World Notes — auction comparables · Snaplot Comparables
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8,863
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£88
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£35 – £140
25–75% range
£37 – £230
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£9 n=41
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8,930 comparables for “World Notes” · page 372 of 373
<p><b>UNIQUE HUGE COLLECTION OF 185 LETTERS ETC FROM RABBIS AND TORAH SCHOLARS 1740-1949!!</b></p>
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<b> A huge and very varied collection of letters and postcards from rabbis, and Torah scholars from around the world (mainly Europe). </b>
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<b> No collection of such quality and size has been seen at auction! </b>
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<b> 1.</b> Rabbi Moshe Meisels of Kreshov nd Przemysl to R. Eliyahu Marder of Dzikov – Yerushalayim. 1905. 4 sides, tattered.
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<b> 2.</b> Rabbi Moshe Meisels to Rabbi Uri Shraga Feivish Taubes of Iasi. Kreshov 1880. 4 sides. Tattered.
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<b> 3.</b> Rabbi Wolf Hamburger to Rabbi Zalman Wasserman of Megentheim. 4 sides. Rabbi
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Hamburger’s signature. Torn with loss of a few letters.
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<b> 4.</b> Rabbi Chaim Meir Feldberg of Shurvilishok. 2 sides. Stationery. Missing first side.
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<b> 5.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Derecske to Rabbi Yaakov Prager of Ada. 4 sides. Heavily stained, with loss of text. Szenta 1899.
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<b> 6.</b> Document from Stryj dated 1782, with signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak b. R. Tzvi Hirsh of Brody ABD, Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Mendel ABD Przemysl, son of R. David Shmuel Shmelke ABD Krakow and a third unidentified signatory – name ending with ‘Ze’ev’.
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<b> 7.</b> Rabbi Yosef Chaim ABD Szendiszow son of R. Avraham Frenkel of Vielipoly. 2 sides. Stationery. 1939.
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<b> 8.</b> Rabbi Gershon Stern of Maros-Ludash. 1899.
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<b> 9.</b> Letter of recommendation by Rabbi David Neuman ABD Tzigande for Tzvi Aryeh son of R. Yisrael Zorger of Ritsche. 1938.
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<b> 10.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Belz of Mihalovce to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo. 4 sides.
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<b> 11.</b> Rabbi Elazar Halevy Brummer Rosh Beth Din Sanok. 2 sides. 1939.
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<b> 12.</b> Rabbi Baruch son of Rabbi Yisrael Freund of Huniad.
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<b> 13.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Friedlander of Bargoprund. 2 sides. 1926.
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<b> 14.</b> Rabbi Shmuel David Reinitz Moreh Tzedek Tornolyo, to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London, on stationery.
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<b> 15.</b> Rabbi Pesach Wohl, Dayan Kosov, friend of Tzemach Tzadik, to officer of Kollel Ostreich – Teverya. Kolomea 1862.
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<b> 16.</b> Dedication by Rabbi Gershon Tanchum of Minsk to R. Leib Rapp. Apparently detached from a copy of one of his books. Minsk 1861.
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<b> 17.</b> Rabbi Yonasan Eibeshutz of Warsaw to Rabbi Pinchas Zelig Schwartz of Kleinwardein. 2 sides on stationery. 1930.
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<b> 18.</b> Rabbi Avraham Strauss of Pishpikladany to his mechutan, the Rabbi of Uyfalu, on stationery.
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<b> 19.</b> 19. Rabbi Ahron Kahana of Visheu-Bistra. 1939. Stationery.
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<b> 20.</b> Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Brisk of Tornolyoto Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Tchabe. 4 sides. 1896.
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<b> 21.</b> Rabbi Chaim Flesh of Kunitz to R. Avrahm Lowinger – Shatz. 2 sides. Tab 18..? in the house of Rabbi ...? Breuer ABD.
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<b> 22.</b> Rabbi Benzion Yehuda Leib Zaks of Nemakshti. 1928.
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<b> 23. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Trunk of Kutno to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo – notes on his work Lechem Shlomo. 4 sides.
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<b>24.</b> Fly-leaf with 8-line inscription by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo, saying that he received the book from Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Freidman in Ujhely in 1884, when attending the yohrzeit gathering for the Yismach Moshe.
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<b> 25.</b> Rabbi Sinai Schiffer ABD Karslruhe. Postcard. 1903. Torn.
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<b> 26.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman A Wechsler ABD Vranov to R. Meir Eliezer Rapaport – Hartstein. 1903.
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<b> 27.</b> Rabbi Gershon Meir Boyarski ABD Vasilkovo, Newcastle – England and Houston USA, author of Regesh Amareinu. Kansas City 1916.
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<b> 28.</b> Rabbi Elazar Shapira of Sanok son of Rabbi David – Rebbe of Dinow. 2 sides, on stationery.
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<b> 29.</b> Rabbi Tuvia Horowitz ABD Sanok, to R. Ahron Goodman of British Aguda. 1935. 2 sides on stationery.
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<b> 30.</b> Rabbi Avraham Mendel Steinberg ABD Brody to Rabbi Nachum Esrog of Tzefas. 6 sides with two lines and signature of Rabbi Steinberg. Followed by two lines by his student R. Menachem Munish Halpern of Brody. Fold – tears.
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<b> 31.</b> Document dated 1774, signed by R. Yaakov Mordechai Cohen of Fuerth ‘shatz veneeman be’kehila kedosha Hirbach’.
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<b> 32.</b> Letter from Rabbi [Moshe] Yaakov [Naftali] Lemans son of Rabbi Yosef Asher Lemel ABD The Hague, with two lines added by his father Rabbi Yosef Asher. The Hague 1826.
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<b> 33.</b> R. Yehoshua Falk Sheier Eliasohn of Breslau to the Aruch Lener. 1845.
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<b> 34.</b> Rabbi Binyamin Fuchs ABD Grosswardein to Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman ABD Frankfurt, 18..? stationery.
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<b> 35.</b> Rabbi Yonah Rubin of Wysnitza – postcard.
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<b> 36.</b> Rabbi Yosef Broda of Miava, 2 sides, beginning of letter is missing.
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<b> 37.</b> Rabbi Ahron Halberstam – Rav Hatzair Zmigrod.
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<b> 38.</b> Rabbi Avraham Moshe Witkind ABD Baltromantz to Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan of London. 1934. 2 sides on stationery.
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<b> 39.</b> Rabbi Yomtov Abelesz ABD Privitz and Vienna to Mordechai Friedman of Szambokrat. 19..? 2 sides.
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<b> 40.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yosef Pollak of Trebitsch 1864. 4 sides.
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<b> 41.</b> Responsum booklet by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda b. Meshulam HaLevy of Yerushalayim 1891. 12 sides.
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<b> 42.</b> Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to his grandson Pinchas Leib Klein. On other side is a letter from Rabbi Dov Ber Klein ABD Ujhely to his son. Czarna 1932.
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<b> 43.</b> Dedication note from a book given by Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to Avraham Ahron and Teltze daughter of R. Shlomo Miller. Czarna 190.?
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<b> 44.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Meir son of Rabbi Pinchas Hager, Rebbe of Borsha in Sighet. 1940.
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<b> 45.</b> Rabbi Nassan Yechezkel Weissblum of Ladamir to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich.
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<b> 46.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn of Borshtschow.
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<b> 47.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Reich ABD Navak to Yosef Levy of London. 1902. 2 sides.
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<b> 48.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Reich ABD Navak to Yosef Levy of London. 1902. 3 sides.
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<b> 49.</b> Postcard written by a daughter of Rabbi Shimon Ze’ev Bengis ABD Kalvarya in the name of her father. 1929.
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<b> 50.</b> Rabbi Benzion Halevy Rabinowitz, of Tzefas, descendant of the Baal Shem Tov. Alexandria 1940.
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<b> 51.</b> Subscription document for Kol Aryeh, by Rabbi Moshe Hirsh Fuchs ABD Groszwardein. Torn.
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<b> 52.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mandel Deutsch, Dayan of Topolcany to Rabbi Feivel Plaut ABD Surany, with Rabbi Plaut’s reply on the other side. 4 sides. Missing a quarter of a page – that includes signature of Rabbi Deutsch and part of Rabbi Plaut’s reply.
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<b> 53.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman HaLevy Rubin of Faiya to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1903. 4 sides.
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<b> 54.</b> List of books sent by Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Chazan of Lubitsch to Rabbi Nassan Natta Rabinowitz, with notes by the recipient. 3 sides.
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<b> 55.</b> Rabbi Leib ben Zelig Isaacson? Pressburg 1855. 2 sides.
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<b> 56.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevy Horowitz ABD Stanislawow, letter to his grandson Rabbi Pinchas 1893. 3 sides.
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<b> 57.</b> Rabbi Avraham Teomim ABD Butchatch, letter to his nephew Rabbi Moshe Teomim of Yavrov, with a few lines by brother of the recipient Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Teomim of Chorostkov. 1 side, missing first sheet.
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<b> 58. </b>Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Gluck of Tolcsva to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1898. 2 sides.
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<b> 59.</b> Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to the Rabbi of Szomlo.
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<b> 60.</b> Rabbi Moshe Kizelnik ABD Strimteri, letter of recommendation to his disciple Shraga Feivel Fuchs. 1925.
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<b> 61.</b> Letter of recommendation from Rabbi Yosef ben Refael Sekovitz Rosh Hamotzim in Vilna ’Reb Yosele Moreh Horo’ah’.
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<b> 62.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yosef Pollak ABD Trebitsch. 4 sides. 18..?
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<b> 63.</b> Rabbi Avraham M’S’ Frankel of Budapest. 1913. 2 sides.
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<b> 64.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Ehrenreich ABD Humenne to Rabbi Yaakov Kopel Duschinsky of London. Karoly 1922. 2 sides.
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<b> 65. </b>Rabbi Eliyahu Kimchi ABD Novi-Swintzian. 1939.
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<b> 66.</b> Rabbi Yona Ze’ev Halpert, Shochet of Makova, to R. Yaakov Gordon of Southport. Postcard. 1927.
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<b> 67. </b>Rabbi Yona Ze’ev Halpert, Shochet of Makova, to R. Yaakov Gordon of Southport. 2 sides.
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<b> 68. </b>Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Ehrenreich ABD Humenne.
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<b> 69.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Eliyahu Shlita ABD Valdimretz. 1904.
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<b> 70.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Friedman, Rebbe of Sadagur, letter of consolation. Yerushalayim 1942.
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<b> 71.</b> Rabbi Menachem HaCohen Fischer ABD Sarvar, postcard to Rabbi Shimon Yisrael Posen ABD Shopron. Request for assistance for Rabbi Yechezkel Vidman ABD Sitshel. 1943.
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<b> 72.</b> Rabbi Aryeh Leib Broda, last ABD of Lvov, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1891.
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<b> 73.</b> Rabbi Menachem Tzvi Rosenberg ABD Nadi-Ujfalu, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz, on stationery. Possibly missing first sheet.
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<b> 74.</b> 8-side booklet manuscript by Rabbi Yaakov Shmuel Auslander sent to his teacher Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo. Groszwardein 1916.
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<b> 75.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Ettinger ABD Slamniki and community leaders, letter to Rabbi Dov Berish Meisels ABD Warsaw. 3 sides. Part missing.
