds.Yitzchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger (1807-1878) was one of the outstanding rabbinic leaders of German Orthodoxy. R. Abraham Wechsler was a disciple of R. Wolf Hamburg of Fuerth. INCLUDESINTERESTINGDETAILSREGARDINGTHE PHILANTHROPIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWS IN AMERICA AND THOSE RESIDING IN ERETZ ISRAEL.208 (ISRAEL, LAND OF). Ledger Book recording Hebrew minutesofmeetingsseekingtoestablishacentral organization in support of two venerable charitable bodies in Jerusalem: Yeshivath Eitz Chaim and The Bikur Cholim Hospital. With rules and regulations, and names and signatures of various committee members representingeachinstitution.Includesautograph signatures (several) by Rabbis Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky and S.Z. Zaleznik, Roshei Yeshiva of Eitz Chaim. pp. 16. Original boards. Folio. Jerusalem, 1940. $1000 - $1500AmidsttheeffortstoestablishTheUnited Charitable Institutions of Jerusalem, appear details (p. 14) concerning the collection of funds and problems with the New York branch-office. Also contains a discussion regarding the approval, as organizational representative, of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, in addition to Rabbis Tukachinsky and Zaleznik.100'