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<b> 76.</b> Rabbi Yosef David Rubinstein ABD Horodishitz, disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. 1890 3 sides.
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<b> 77.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi of Vienna.
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<b> 78.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Zissel Kalev Devoretz ABD Kamai, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Broda of Miava. 1922.
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<b> 79.</b> Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Tzefas. Postcard.
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<b> 80.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn of Borshtschov.
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<b> 81. </b>Rabbi Yisrael ben Chaim Yitzchak Isaacson ABD Harlau letter to Rabbi Alexander Shmuel Rosh Beth Din Lvov. 1895. 2 sides.
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<b> 82.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein ABD Silagy-tzeh to Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman ABD Frankfurt. 1929.
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<b> 83.</b> Rabbi Shmuel HaLevy Zuckerman, printer in Yerushalayim, postcard.
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<b> 84.</b> Rabbi Asher Lemel ben Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Zabinovsky ABD Zagarave, postcard to Rabbi Dov Ber Speiers, Rabbi in London. 1890.
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<b> 85.</b> Rabbi Moshe Rokach, Rebbe of Holoschitz. Postcard.
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<b> 86.</b> Rabbi Avraham Ettinga of Dukla. Postcard.
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<b> 87.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Meir Beer of Dobri to Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan, 1913.
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<b> 88. </b>Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi Vienna. Florence 1923.
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<b> 89.</b> Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Grunwald, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Lewenstein ABD Serock. Seben 1913.
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<b> 90. </b>Rabbi Chaim Meshulam HaCohen Kaufman ABD Gostynin, postcard to Yosef Levy in London. 1902.
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<b> 91.</b> Rabbi Asher HaLevy Pollack ABD Belenyes, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber in London. 1943.
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<b> 92. </b>Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Lipschitz, postcard to Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Duschinsky in London. 1927.
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<b> 93.</b> Rabbi Eliyahu Reich, Dayan of Tirnau, to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1938.
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<b> 94.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Wallerstein, Rosh Beth Din of Rzeszow, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1900.
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<b> 95.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi of Vienna. Florence 1912.
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<b> 96.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, postcard – stationery of his father Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1937.
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<b> 97.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, postcard to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1940.
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<b> 98.</b> Rabbi Shimon Ze’ev Bengis, ABD Kalvarya, postcard.
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<b> 99.</b> Rabbi [Aharon] Chaim Zucker, Dayan of Sieniawa. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 100.</b> Rabbi Mordechai Avraham Albek, Warsaw.
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<b> 101.</b> Rabbi Dov Aryeh Ritter ABD Rotterdam, postcard to Rabbi Yeshaya Silberstein ABD Weitzen.
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<b> 102. </b>Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Horowitz ABD Zolkiew, postcard to Rabbi Aryeh Leibish ABD Stryj. Krakow 1887.
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<b> 103. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaCohen Krausz ABD Baia Mare, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London.
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<b> 104.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker to R. Ze’ev Wolf Chaim. 1866. 2 sides.
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<b> 105.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim. 2 sides.
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<b> 106.</b> Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Kaminetsky ABD Budslaw. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 107.</b> Rabbi Yona Teomim, ABD Wielkotsch. Postcard.
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<b> 108.</b> Rabbi Dov Ber ABD Ozorkow. 1939, postcard - stationery.
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<b> 109.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin Bendet Feivelson ABD Shukian, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Broda ABD Miava. 1925. Stationery.
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<b> 110.</b> Postcard from Habachur Avraham Tzvi Blei (son of Rabbi Meir Blei – Dayan) to his uncle Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Lietsch-Rosenbaum ABD Kleinwardein. 1943.
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<b> 111.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Shor ABD Bucharest, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1891.
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<b> 112.</b> Rabbi Moshe Taub, Shochet of Kalov, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1939.
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<b> 113.</b> Rabbi Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, ABD Bukovsk. Postcard. 1941.
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<b> 114. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1926.
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<b> 115.</b> Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1926.
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<b> 116. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1927.
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<b> 117. </b>Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ujhely, letter to Rabbi Elazar Grunhut of Temeszvar – Fabrik. Ujhely 1886. 2 sides. Unsigned.
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<b> 118. </b>Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ujhely, 1886. Unsigned.
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<b> 119.</b> Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ungvar, responsum. 3 sides. Unsigned.
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<b> 120.</b> Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ungvar, letter to Rabbi Yechezkel Banet of Tolcsva. 2 sides. Unsigned. Large holes.
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<b> 121.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Friedling of Zamoszc, kvittel and request for prayers to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld ABD Yerushalayim. Rabbi Friedling asks him to mention his request to the Rebbe of Gur, the Rabbi of Bendin and the Rebbe of Sokolow, if they are still in Yerushalayim.
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<b> 122. </b>Rabbi Tuvya Yehuda Tavyomi of Tel Aviv. Postcard. 1940.
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<b> 123.</b> Manuscript Torah writings with the following inscription: ‘Manuscript of admor Harav hamanoach Rabbi Leibish of Zolkiew, who resided in Berlin at the Beis Hamedrash of R. Daniel Yaffe zl’ . These two lines appear to be in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Landsberg, Rosh Beth Din of Posen. This note seems to be written ca. 1760, and the original manuscript around 1740. 3 sides.
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<b> 124.</b> Rabbi David Tzvi Morgenstern of Zdunskawolla, letter to Rabbi Tzvi Chanoch HaCohen ABD Bendin. With additional manuscript Torah notes by an unidentified writer.
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<b> 125. </b>Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Adler. Conditions for acceptance of a student at a Yeshiva. It appears the writer served in an official capacity at one of the Yeshivos. 1914.
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<b> 126.</b> Rabbi Binyamin Aryeh Weiss, ABD Chernowitz, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. Darna 1899.
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<b> 127. </b>Rabbi Menachem Mendel Brach of Zborow, letter to Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Horowitz, ABD Frankfurt, regarding sefer Imrei Yoav, that he had published.
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<b> 128.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Fried, ABD Tisza-Lik, letter to his son-in-law Rabbi Efrayim Weber. 1909. 2 sides. Torn.
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<b> 129.</b> Rabbi Nassan David Rosenblum of Buenos Aires, letter to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London.
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<b> 130.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim.
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<b> 131.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim. 1866. Torn, with loss of text.
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<b> 132.</b> Rabbi Chaim Meshulam HaCohen Kaufman ABD Gostynin, postcard to Yosef Levy in London.
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<b> 133.</b> Rabbi Aryeh Pomorantzik, author of Toras Zeraim. Petach Tikva 1939.
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<b> 134. </b>Rabbi Mordechai Grosz of Kiraly – Yerushalayim (son-in-law of Rabbi Tuvia Gedalya Freund) postcard to his son Rabbi Tuvya in Hujdu-Nanasch. 1914.
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<b> 135.</b> A page of manuscript writings of Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Rapaport ABD Fuerth. 2 sides. Torn, with loss of text.
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<b> 136. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Stern, Rosh Beth Din Miskolcz, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1913. 2 sides.
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<b> 137.</b> Rabbi Avraham Dov Chen, ABD Shandowa, author of Teshuvas Chen. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 138-140.</b> 3 letters sent by the President of the Tapolcany community to newly appointed Rabbi Kalev Feivel Schlesinger, regarding arrangements for his move to Tapolcany. 1869. Condition fair, with some tears and old repairs.
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<b> 141.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Borenstein of Shedlitz ‘now in the house of Admor hagaon mi’Sochatchew’, letter to Yerushalayim rabbis, in the name of the Rebbe of Sochatchew, forbidding the use of machine-made matzos. Torn.
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<b> 142.</b> Rabbi Moshe Horowitz, ABD Mariampol, letter, with small note containing signature of his grandfather Rabbi Elazar Horowitz, author of Devar Halacha, and another note with the signature of Rabbi Fishel Horowitz, apparently also Rabbi of Mariampol.
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<b> 143.</b> Rabbi Lippman Kerpel of Shopron, letter to his son Yitzchak in Tzehlem. 1873.
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<b> 144.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Kerpel, later Dayan in Paks, letter to his parents. Pressburg 1872.
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<b> 145.</b> Rabbi Meir Weinberger, Sofer of Stropkow, letter to Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 1876.
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<b> 146.</b> Rabbi Avraham Bonhart, Dayan of Bonyhad, letter to his brother-in-law Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 2 sides. 1873.
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<b> 147. </b>Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch, Rabbi in Vienna, letter to Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 1865.
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<b> 148. </b>Draft of responsum by Rabbi Zalman Wasserman, ABD Laubheim and Mergentheim. 5 sides. Some tears. Unsigned.
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<b> 149.</b> Dedication sheet written by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel Kaliniburg, publisher of Maaseh Rav (Prague 1823), to Hachasan Shmuel Cohen’.
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<b> 150. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak ben Yosef Segal lebeis Malima of Bensheim, to Rabbi Heshel. 1889.
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<b> 151.</b> R. Moshe Zunz, postcard to R. Chaim Bloch.
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<b> 152.</b> ‘Hatzair Efrayim b’Harav zl’ of Chernowitz, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Hirsh Geiger of Tzefas. 1905.
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<b> 153.</b> Rabbi Yehuda Moskowitz, Shochet of Liska, author of Levushei Yehuda, letter to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Tchabe, 1895. 3 sides. The fourth side contains 10 lines of notes written by Rabbi Ehrenreich.
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<b> 154.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schuck, ABD Sikso, postcard to his disciple R. David Schonfeld of Rimasetch. 1914.
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<b> 155.</b> Dr Serhei of Weisbaden postcard to Rabbi Chanoch Ehrentreu ABD Munich.
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<b> 156.</b> Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi of Stanislawow. Postcard. 1931.
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<b> 157.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, postcard, with stamp of his father Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1940.
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<b> 158. </b>Rabbi Gershon Hager, postcard to R. Chaim Bloch. New York 1940.
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<b> 159.</b> Rabbi Shimon ben Sarah ... of Nyredhaz to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, with 23 line-reply from the recipient.
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<b> 160.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Weiss ABD Shamkut to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, regarding a compromise in a dispute with his community. 1943.
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<b> 161.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Weiss ABD Shamkut to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, with a 20-line reply from the recipient.
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<b> 162.</b> Rabbi Leib Zutro, shatz u’moreh in Leitershausen to his brother Rabbi Avraham Zutro ABD Munster. 1860. 3 sides.
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<b> 163.</b> Rabbi Ber Oppenheim ABD Eibeschutz, letter to Rabbi Shmuel Tziltz Rosh BD Nikolsburg and his son Rabbi Moshe Lob Tziltz, re. finding a suitable Yeshiva for him, mentioning the closure of the Yeshiva in Eibeshutz. 2 sides. 1857. Tear, with slight loss of text.
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<b> 164.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Katz, son-in-law of Rabbi Benzion Halpert ABD Nanash to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. Postcard.
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<b> 165.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Rapaport ABD Tarnow (last 5 lines in his own handwriting – written in his old age) to Rabbi Arye Leibish Horowitz ABD Stryj. 1878. A tear, with slight loss of text.
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<b> 166.</b> Rabbi David Yoel ABD Krotoschin to Rabbi Elazar HaCohen. Purim 1862. 2 sides. Second side contains drafts of two letters to Rabbi David Yoel dated 1865 and 1867, apparently in the handwriting of the recipient.
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<b> 167.</b> Manuscript copy of 11-page section of Sefer Tefila LeMoshe (Almosnino). Ca. 1840-1890?
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<b> 168.</b> Rabbi Moshe Barbash of Zalishtshik to Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Horowitz ABD Chernowitz. 1857.
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<b> 169.</b> R. Tzvi Yehuda Hershtik of Samsan to his future brother-in-law Meshulam Hecht.
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<b> 170.</b> Rabbi Asher Anshel Yehuda Miller ABD Petrosany. 1949.
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<b> 171.</b> 2 pages in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Schwartz of Groswardein.
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<b> 172.</b> Rabbi Aharon Tzvi Weber of Feledihaz to his brother-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Friedman 1948.
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<b> 173.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Neimark? To his brother Rabbi Zalman. 1888.
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<b> 174.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teomim Dayan Kolomea to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1922. 2 sides.
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<b> 175. </b>Rabib Eliezer Kinstlicher ABD Sintereag. 1939.
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<b> 176.</b> Rabbi Yekusiel Nassan Natta HaCohen Rabinowitz ABD Brisk, to Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov HaCohen Yaffe ABD Manchester. 1939.
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<b> 177.</b> Rabbi Moshe Chaskin to Rabbi Yaakov Benzion HaCohen Mendelson 1914.
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<b> 178.</b> Document 1759-1760 in the handwriting of Rabbi Yisrael ben Rabbi Dov Ber ABD Stryj.
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<b> 179. </b>Important letter from Rabbi David Yehuda Freund ABD Reghin. 1948.
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<b> 180. </b>Rabbi Mordechai Gross ABD Obertin to Rabbi Moshe Grunwald ABD Chust. 2 sides.
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<b> 181.</b> Postcard from Rabbi David Leib Tzintz. Mexico 1927.
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<b> 182.</b> Rabbi Meir Tzvi Mazir ABD Radzieieva and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Neiman ABD Oshentshin to Rabbi Yitzchak Bineth Dayan Hohenzaltza. 3 sides, with signatures and stamps of the rabbis.
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<b> 183.</b> Rabbi Mendel Baumgarten of Vienna to Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer ABD Paks. 1873. 2 sides.
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<b> 184-185.</b> Postcards from unidentified writers, including a postcard from Brisk dated 1901.
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Derashot (sermons) by Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi, which were delivered by him in Damascus before a large audience, halachic responsum, halachic novellae and novellae on the Shas and separate Torah novellae on the books of the Poskim. A manuscript that has never been printed. A historical and religious discovery! Includes biographic information which was unknown so far.
264 leaves written on both their sides. A large, thick volume. 16x23 cm.
The manuscript and the background for its writing
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi started writing the manuscript in Damascus and completed it after immigrating to Jerusalem. When he was still in Damascus, he wrote his sermons and responsum, including "the version of the Prozbul that I had done here in 1820 the year of the Shemitah in Damascus".
After the "Damascus Affair" of 1840, he left Damascus and immigrated to Jerusalem. He took the manuscript with him as well as some other separate leaves with sermons he had written.
In Jerusalem, he organized the Sermons he had delivered in Damascus and wrote them down. In addition, he added to the manuscript halachic responsum he had written in Damascus and Jerusalem, Halachic novellae, novellae on the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch and novellae on the Poskim, Rishonim and Achronim, novellae on the Shas, Aggadah and Midrash, different Segulot and more.
The content of the manuscript
Forty one long sermons that he had delivered in Damascus
In some of the sermons for Sabbath, in several places, Rabbi Ya'akov notes were the sermon was delivered and that "a large audience" was present. Long sermons, some of them of 20 pp. some contain a poetic preface with the topic of the sermon. Some of them are dated. His handwritten signatures appear at the end of some of the sermons and responsum. On esignature is in the initials "Y.A.K". on leaf [49] his handwritten signature with a calligraphic curl.
Sermons for Shabbat Ha'Gadol: 1815, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1829.
Sermons for the Sabbath before Rosh Ha'Shana: 1828, 1829, 1831.
Sermons for Shabbat Teshuvah: undated, 1826, 1828.
Sermons for Shabbat Zachor: 1822, 1827 (about 30 pp.), 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1834.
Sermons for weddings.
Sermons about respect for one's parents.
Sermons for eulogies: the anniversary of Ezra's death, the anniversary of Menachem Farkhi's death (on the virtue of those who suppert learners of the Torah), sermon about the day of death and the importance of repentance, sermon about the death of the pious which granst atonement, eulogy for his father a month after his death, eulogy for his father a year after his death, eulogy for Rabbi Bechor Laniado (1817), eulogy for his mother a month after her deat, sermon about the virues of the elderly.
Twelve long halachic responsum
Among them: a responsum about the holiness of writing God's name, a halachic responsum regarding the Cultural Mandate, a polemic responsum regarding a Yevamah who came to him and the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Moshe Suzin – in his responsum, the rabbi recalls his dispute with the Rishon Le'Zion, responsum regarding an apartment Rabbi Ya'akov had rented in Jerusalem – a polemic responsum with his biography and his adjustment to Jerusalem and more.
In addition: dozens of halachic and Aggadic novellae, novellae on the Shas and many other matters.
A full description of the content of the manuscript, leaf by leaf, will be given upon request.
A special historical discovery!
The Torah of Rabbi Antebi that appears in this manuscript has never been printed!
The quill pen and the script
In the manuscript, we find changes in the quill pen and times of writing. Sometimes, the script is small and dense and sometimes it is spaced. Throughout the manuscript, there are erasures and corrections, footnotes and various additions (as detailed in the attached list), which clearly indicate that all that was written is in the author's handwriting (except for single pages, as detailed hereinafter).
Th ewriting of the manuscript was done during the years 1815-1846.
On leaf [8] to leaf [9] on the lower third of the page, stylish script that differs from Rabbi Ya'akov's handwriting. It is most likely the script of a scribe or the handwriting of his son.
In several places in the manuscript, there is different script (see leaves [18] first page, [21] second page and onwards and the title on page [26]), most likely, his son's handwriting.
The importance of the manuscript
We can learn many important things from the manuscript, things which so far had been unknown regarding his personality and doctrine. We will note two of them here:
Personal and historical information
The manuscript contains personal and historical information.
For example, on the inner side of the binding: "year 5602 to the creation [1842], I have left Damascus for a good life and peace … and I have come, me and the members of my household … to the holy city of Jerusalem on the 25th of Sivan 5602. And today the 13th of Elul was the wedding of my daughter Esther with the groom Shmuel Akiva Ben Reb Yesha'aya and he travelled abroad on Motza'ei Pesach 5604 may it be God's will that he returns …" Under this inscription, his son wrote: "The death of my father and teacher Wednesday the 8th of Tishrei 5607 [1847] the young Moshe Chaim Antebi S.T".
In the sermons, we find his relationship with the respected Farkhi family.
From the last responsum of the manuscript, regarding an apartment rented by Rabbi Ya'akov in Jerusalem, which recalls how evil people came to throw him out of the apartment and to blackmail him, we learn about Rabbi Ya'akov's attitude towards the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Avraham Chaim Gagin and how he coped with those who slandered him.
His style of learning Halacha and Aggadah
The manuscript teaches us about Rabbi Ya'akov style of learning Halacha and Aggadah. The style of the sermons is similar to that of Sephardic rabbis in general and the rabbis of Aleppo in particular – to question the Midrash or verse and then explain it according to prefaces of Sugiyot Ha'Shas or halachic prefaces of books by the Poskim and halachic responsa.
The responsum demonstrates Rabbi Ya'akov's insistence to get to the bottom of things and his vast knowledge of the books of the Rishonim and Achronim and responsa books.
It also demonstrates that his piety preceded his wisdom since he ends each responsum with a sentence like the following: "and may God direct me in finding the truth and save me from mistakes and will show me the wonders of His Torah and will illuminate my heart with it…"
At the beginning and end of the manuscript he introduces several Segulot that he had copied from different books. At the beginning of the manuscript: "a prayer to be said before a sermon". At the end of the manuscript, a Segulah he had copied from a manuscript "of Rabbi Shmuel Pinto in the name of Rabbi Chaim Vital Segulah against illness… and he cursed in that manuscript anyone who revealed the secret to a gentile".
Another interesting thing is that despite the torments and suffering Rabbi Ya'akov had gone through, he continued to study and teach Torah in Jerusalem and wrote responsum on complicated halachic matters and novellae on the Shas and Aggadah.
On leaf [49] it is written "and I have added now a little frro what is written in my small book" indicating that Rabbi Ya'akov had authored another book of novellae which has not been discovered.
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi – his life, greatness and holiness and the "Damascus Affair"
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi, the Chief Rabbi of Damascus for thirty years, a Torah, Kabbala and Hassidism genius, who had gone through great torments and suffering.
He was born in Aleppo in 1787 to his father Rabbi Yitzchak Antebi. In his youth he was ordained as a "Posek" by Rabbi Yosef Chazan author of "Chikrei Lev". After his marriage to the Rebbetzen Mazal Tov, he left Aleppo and moved to Damascus.
At the time, there was an intense dispute between the community leaders regarding the position of Chief Rabbi of Damascus, which opened up at the time. The wealthy men of the community believed that he who pays the piper calls the tune and therefore did not want a rabbi who was economically self-sufficient and will therefore also be politically self-sufficient. The favorite candidate at the time was the prominent Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abulafia, who was wealthy, old and a great Torah scholar. However, the wealthy men of the community preferred a poor, modest and inexperienced person – Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi - not because of his modesty or erudition but because they wanted a person they thought will be submissive to their authority because of his economic dependence on them. In 1809, when he was only 22 years old, Rabbi Antebi became the Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Damascus.
Yet to the bitter surprise and disappointment of the wealthy leaders of the community, and despite his poverty, Rabbi Ya'akov remained loyal to his principles, to Din Torah and to the Halacha. The wealthy men did not cease to abuse him by holding back his wages for years, as indicated by a letter he sent to Sir Moses Montefiore in 1841 in which he describes three of the leaders of the community of Damascus: "these are my enemies, since they do not follow in God's footsteps and I admonish them and therefore they have been holding back my wages for the last two and a half years".
Rabbi Ya'akov was not intimidated and continued to serve as the Chief Rabbi of Damascus for more than thirty years.
When he was Chief Rabbi of Damascus, there was a scandal in the Farkhi family due to a struggle over the estate of the wealthy Reb Chaim Farkhi between the sons of Chaim Farkhi and his brother.
The scandal preoccupied the Beit Din of several large Jewish communities: Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, Tiberius, Turkey and more. Against his will and despite his inconvenience, Rabbi Ya'akov was asked to rule how to divide the estate – emotions were stirred up so much so that Rabbi Ya'akov was cursed and disgraced and was even informed on to the government. All these upset him yet he continued to observe the commandment of "do not be afraid of the face of any man".
The affair accompanied Rabbi Ya'akov even after he immigrated to Jerusalem.
The "Damascus Affair"
Rabbi Ya'akov was titled "the well-known holy and pious rabbi" for sanctifying God's name by being tortured for months during the "Damascus Affair". The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the arrest of thirteen notable members of the Jewish community of Damascus who were accused of murdering a Christian monk for ritual purposes. The anti-semitic blood libel resulted in the accused being imprisoned and tortured by the Ottoman authorities and the populace attacking and pillaging a local synagogue.
The background of the blood libel was the disappearance of Father Thomas, a French citizen originally from Sardinia, and the superior of a Franciscan convent at Damascus.
Upon Thomas' disappearance the French consul at Damascus, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, who supported Christian merchants and advisers over Jewish ones, and Christian families seeking economic ascendancy over the formerly empowered Farkhi family, instituted investigations in the Jewish quarter giving rise to the suspicion that Jews were behind the priest's disappearance. The Egyptian governor of Syria, Sherif Pasha, wishing to court French sympathies engendered by relations between the French government and the Egyptian pasha, Muhammad Ali, allowed the accusations to take root. A confession was extorted by torture from a Jewish barber named Negrin, who claimed he had given a bottle with Thomas' blood to the Chief Rabbi of Damascus Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi. He also claimed that Rabbi Antebi was the one who had planned the murder and agreed to translate several verses of the Talmud that might explain the behavior of the Jews who committed the ritual murder. Thus, Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi became the major culprit of the affair.
On the 28th of February, bones "were found" in a canal of the Jewish Quarter. They were declared as the remains of Father Thomas and were buried in a festive ceremony. The authorities started looking for the blood that the Jews had taken. They used all the means they had and 63 Jewish children were captured and tortured.
The imprisonment and letter to Montefiore
Rabbi Ya'akov was imprisoned and suffered indescribable tortures (described in his letter to Montefiore).
In time, Rabbi Ya'akov's letter to Montefiore served as the main source for describing and documenting the affair. The letter was printed in the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim", published by Rabbi Ya'akov's grandson, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi (Jerusalem, 1929).
The struggle, release and immigration to the Land of Israel
The rumor about Rabbi Ya'akov's imprisonment reached the Jewish world, which was shocked. The Rothschild family, the French lawyer Adolphe Crémieux and of course, Sir Moses Montefiore acted to release the prisoners.
With his release from the prison of Damascus, Rabbi Ya'akov decided to leave the town and immigrate to Jerusalem, to spend the rest of his days in holiness and purity. He packed his belongings and left with his family on the long journey to the Land of Israel. On his way, he visited all the graves of the Tzaddikim in the Land of Israel, saying "Birkat Ha'Gomel" and "Mi She'Berach" for Sir Montefiore and his wife.
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he wrote a Piyut expressing his gratitude for his release and noting Sir Montefiore's assistance.
Rabbi Ya'akov showed kindness to all the residents of Jerusalem and did not discriminate against any of them, wealthy or poor, Jews or gentiles, Sephardic or Ashkenazic. Actually, he befriended the Ashkenazic rabbis. About this friendship, Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai Eisenstein, the scribe of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, wrote: "… that deep love existed between Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi and Rabbi Moshe Maggid, the leader of Adat Ha'Prushim, their love was such that even in their death they did not separate and died in the same month, one after the other".
His death and gravestone
During the last years of his life, Rabbi Ya'akov lived with his family in Jerusalem, where he ruled and wrote responsum to questions on different matters.
He died in 1846 and was buried in Jerusalem on the 7th of Tishrei (27.9) 1846.
On his gravestone it was written: "Here is buried the great rabbi, well-known for his holiness and piety, who sanctified God's name with his body and soul and suffered bitter torture due to the known affair … in 1840".
His holy customs
When Rabbi Ya'akov died in Jerusalem, everyone talked about his greatness. Only then did his wife, the Rebbetzen Mazal Tov, tell what she had not dared to tell when he was alive: the Rabbi used to fast during the Shovavim days from Sabbath to Sabbath, for six consecutive days. She said that on Sabbath, Rabbi Ya'akov used to eat three meals and then the "Melaveh Malka" meal; however, after Havdalah, he would eat only a little and then start his fast until the next Sabbath. His wife, who fully understood him, would respect his wishes and not object.
Sources: "Chayav U'Fo'alo shel Ha'Rav Ha'Rashi Le'Damesek Ha'Rav Ya'akov Antebi" by Dr. Elioz Chefer Antebi, a descendant of the author. "La'Kedoshim asher Ba'Aretz", "Mamlechet Olam Ha'Halacha", "Arzei Ha'Levanon", different archives and websites.
His teachings
Much was written about Rabbi Ya'akov's Torah greatness.
For example, the fact that his great uncle, Rabbi Avraham Antebi, asked him to express his halachic opinion on one of the questions he was asked is mentioned in the book "Mor Ve'Ohalot". The book "Poel Tzeddek" by Rabbi Avraham Dayan present his responsum regarding the law of Moredet. His responsum on the matter of an Agunah was printed in the book "Zerah Ya'akov" by Rabbi Ya'akov Ninio. In addition, in his youth, Rabbi Ya'akov corresponded with the "Chikrei Lev", a correspondence that remained a manuscript (the Ben Zvi Institute).
He wrote a preface to the books "Mo'adei Hashem Ve'Kriei Kodesh" and "Chibat Yerushalayim", an important preface to the book "Nava Tehilah" on the Book of Psalms, with several Segulot, one of which was later cited by the "Ben Ish Chai".
There are several books which were printed with his glosses such as "Yad Malachi" and "Zechor Le'Avraham".
Rabbi Ya'akov wrote many songs and Piyutim that were printed in Sifrei Bakashot and were sung by the Jews of Damascus on Sabbath and Holidays.
Several of his teachings were printed in the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim" as well as a halachic responsum titled "Abir Ya'akov" (the book is added, as follows).
And now, to all his known teachings is added a complete manuscript of his teachings. Our generation has merited discovering teachings by him which have never been printed, which have been unknown until now and which indicate his Torah greatness.
Imrei Ya'akov
Added is the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim" (Jerusalem, 1929, first edition) – Derashot on the Torah by the kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Capoussi, the disciple of the Ari. At its end, "Imrei Ya'akov" – Divrei Torah by Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi. With the detailed letter written by Rabbi Ya'akov to Sir Moses Montefiore regarding the Damascus Affair.
The book was published by Rabbi Ya'akov's grandson, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi and was prepared for printing by Rabbi David Zion Laniado.
On the reverse side of the title page, hand-filling by Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi with his signature.
Condition: Very Good. Original binding. Detached leaf.
Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi was born in Safed to his father Rabbi Yehuda Shabtai Raphael. He died in Cairo on the 17th of Shevat 1923. Was known for his piety and holiness. During World War I, he moved to Cairo and published the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim".
Condition: Fair. On most of the leaves at the beginning of the manuscript, moth damage to the inner margins, with damage to text; however, it is readable. Detached leaves and damaged margins due to wear. Worn, original leather binding.
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<p><b>Original signature of the holy Bach </b></p>
<p><b>Rabbi Yoel Sirkis </b></p>
<p><b>Cracow 1629 </b></p>
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<p>A lengthy halachic fundamental teshuvah from the great gaon Rabbi Yoel Sirkis the Bac”h concluded with his holy signature. </p>
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<p>Four pages written neatly by a scribe, the Bac”h then reviewed the teshuvah and added annotations, and on the bottom of the teshuvah he inscribed this rare and holy signature: </p>
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<p><b>I the humble and young </b></p>
<p><b>Yoel ben la”a [to my father] Morenu….Rabbi Shmuel Z”l </b></p>
<p><b>[Today] Friday 23rd of Shevat 1629…. </b></p>
<p><b>Here KK”K</b> [Kehula kedosha Kracow] </p>
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<p>On the side of the page, three short notations in the sacred handwriting of the Bach. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah of the bach is one of the most famous of the bach’s teshuvos, its discussions revolve around the matter of agunos and has many practical halachic ramifications in the matter of agunos. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah is quoted by and referred to, by all the great Achronim when discussing matters of agunot. (see below) </p>
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<p>At the end of the teshuvah the Bac”h tells of a similar incident that occurred, in which there was an halachic argument between the Mahara”l of Prague and his Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo of Lublin. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah was printed in Teshuvos HaBac”h (Frankfurt 1697) Ch. 86-87. The teshuvah was sent to the Gaon Rabbi Yehoshu of Cracow, author of Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua and Maginei Shlomo, in response to his teshuvah which was printed in Shu”t Geonei Basroei (Turka 1764) Ch. 21. In response, the Mageini Shlomo wrote another teshuvah on the matter, printed in Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua Vol. 2 (Levov 1860) Ch. 47. </p>
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<p><b>Handwritten note from the Maginei Shlomo </b></p>
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<p>On the margins of the teshuvah there is a short comment written in the holy hand of the Mageini Shlomo, the recipient of this teshuvah. (the handwriting in this comment is identical to his known handwriting elsewhere, see also Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua ibid.) </p>
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<p><b>Handwritten title by the Beis Efraim </b></p>
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<p>On the top of the page of the teshuvah appears a title written by the Gaon Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margolios author of Beis Efraim, stating: <b>“this teshuvah was printed in Teshuvos HaBach” </b></p>
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<p>It is well-known that the Bais Efraim published Shu”t HaBac”h Hachadoshos (Koretz, 1785), based on the manuscript of responses he inherited from his grandfather the Tevuos Schor. </p>
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<p>Summary of this teshuvah’s priceless treasure: </p>
<p><b>‘Four page historic teshuvah’ from the Bac”h and his handwritten signature </b></p>
<p><b>‘Handwritten notes from the Bac”h’ </b></p>
<p><b>‘Handwritten comment from the ‘Maginei Shlomo’ </b></p>
<p><b>Belonged to the Tevuos Schor, grandfather of the Bais Efraim </b></p>
<p><b>‘Inscription from Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margolios author of Beis Efraim</b></p>
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<p> <b>Hagaon Rabbi Yoel Sirkis Av Beis Din of Cracow</b> known as the Bac”h (c.1561-1640) was the Gadol and leader of Klal Yisroel in his times. His halachic rulings, responses, and corrections to the Shas were accepted by all. Authored the sefer Bais Chodosh on the Tur which is from the most elemental seforim in halacha. In his introduction to Shu”t HaBach, the Beis Efraim writes ‘a holy man our Rabbi the author of Beis Chodosh….he judged Israel and built them homes… </p>
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<p>Rabbi Yoel Sirkis the Bac”h was niftar on the 20th of Addar 1640 and when his soul ascended to the heavens, an announcement was heard from heaven saying ‘make room for Rabeinu Yoel of Cracow. (introduction of the Tosefes Shabbos, mentioned in the Chida in Shem Hagedolim. </p>
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<p><b>The Bach was greatly admired by Tzaddikim and Admorim </b></p>
<p>The Minchas Elozor writes on the Bac”h “a pillar of light and fire, whos light shines from the heaven to earth”. It is said in the name of the Admor from Galintza who related: ‘that while the Bach was engrossed in learning Torah, ill patients who would stand close to him, were healed miraculously from their illness. The author of Tiferes Shlomo writes that he heard from the Admor Rabbi Dovid of Leluv that when the Bac”h passed away and ascended to heaven he was honored by the heavenly Bais Din to deliver a derasha, to which he agreed on condition the fire of gehenom would be cooled for 30 days (introduction to Shaar Hagilgulim, Permesula 1875). </p>
<p>Cracow 1629. 2 leaves - 4 complete pages, Condition: Other than generally light spots and some wear in good condition. </p>
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<p><b>Background of the response </b></p>
<p>There was an incident where a married man was found dead. , the witnesses testifying could not identify him by the features of his face or body, but only through the clothes that remained on him and they wanted to determine his identity based on distinct marks (simanim) on his clothes.</p>
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<p><br />But there is a well-known concern in the laws of agunos of 'the doubt of borrowing', that is, when the witnesses testify according to the identification of the garments worn by the dead man in order to provide evidence to determine that the missing husband died, we are concerned that these might not be the clothes of the dead man, but perhaps he borrowed them from the missing individual we are looking for. And if so, we can not determine that the husband of the woman who is seeking to remarry has died. Perhaps it's a different man wearing her husband's clothing. <br /><br /></p>
<p>This question whether to permit agunos to marry based on identification of the husband’s clothing has been a great debate amongst the great Achronim. And the opinion of the Bach is to be stringent and not accept identification of a body through identifying the clothing. </p>
<p>The Bach writes: Heaven forbid we change the ruling in this orphaned generation and agree to be lenient and say we are not concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’ especially after that all great autherieties have already accepted this ruling'. <br /><br /></p>
<p>At the end of the teshuvah, the Bach tells of a similar incident that occurred, in which there was an halachic argument between the Mahara”l of Prague and his Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo of Lublin: </p>
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<p>"In my young years, I heard that a story like this happened in the Kehila of Poznan, almost fifty years ago, and the Gaon Rabbi Leib of Prague [the Maharal of Prague] permitted the woman to remarry and his opinion was to rule that we are not concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’. However, my teacher and Rabbi the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo the Chassid of Lublin who was the Ab”d of Poznan forbade it... and I, his student, wrote that according to my humble opinion we need to be concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’ and I agreed to the opinion of my teacher and the opinion of the Achronim that we would follow them in their rulings." (see the exchanges between them on this matter, in the preface to Piskei and Shu”t Mahrash of Lublin, Brooklyn 1988, p. 18) <br /><br /></p>
<p>As mentioned, the Bach is the leading opinion for ruling strictly on this question All the great Achronim in their responses in the Laws of Agunos quote and discuss this response of the Bach (see Pithchei Tshuva, Even Ha'Ezer Ch. 17, os 95) <br /><br /></p>
<p>In the sefer Meorot HaTzovaot (Hordana 1810) which is the most important basic book on the laws of Agunot, it is stated that we can not rule leniently against the Bach’s opinion, unless there are other reasons and arguments in favor of permitting. </p>
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<p>As mentioned above, this response was sent to the Maginei Shlomo, and was later held in the possession of the Tevuot Schor, and years later was inherited by the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot who was one of his descendants. <br /><br /></p>
<p><b>The Gaon Rabbi Yehoshua of Cracow (c. 1580 -1648)</b> of our great Rabbis of the Achronim, author of Maginei Shlomo and Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua. Takmid of the Sem”a and the Maharam Lublin and prime Rabbi of the Shach, he corresponded with the Bac”h and the Ta”z, as well as in Kabbala he corresponded with the holy mekubal Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoli. Served as a Rabbi in Cracow in the end of the Bach’s days, he took over the position of the Megaleh Amukos’ and later served as rav together with the Tosfos Yom Tov. he responded to countless inquiries in halacha and taught many talmidim torah amongst his talmidim are: the Shach; the Avodas Gershuni; the Ateres Zekainim. His great grandson is the Pnei Yehoshua on the Shas. <br /><br /></p>
<p><b>The Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman of Margaliot (1761-1828) </b>author of Beis Ephraim and Mateh Ephraim, and therefore he never accepted rabbinate, but he was a famous Halachic authorities in his generation and answered many responses in Halacha. In his hesped, the Chassam Sofer said of him: "He was of the greatest in the world, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and their carrier. His teachings are easy to understand and every day his teachings are mentioned in our Bais Medrash from his compositions." </p>
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<p>Cracow 1629. 2 leaves - 4 complete pages, Condition: Other than generally light spots and some wear in good condition. </p>
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<b><i>A large collection of documents from the elections to the first Knesset, and from the first year of its activity 5708-5709 (1948-1949) </i></b>
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<b><i>Dozens of important documents, letters, drafts, proposals regarding the election committee for the Constituent Assembly (the Knesset), and protocols of the first meetings of the Knesset. </i></b>
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<i>Guidelines for the government's plan * Documents and letters concerning a bill regarding the property of Germans in Israel * Documents and letters from the 'Standing Committee' * Declaration of opinion of the fired police officers for Independence Day * Summaries of conversations held in the Knesset * A collection of protocols (drafts!) of the first meetings of the Knesset * A stencil booklet 'The Election Ordinance for the Constituent Assembly' * Stencil booklet 'Decisions of the Committee for the Preparation of the Elections for the Constituent Assembly' * The Election Ordinance for the Constituent Assembly * 15 letters from the Secretary of the State Council * An interesting letter from Yakov Meridor on behalf of the Herut Movement, with a request to "add a representative of our movement to the Election Committee" * Letters and documents related to the rescue of the Jews of Arab countries, during the War of Independence * and more </i>
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Comprehensive and wide material, one of a kind, from the activities of the first Knesset. The material is divided into three categories:
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1. Activity of the Election Committee for the Constituent Assembly.
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2. Knesset activity.
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3. The draft protocols of the Knesset from its first months.
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<b>The Election Committee for the Constituent Assembly – The First Knesset (Iyar 5708-Cheshvan 5709) </b>
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Letters, documents, invitations, drafts, decisions, proposals and summaries of decisions, concerning the election committee for the Constituent Assembly (the first Knesset), a committee that acted on behalf of the Provisional State Council, regarding the election constitution and the election ordinance.
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The documents are signed in print, and a minority of them are handwritten. In some of the documents there are handwritten proofs and comments, sometimes with substantial content. Several documents deal with a fascinating debate on whether to grant Cypriot exiles the right to vote – on the one hand they are not in Israel, on the other hand they fought for the freedom of the people and the establishment of the state. There is also a reference to the elections among IDF soldiers.
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* Pamphlet in duplicates, the proposal of the committee for the preparation of the electoral constitution for the Constituent Assembly, final version 11.9.48. 'The Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance'. 16 pages, written on one side. Another copy with significant handwritten proofs.
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* A stencil booklet with a cover page bearing the solemn title: 'Decisions of the Committee for the Preparation of the Elections for the Constituent Assembly' - from its meetings in the month of Av and Ellul 5708. Three pages (besides the cover) are written on one side. Three copies of this booklet.
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* Two copies of the election ordinance for the Constituent Assembly, 1948.
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* Invitation to the members of the election committee for the constituent assembly. Signed in the handwriting of A. Federhar, Secretary of the State Council. 3rd of Cheshvan 5709 11.5.48. About 15 additional letters from him, some of them invitations to meetings, signed by him in his own handwriting.
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* An interesting letter from Yakov Meridor on behalf of the Herut movement, in which he requested to "add a representative of our movement to the Election Committee ".
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* An interesting letter, typed on a typewriter (not signed), regarding the election order for the Constituent Assembly, and in it various mistakes, mainly about the fact that prisoners in prison are not entitled to vote in the elections. Two pages.
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* Pamphlet in duplicates, "Election order for the Constituent Assembly, changes regarding the 'final version' of 11.9.48. Two pages.
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* The proposals of the committee for the preparation of the electoral constitution for the constituent assembly. 14 pp. 10.27.48. Signed in print by Ben-Gurion and Felix Rosenblit, Minister of Justice.
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* The aforementioned committee's proposal - revised version. 28.10.48. 14 pp. Two copies, one of which has an interesting handwritten proofreading.
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* Additional suggestions and drafts of the above.
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* Booklet in duplicates "Order to extend the validity of emergency regulations - going abroad". 5709 1948. Three pages written on one side.
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* Several additional commands in duplicates.
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* A proposal from Ben Zion Argov for the method of voting, using a special card and punching it.
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* Documents regarding the distribution of votes, according to the method accepted by the Election Commission. Tishrei 5709 10.17.48
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* Protocols of meeting No. 26 (9 Cheshvan 5709 11.11.48).
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<b><i>Knesset activity in its first years</i></b>
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* Bundle of pages: "Basic guidelines for the government plan", printed in duplicates. Two copies. One of them contains important corrections and proofreadings in the handwriting of the council member.
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* Bundle of pages: "Defence regulations from the mandatory period that are in force".
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* Collection of documents and letters regarding a bill regarding the properties of the Germans in Israel. Among other things: "The Knesset's opinion on the claims of pensioners from Germany and Austria"; Letters from the "Association of Pension Recipient Immigrants", and more. 1950
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* Collection of documents and letters from the "Standing Committee". Shevat-Adar 5709 March 1949.
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* Proposals of government members.
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* Expression of opinion of the fired police officers for Independence Day. Polemical, historical and exciting content.
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* A letter "to the ministers of the government and the members of the Knesset", from the members of Gahal and Mahal, who fought in the war of independence. "At the same time that we were fighting on the front lines and defending the posts, apartments were seized and handed over to people and by various people whose right of priority over these buildings as far as we are concerned is highly questionable, in this property that soldiers shed their blood to conquer and for its liberation others are constantly taking and selling in a sarcastic manner... We are witness to various scandals regarding the abandoned property...". two pages. Handwritten signatures: "The Joint Committee for the Sheik Munis Beit Yona and Beit Yam Veterans Dormitory". Date: 6.5.1951.
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* Bundle of pages: "Laws concerning women in Israel". A few copies. Probably a proposal prepared for the Knesset. Attached is the original manuscript from which the above pages were typed on a typewriter. 5 p.
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* Bundle of pages: "Records of the meeting held in the office of the Minister of Justice P. Rosen on the 18th of Cheshvan 5711 (October 29, 1950). 17 p.
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">* Summaries of various conversations held in the Knesset.</span>
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* Booklet on behalf of the Israeli government, "Financial accounting - income and expenditure for the period of April 1, 1949 - December 31, 1949".
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* Bundle of pages: "Memorandum on the Courts Bill - 5710. General comments".
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* An official invitation on a page of the State of Israel, to the meeting of the committee of the coalition in the Knesset, which will be held "today (11th of Ellul 5709 - 9.5.49), on the agenda: the matter of education and the compulsory service law". Signed Miriam Frenkel.
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* Collection of documents on changes in the customs tariff, including brochures on the subject printed in duplicates, with handwritten proofs.
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* A bundle of stapled pages regarding the "test service".
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* A bundle of stapled pages, from the "Legal Counsel's Office".
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* A bundle of pages including the "Interim Report" (submitted to the Prime Minister and
<span style="background-color: transparent;">the Minister of Justice) of the Supreme Committee for the Employees of the Government of Israel, with very interesting content, including a reference to the investigation of police officers. 7th of Elul 5709. On the first page is written in red pencil: "Not for publication". Duplicated in stencil.</span>
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* Stencil booklet: 'Budget of the Department of Education - 5709. For the meeting of the Education Committee of the Knesset 28th of Nisan 5709, April 27 1949. Six pages (printed on one side) and an attached table.
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* A firm letter from the [Second] War Disabled Association. "To this day, the State of Israel is the only country in the world that does not recognize the Jewish war disabled from this war". August 25th 1949.
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* Several proposals for the bylaws of the 'Leather Center'.
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* Bundle of stapled pages: "Price reduction starting in April', on behalf of the Ministry of Supply and Rationing. A long list of items and products, very interesting. 6 pages written on one side. duplication.
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* Booklet (16 pages printed in duplicates on one side): 'Speech of the Minister of Defense in the Knesset on the 20th of Av 5709. 8.15.49). Fascinating historical content. He talks about the security factors that are necessary at this time - massive immigration to Israel, settlement throughout the country, and more.
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* Duplicate printed booklet, "Report on the activities of the department during the period July 1948 - March 1949' on behalf of the Relief Ministry, the Department of Social Care for Children and Youth. On the last page is a summary, signed in type by Tzipora Bloch. 32 pages written on one side.
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* Duplicate printed pages, various government proposals, with handwritten corrections and proofreadings by one of the Knesset/Government members.
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* Bundle of pages: "Decisions of the 16th Knesset session, on the 22nd day of Adar 5709 (March 23rd 1949)".
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">* The Veterans Law (Return to Work) 5709 - Explanatory notes.</span>
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* A folded leaflet, on behalf of the State of Israel - Ministry of Defense - The Soldier's Family Division: "The Constitution of Payments to Soldiers Families". The text is diacriticed. (Kislev 5709). 6 p.
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* A bundle of pages on behalf of the War Disabled Association. Adar 5709, March 1949 as well as their correspondence with Ben Gurion (in duplicates). Polemical content.
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* Stencil booklet, explanations for the budget proposal of the Ministry of Religion, April-September 1949. 8 [1] page.
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* Stencil booklet "Proposal of an estimated budget" by the Ministry of Religion. From the aforementioned period. 21 pages.
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<b><i>Rescuing Arab Jewry </i></b>
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On May 15th 1948, immediately after Israel's declaration of independence, Iraq went to war against the Jewish state. The military regime that was declared in Iraq began to systematically persecute the Jewish citizens. Hundreds of them were arrested under various pretexts and brought before military courts, which sentenced them to prison sentences and heavy fines. A Jew named Shafik Adas was accused by the authorities of subversion, even though he was far from supporting Zionism. After a show trial, and despite international pressure, Adas was hanged in September 1948 in front of his home in the city of Basra. Also in other countries, such as Egypt, Syria and Yemen, the situation was very difficult and serious. At that time there was an awakening in Israel to quickly help the Jews of the Arab countries, and in the collection before us there is important
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* Resolutions of the protest assembly against the persecution of the Jews in Arab countries. 20th of Adar 5709 (3.21.49)
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* Rare booklet - Bulletin No. 1, on behalf of the International League to Save Arab Jewry. 7 pp. duplicates. Fascinating material.
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* A signed letter from the chairman of the league to one of the members of the Knesset. "We have just received news about the execution and further imprisonment of Iraqi Jews on charges of communism or Zionism". 3.5.49.
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* The league's memorandum to the government of Israel. Hebrew and French. six pages.
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Collection of draft protocols of the Knesset from its early days:
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* Historical item! The first issue of the first Knesset sessions (the first few pages are missing, starting on page 7). 22.14.1949 15th Shevat 5709. The last page reads: "We, the people of Israel, planted a new tree today, at the behest of past generations and the will of generations to come - the tree of Israel's independence. The Constituent Assembly plants this tree on this day. The nation of Israel is alive and well and it will fulfill the hope of redemption, the renewed hope of two thousand years!". 27 pages.
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* Sheet 2, at the top of the cover is printed: 'The State of Israel - The Constituent Assembly – Draft". The second meeting, 16th of Shevat 5709, 2.15.48. 58 pages. Includes a translation from arabic of Knesset member Amin Jurjara's speech. Meeting Chairman Yosef Shprintzik (Chairman of the Provisional State Council) made several announcements, including: "There are no smokers in the Constituent Assembly Hall, which is the Parliament. Please immediately stop smoking in all places; I strongly request that the members of the Constituent Assembly understand that there is no need for interruptions. Speaking from your seat is not helpful, neither heard nor absorbed, it only serves as a hindrance to the interrupter himself."
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* The words of the Knesset, third session, meeting 25. 100 pp. (as above, sometimes several pages on one page). 11th of Tevet 1950 20.12.1950 Attached is a page with a "proposed resolution to the Knesset on behalf of the MKY party regarding the re-establishment of the Nazi army', with three sections (unsigned), dated 20.12.50.
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* Another sheet, at the top of the title page is printed: "The words of the Knesset - meeting 26". Tel Aviv, 28th of Nisan 5709, 4.27.49. 205 pages (sometimes there are several 'pages' on one page).
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<b>And another collection of pages from different meetings. for example: </b>
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* Meeting 19, 3.30.49. pp. 71-108. (The beginning and the end are missing).
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* Meeting 51 7.5.49. (one page from the meeting, dealing with the throwing of a bomb by IDF soldiers on a synagogue in Jerusalem).
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* A page from meeting 52 9th of Tammuz 5709.
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* Meeting 68 p. 21-56. 8.15.49. The pages before us deal with security issues.
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Good condition. Slight time stains on some pages. Crease marks on some pages. Filing holes on most pages.
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<b> A huge and very varied collection of letters and postcards from rabbis, and Torah scholars from around the world (mainly Europe). </b>
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<b> No collection of such quality and size has been seen at auction! </b>
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<b> 1.</b> Rabbi Moshe Meisels of Kreshov nd Przemysl to R. Eliyahu Marder of Dzikov – Yerushalayim. 1905. 4 sides, tattered.
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<b> 2.</b> Rabbi Moshe Meisels to Rabbi Uri Shraga Feivish Taubes of Iasi. Kreshov 1880. 4 sides. Tattered.
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<b> 3.</b> Rabbi Wolf Hamburger to Rabbi Zalman Wasserman of Megentheim. 4 sides. Rabbi
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<b> 4.</b> Rabbi Chaim Meir Feldberg of Shurvilishok. 2 sides. Stationery. Missing first side.
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<b> 5.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Derecske to Rabbi Yaakov Prager of Ada. 4 sides. Heavily stained, with loss of text. Szenta 1899.
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<b> 6.</b> Document from Stryj dated 1782, with signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak b. R. Tzvi Hirsh of Brody ABD, Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Mendel ABD Przemysl, son of R. David Shmuel Shmelke ABD Krakow and a third unidentified signatory – name ending with ‘Ze’ev’.
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<b> 7.</b> Rabbi Yosef Chaim ABD Szendiszow son of R. Avraham Frenkel of Vielipoly. 2 sides. Stationery. 1939.
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<b> 8.</b> Rabbi Gershon Stern of Maros-Ludash. 1899.
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<b> 9.</b> Letter of recommendation by Rabbi David Neuman ABD Tzigande for Tzvi Aryeh son of R. Yisrael Zorger of Ritsche. 1938.
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<b> 10.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Belz of Mihalovce to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo. 4 sides.
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<b> 11.</b> Rabbi Elazar Halevy Brummer Rosh Beth Din Sanok. 2 sides. 1939.
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<b> 12.</b> Rabbi Baruch son of Rabbi Yisrael Freund of Huniad.
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<b> 13.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Friedlander of Bargoprund. 2 sides. 1926.
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<b> 14.</b> Rabbi Shmuel David Reinitz Moreh Tzedek Tornolyo, to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London, on stationery.
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<b> 15.</b> Rabbi Pesach Wohl, Dayan Kosov, friend of Tzemach Tzadik, to officer of Kollel Ostreich – Teverya. Kolomea 1862.
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<b> 16.</b> Dedication by Rabbi Gershon Tanchum of Minsk to R. Leib Rapp. Apparently detached from a copy of one of his books. Minsk 1861.
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<b> 17.</b> Rabbi Yonasan Eibeshutz of Warsaw to Rabbi Pinchas Zelig Schwartz of Kleinwardein. 2 sides on stationery. 1930.
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<b> 18.</b> Rabbi Avraham Strauss of Pishpikladany to his mechutan, the Rabbi of Uyfalu, on stationery.
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<b> 19.</b> 19. Rabbi Ahron Kahana of Visheu-Bistra. 1939. Stationery.
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<b> 20.</b> Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Brisk of Tornolyoto Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Tchabe. 4 sides. 1896.
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<b> 21.</b> Rabbi Chaim Flesh of Kunitz to R. Avrahm Lowinger – Shatz. 2 sides. Tab 18..? in the house of Rabbi ...? Breuer ABD.
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<b> 22.</b> Rabbi Benzion Yehuda Leib Zaks of Nemakshti. 1928.
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<b> 23. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Trunk of Kutno to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo – notes on his work Lechem Shlomo. 4 sides.
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<b>24.</b> Fly-leaf with 8-line inscription by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo, saying that he received the book from Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Freidman in Ujhely in 1884, when attending the yohrzeit gathering for the Yismach Moshe.
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<b> 25.</b> Rabbi Sinai Schiffer ABD Karslruhe. Postcard. 1903. Torn.
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<b> 26.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman A Wechsler ABD Vranov to R. Meir Eliezer Rapaport – Hartstein. 1903.
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<b> 27.</b> Rabbi Gershon Meir Boyarski ABD Vasilkovo, Newcastle – England and Houston USA, author of Regesh Amareinu. Kansas City 1916.
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<b> 28.</b> Rabbi Elazar Shapira of Sanok son of Rabbi David – Rebbe of Dinow. 2 sides, on stationery.
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<b> 29.</b> Rabbi Tuvia Horowitz ABD Sanok, to R. Ahron Goodman of British Aguda. 1935. 2 sides on stationery.
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<b> 30.</b> Rabbi Avraham Mendel Steinberg ABD Brody to Rabbi Nachum Esrog of Tzefas. 6 sides with two lines and signature of Rabbi Steinberg. Followed by two lines by his student R. Menachem Munish Halpern of Brody. Fold – tears.
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<b> 31.</b> Document dated 1774, signed by R. Yaakov Mordechai Cohen of Fuerth ‘shatz veneeman be’kehila kedosha Hirbach’.
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<b> 32.</b> Letter from Rabbi [Moshe] Yaakov [Naftali] Lemans son of Rabbi Yosef Asher Lemel ABD The Hague, with two lines added by his father Rabbi Yosef Asher. The Hague 1826.
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<b> 33.</b> R. Yehoshua Falk Sheier Eliasohn of Breslau to the Aruch Lener. 1845.
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<b> 34.</b> Rabbi Binyamin Fuchs ABD Grosswardein to Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman ABD Frankfurt, 18..? stationery.
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<b> 35.</b> Rabbi Yonah Rubin of Wysnitza – postcard.
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<b> 36.</b> Rabbi Yosef Broda of Miava, 2 sides, beginning of letter is missing.
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<b> 37.</b> Rabbi Ahron Halberstam – Rav Hatzair Zmigrod.
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<b> 38.</b> Rabbi Avraham Moshe Witkind ABD Baltromantz to Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan of London. 1934. 2 sides on stationery.
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<b> 39.</b> Rabbi Yomtov Abelesz ABD Privitz and Vienna to Mordechai Friedman of Szambokrat. 19..? 2 sides.
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<b> 40.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yosef Pollak of Trebitsch 1864. 4 sides.
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<b> 41.</b> Responsum booklet by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda b. Meshulam HaLevy of Yerushalayim 1891. 12 sides.
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<b> 42.</b> Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to his grandson Pinchas Leib Klein. On other side is a letter from Rabbi Dov Ber Klein ABD Ujhely to his son. Czarna 1932.
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<b> 43.</b> Dedication note from a book given by Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to Avraham Ahron and Teltze daughter of R. Shlomo Miller. Czarna 190.?
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<b> 44.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Meir son of Rabbi Pinchas Hager, Rebbe of Borsha in Sighet. 1940.
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<b> 45.</b> Rabbi Nassan Yechezkel Weissblum of Ladamir to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich.
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<b> 46.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn of Borshtschow.
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<b> 47.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Reich ABD Navak to Yosef Levy of London. 1902. 2 sides.
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<b> 48.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Reich ABD Navak to Yosef Levy of London. 1902. 3 sides.
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<b> 49.</b> Postcard written by a daughter of Rabbi Shimon Ze’ev Bengis ABD Kalvarya in the name of her father. 1929.
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<b> 50.</b> Rabbi Benzion Halevy Rabinowitz, of Tzefas, descendant of the Baal Shem Tov. Alexandria 1940.
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<b> 51.</b> Subscription document for Kol Aryeh, by Rabbi Moshe Hirsh Fuchs ABD Groszwardein. Torn.
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<b> 52.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mandel Deutsch, Dayan of Topolcany to Rabbi Feivel Plaut ABD Surany, with Rabbi Plaut’s reply on the other side. 4 sides. Missing a quarter of a page – that includes signature of Rabbi Deutsch and part of Rabbi Plaut’s reply.
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<b> 53.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman HaLevy Rubin of Faiya to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1903. 4 sides.
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<b> 54.</b> List of books sent by Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Chazan of Lubitsch to Rabbi Nassan Natta Rabinowitz, with notes by the recipient. 3 sides.
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<b> 55.</b> Rabbi Leib ben Zelig Isaacson? Pressburg 1855. 2 sides.
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<b> 56.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevy Horowitz ABD Stanislawow, letter to his grandson Rabbi Pinchas 1893. 3 sides.
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<b> 57.</b> Rabbi Avraham Teomim ABD Butchatch, letter to his nephew Rabbi Moshe Teomim of Yavrov, with a few lines by brother of the recipient Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Teomim of Chorostkov. 1 side, missing first sheet.
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<b> 58. </b>Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Gluck of Tolcsva to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1898. 2 sides.
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<b> 59.</b> Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Cahana of Czarna to the Rabbi of Szomlo.
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<b> 60.</b> Rabbi Moshe Kizelnik ABD Strimteri, letter of recommendation to his disciple Shraga Feivel Fuchs. 1925.
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<b> 61.</b> Letter of recommendation from Rabbi Yosef ben Refael Sekovitz Rosh Hamotzim in Vilna ’Reb Yosele Moreh Horo’ah’.
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<b> 62.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yosef Pollak ABD Trebitsch. 4 sides. 18..?
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<b> 63.</b> Rabbi Avraham M’S’ Frankel of Budapest. 1913. 2 sides.
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<b> 64.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Ehrenreich ABD Humenne to Rabbi Yaakov Kopel Duschinsky of London. Karoly 1922. 2 sides.
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<b> 65. </b>Rabbi Eliyahu Kimchi ABD Novi-Swintzian. 1939.
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<b> 66.</b> Rabbi Yona Ze’ev Halpert, Shochet of Makova, to R. Yaakov Gordon of Southport. Postcard. 1927.
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<b> 67. </b>Rabbi Yona Ze’ev Halpert, Shochet of Makova, to R. Yaakov Gordon of Southport. 2 sides.
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<b> 68. </b>Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Ehrenreich ABD Humenne.
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<b> 69.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Eliyahu Shlita ABD Valdimretz. 1904.
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<b> 70.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Friedman, Rebbe of Sadagur, letter of consolation. Yerushalayim 1942.
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<b> 71.</b> Rabbi Menachem HaCohen Fischer ABD Sarvar, postcard to Rabbi Shimon Yisrael Posen ABD Shopron. Request for assistance for Rabbi Yechezkel Vidman ABD Sitshel. 1943.
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<b> 72.</b> Rabbi Aryeh Leib Broda, last ABD of Lvov, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1891.
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<b> 73.</b> Rabbi Menachem Tzvi Rosenberg ABD Nadi-Ujfalu, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz, on stationery. Possibly missing first sheet.
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<b> 74.</b> 8-side booklet manuscript by Rabbi Yaakov Shmuel Auslander sent to his teacher Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich of Szomlo. Groszwardein 1916.
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<b> 75.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Ettinger ABD Slamniki and community leaders, letter to Rabbi Dov Berish Meisels ABD Warsaw. 3 sides. Part missing.
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<b> 76.</b> Rabbi Yosef David Rubinstein ABD Horodishitz, disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. 1890 3 sides.
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<b> 77.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi of Vienna.
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<b> 78.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Zissel Kalev Devoretz ABD Kamai, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Broda of Miava. 1922.
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<b> 79.</b> Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Tzefas. Postcard.
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<b> 80.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Krohn of Borshtschov.
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<b> 81. </b>Rabbi Yisrael ben Chaim Yitzchak Isaacson ABD Harlau letter to Rabbi Alexander Shmuel Rosh Beth Din Lvov. 1895. 2 sides.
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<b> 82.</b> Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein ABD Silagy-tzeh to Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman ABD Frankfurt. 1929.
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<b> 83.</b> Rabbi Shmuel HaLevy Zuckerman, printer in Yerushalayim, postcard.
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<b> 84.</b> Rabbi Asher Lemel ben Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Zabinovsky ABD Zagarave, postcard to Rabbi Dov Ber Speiers, Rabbi in London. 1890.
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<b> 85.</b> Rabbi Moshe Rokach, Rebbe of Holoschitz. Postcard.
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<b> 86.</b> Rabbi Avraham Ettinga of Dukla. Postcard.
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<b> 87.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Meir Beer of Dobri to Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan, 1913.
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<b> 88. </b>Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi Vienna. Florence 1923.
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<b> 89.</b> Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Grunwald, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Lewenstein ABD Serock. Seben 1913.
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<b> 90. </b>Rabbi Chaim Meshulam HaCohen Kaufman ABD Gostynin, postcard to Yosef Levy in London. 1902.
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<b> 91.</b> Rabbi Asher HaLevy Pollack ABD Belenyes, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber in London. 1943.
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<b> 92. </b>Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Lipschitz, postcard to Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Duschinsky in London. 1927.
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<b> 93.</b> Rabbi Eliyahu Reich, Dayan of Tirnau, to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1938.
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<b> 94.</b> Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Wallerstein, Rosh Beth Din of Rzeszow, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1900.
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<b> 95.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayes, Chief Rabbi of Vienna. Florence 1912.
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<b> 96.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, postcard – stationery of his father Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1937.
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<b> 97.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, postcard to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1940.
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<b> 98.</b> Rabbi Shimon Ze’ev Bengis, ABD Kalvarya, postcard.
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<b> 99.</b> Rabbi [Aharon] Chaim Zucker, Dayan of Sieniawa. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 100.</b> Rabbi Mordechai Avraham Albek, Warsaw.
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<b> 101.</b> Rabbi Dov Aryeh Ritter ABD Rotterdam, postcard to Rabbi Yeshaya Silberstein ABD Weitzen.
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<b> 102. </b>Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Horowitz ABD Zolkiew, postcard to Rabbi Aryeh Leibish ABD Stryj. Krakow 1887.
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<b> 103. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaCohen Krausz ABD Baia Mare, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London.
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<b> 104.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker to R. Ze’ev Wolf Chaim. 1866. 2 sides.
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<b> 105.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim. 2 sides.
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<b> 106.</b> Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Kaminetsky ABD Budslaw. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 107.</b> Rabbi Yona Teomim, ABD Wielkotsch. Postcard.
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<b> 108.</b> Rabbi Dov Ber ABD Ozorkow. 1939, postcard - stationery.
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<b> 109.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin Bendet Feivelson ABD Shukian, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Broda ABD Miava. 1925. Stationery.
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<b> 110.</b> Postcard from Habachur Avraham Tzvi Blei (son of Rabbi Meir Blei – Dayan) to his uncle Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Lietsch-Rosenbaum ABD Kleinwardein. 1943.
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<b> 111.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Shor ABD Bucharest, postcard to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of Bistritz. 1891.
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<b> 112.</b> Rabbi Moshe Taub, Shochet of Kalov, postcard to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1939.
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<b> 113.</b> Rabbi Moshe Yosef Teitelbaum, ABD Bukovsk. Postcard. 1941.
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<b> 114. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1926.
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<b> 115.</b> Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1926.
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<b> 116. </b>Rabbi Moshe Ahron HaLevy Levin of Vilna, author of Erchei Hasefeikos, postcard to Rabbi Yitzchak Domnitz in Ireland. 1927.
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<b> 117. </b>Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ujhely, letter to Rabbi Elazar Grunhut of Temeszvar – Fabrik. Ujhely 1886. 2 sides. Unsigned.
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<b> 118. </b>Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ujhely, 1886. Unsigned.
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<b> 119.</b> Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ungvar, responsum. 3 sides. Unsigned.
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<b> 120.</b> Rabbi Elazar Low, ABD Ungvar, letter to Rabbi Yechezkel Banet of Tolcsva. 2 sides. Unsigned. Large holes.
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<b> 121.</b> Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Friedling of Zamoszc, kvittel and request for prayers to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld ABD Yerushalayim. Rabbi Friedling asks him to mention his request to the Rebbe of Gur, the Rabbi of Bendin and the Rebbe of Sokolow, if they are still in Yerushalayim.
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<b> 122. </b>Rabbi Tuvya Yehuda Tavyomi of Tel Aviv. Postcard. 1940.
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<b> 123.</b> Manuscript Torah writings with the following inscription: ‘Manuscript of admor Harav hamanoach Rabbi Leibish of Zolkiew, who resided in Berlin at the Beis Hamedrash of R. Daniel Yaffe zl’ . These two lines appear to be in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Landsberg, Rosh Beth Din of Posen. This note seems to be written ca. 1760, and the original manuscript around 1740. 3 sides.
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<b> 124.</b> Rabbi David Tzvi Morgenstern of Zdunskawolla, letter to Rabbi Tzvi Chanoch HaCohen ABD Bendin. With additional manuscript Torah notes by an unidentified writer.
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<b> 125. </b>Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Adler. Conditions for acceptance of a student at a Yeshiva. It appears the writer served in an official capacity at one of the Yeshivos. 1914.
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<b> 126.</b> Rabbi Binyamin Aryeh Weiss, ABD Chernowitz, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. Darna 1899.
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<b> 127. </b>Rabbi Menachem Mendel Brach of Zborow, letter to Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Horowitz, ABD Frankfurt, regarding sefer Imrei Yoav, that he had published.
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<b> 128.</b> Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Fried, ABD Tisza-Lik, letter to his son-in-law Rabbi Efrayim Weber. 1909. 2 sides. Torn.
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<b> 129.</b> Rabbi Nassan David Rosenblum of Buenos Aires, letter to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London.
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<b> 130.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim.
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<b> 131.</b> Rabbi Gedalya Shmuel Zucker, to R. Zeev Wolf Chaim. 1866. Torn, with loss of text.
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<b> 132.</b> Rabbi Chaim Meshulam HaCohen Kaufman ABD Gostynin, postcard to Yosef Levy in London.
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<b> 133.</b> Rabbi Aryeh Pomorantzik, author of Toras Zeraim. Petach Tikva 1939.
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<b> 134. </b>Rabbi Mordechai Grosz of Kiraly – Yerushalayim (son-in-law of Rabbi Tuvia Gedalya Freund) postcard to his son Rabbi Tuvya in Hujdu-Nanasch. 1914.
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<b> 135.</b> A page of manuscript writings of Rabbi Yitzchak HaCohen Rapaport ABD Fuerth. 2 sides. Torn, with loss of text.
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<b> 136. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Stern, Rosh Beth Din Miskolcz, letter to Rabbi Yosef HaCohen Schwartz. 1913. 2 sides.
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<b> 137.</b> Rabbi Avraham Dov Chen, ABD Shandowa, author of Teshuvas Chen. Postcard. 1939.
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<b> 138-140.</b> 3 letters sent by the President of the Tapolcany community to newly appointed Rabbi Kalev Feivel Schlesinger, regarding arrangements for his move to Tapolcany. 1869. Condition fair, with some tears and old repairs.
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<b> 141.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Borenstein of Shedlitz ‘now in the house of Admor hagaon mi’Sochatchew’, letter to Yerushalayim rabbis, in the name of the Rebbe of Sochatchew, forbidding the use of machine-made matzos. Torn.
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<b> 142.</b> Rabbi Moshe Horowitz, ABD Mariampol, letter, with small note containing signature of his grandfather Rabbi Elazar Horowitz, author of Devar Halacha, and another note with the signature of Rabbi Fishel Horowitz, apparently also Rabbi of Mariampol.
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<b> 143.</b> Rabbi Lippman Kerpel of Shopron, letter to his son Yitzchak in Tzehlem. 1873.
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<b> 144.</b> Rabbi Yitzchak Kerpel, later Dayan in Paks, letter to his parents. Pressburg 1872.
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<b> 145.</b> Rabbi Meir Weinberger, Sofer of Stropkow, letter to Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 1876.
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<b> 146.</b> Rabbi Avraham Bonhart, Dayan of Bonyhad, letter to his brother-in-law Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 2 sides. 1873.
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<b> 147. </b>Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch, Rabbi in Vienna, letter to Rabbi Lippman Kerpel. 1865.
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<b> 148. </b>Draft of responsum by Rabbi Zalman Wasserman, ABD Laubheim and Mergentheim. 5 sides. Some tears. Unsigned.
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<b> 149.</b> Dedication sheet written by Rabbi Yehuda ben Shmuel Kaliniburg, publisher of Maaseh Rav (Prague 1823), to Hachasan Shmuel Cohen’.
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<b> 150. </b>Rabbi Yitzchak ben Yosef Segal lebeis Malima of Bensheim, to Rabbi Heshel. 1889.
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<b> 151.</b> R. Moshe Zunz, postcard to R. Chaim Bloch.
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<b> 152.</b> ‘Hatzair Efrayim b’Harav zl’ of Chernowitz, postcard to Rabbi Yosef Hirsh Geiger of Tzefas. 1905.
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<b> 153.</b> Rabbi Yehuda Moskowitz, Shochet of Liska, author of Levushei Yehuda, letter to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Tchabe, 1895. 3 sides. The fourth side contains 10 lines of notes written by Rabbi Ehrenreich.
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<b> 154.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schuck, ABD Sikso, postcard to his disciple R. David Schonfeld of Rimasetch. 1914.
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<b> 155.</b> Dr Serhei of Weisbaden postcard to Rabbi Chanoch Ehrentreu ABD Munich.
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<b> 156.</b> Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi of Stanislawow. Postcard. 1931.
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<b> 157.</b> Rabbi Elimelech Panet, Rebbe of Dej, postcard, with stamp of his father Rabbi Yitzchak Yechiel Mechel, to Rabbi Yehoshua Ehrenreich of Mediesh. 1940.
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<b> 158. </b>Rabbi Gershon Hager, postcard to R. Chaim Bloch. New York 1940.
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<b> 159.</b> Rabbi Shimon ben Sarah ... of Nyredhaz to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, with 23 line-reply from the recipient.
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<b> 160.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Weiss ABD Shamkut to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, regarding a compromise in a dispute with his community. 1943.
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<b> 161.</b> Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Weiss ABD Shamkut to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich ABD Szomlo, with a 20-line reply from the recipient.
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<b> 162.</b> Rabbi Leib Zutro, shatz u’moreh in Leitershausen to his brother Rabbi Avraham Zutro ABD Munster. 1860. 3 sides.
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<b> 163.</b> Rabbi Ber Oppenheim ABD Eibeschutz, letter to Rabbi Shmuel Tziltz Rosh BD Nikolsburg and his son Rabbi Moshe Lob Tziltz, re. finding a suitable Yeshiva for him, mentioning the closure of the Yeshiva in Eibeshutz. 2 sides. 1857. Tear, with slight loss of text.
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<b> 164.</b> Rabbi Menachem Mendel Katz, son-in-law of Rabbi Benzion Halpert ABD Nanash to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. Postcard.
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<b> 165.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Rapaport ABD Tarnow (last 5 lines in his own handwriting – written in his old age) to Rabbi Arye Leibish Horowitz ABD Stryj. 1878. A tear, with slight loss of text.
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<b> 166.</b> Rabbi David Yoel ABD Krotoschin to Rabbi Elazar HaCohen. Purim 1862. 2 sides. Second side contains drafts of two letters to Rabbi David Yoel dated 1865 and 1867, apparently in the handwriting of the recipient.
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<b> 167.</b> Manuscript copy of 11-page section of Sefer Tefila LeMoshe (Almosnino). Ca. 1840-1890?
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<b> 168.</b> Rabbi Moshe Barbash of Zalishtshik to Rabbi Yitzchak Shimshon Horowitz ABD Chernowitz. 1857.
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<b> 169.</b> R. Tzvi Yehuda Hershtik of Samsan to his future brother-in-law Meshulam Hecht.
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<b> 170.</b> Rabbi Asher Anshel Yehuda Miller ABD Petrosany. 1949.
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<b> 171.</b> 2 pages in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Schwartz of Groswardein.
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<b> 172.</b> Rabbi Aharon Tzvi Weber of Feledihaz to his brother-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Friedman 1948.
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<b> 173.</b> Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Neimark? To his brother Rabbi Zalman. 1888.
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<b> 174.</b> Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teomim Dayan Kolomea to Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Ferber of London. 1922. 2 sides.
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<b> 175. </b>Rabib Eliezer Kinstlicher ABD Sintereag. 1939.
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<b> 176.</b> Rabbi Yekusiel Nassan Natta HaCohen Rabinowitz ABD Brisk, to Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov HaCohen Yaffe ABD Manchester. 1939.
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<b> 177.</b> Rabbi Moshe Chaskin to Rabbi Yaakov Benzion HaCohen Mendelson 1914.
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<b> 178.</b> Document 1759-1760 in the handwriting of Rabbi Yisrael ben Rabbi Dov Ber ABD Stryj.
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<b> 179. </b>Important letter from Rabbi David Yehuda Freund ABD Reghin. 1948.
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<b> 180. </b>Rabbi Mordechai Gross ABD Obertin to Rabbi Moshe Grunwald ABD Chust. 2 sides.
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<b> 181.</b> Postcard from Rabbi David Leib Tzintz. Mexico 1927.
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<b> 182.</b> Rabbi Meir Tzvi Mazir ABD Radzieieva and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Neiman ABD Oshentshin to Rabbi Yitzchak Bineth Dayan Hohenzaltza. 3 sides, with signatures and stamps of the rabbis.
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<b> 183.</b> Rabbi Mendel Baumgarten of Vienna to Rabbi Eliezer Zussman Sofer ABD Paks. 1873. 2 sides.
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<b> 184-185.</b> Postcards from unidentified writers, including a postcard from Brisk dated 1901.
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![Derashot (sermons) by Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi, which were delivered by him in Damascus before a large audience, halachic responsum, halachic novellae and novellae on the Shas and separate Torah novellae on the books of the Poskim. A manuscript that has never been printed. A historical and religious discovery! Includes biographic information which was unknown so far.
264 leaves written on both their sides. A large, thick volume. 16x23 cm.
The manuscript and the background for its writing
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi started writing the manuscript in Damascus and completed it after immigrating to Jerusalem. When he was still in Damascus, he wrote his sermons and responsum, including "the version of the Prozbul that I had done here in 1820 the year of the Shemitah in Damascus".
After the "Damascus Affair" of 1840, he left Damascus and immigrated to Jerusalem. He took the manuscript with him as well as some other separate leaves with sermons he had written.
In Jerusalem, he organized the Sermons he had delivered in Damascus and wrote them down. In addition, he added to the manuscript halachic responsum he had written in Damascus and Jerusalem, Halachic novellae, novellae on the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch and novellae on the Poskim, Rishonim and Achronim, novellae on the Shas, Aggadah and Midrash, different Segulot and more.
The content of the manuscript
Forty one long sermons that he had delivered in Damascus
In some of the sermons for Sabbath, in several places, Rabbi Ya'akov notes were the sermon was delivered and that "a large audience" was present. Long sermons, some of them of 20 pp. some contain a poetic preface with the topic of the sermon. Some of them are dated. His handwritten signatures appear at the end of some of the sermons and responsum. On esignature is in the initials "Y.A.K". on leaf [49] his handwritten signature with a calligraphic curl.
Sermons for Shabbat Ha'Gadol: 1815, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1829.
Sermons for the Sabbath before Rosh Ha'Shana: 1828, 1829, 1831.
Sermons for Shabbat Teshuvah: undated, 1826, 1828.
Sermons for Shabbat Zachor: 1822, 1827 (about 30 pp.), 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1834.
Sermons for weddings.
Sermons about respect for one's parents.
Sermons for eulogies: the anniversary of Ezra's death, the anniversary of Menachem Farkhi's death (on the virtue of those who suppert learners of the Torah), sermon about the day of death and the importance of repentance, sermon about the death of the pious which granst atonement, eulogy for his father a month after his death, eulogy for his father a year after his death, eulogy for Rabbi Bechor Laniado (1817), eulogy for his mother a month after her deat, sermon about the virues of the elderly.
Twelve long halachic responsum
Among them: a responsum about the holiness of writing God's name, a halachic responsum regarding the Cultural Mandate, a polemic responsum regarding a Yevamah who came to him and the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Moshe Suzin – in his responsum, the rabbi recalls his dispute with the Rishon Le'Zion, responsum regarding an apartment Rabbi Ya'akov had rented in Jerusalem – a polemic responsum with his biography and his adjustment to Jerusalem and more.
In addition: dozens of halachic and Aggadic novellae, novellae on the Shas and many other matters.
A full description of the content of the manuscript, leaf by leaf, will be given upon request.
A special historical discovery!
The Torah of Rabbi Antebi that appears in this manuscript has never been printed!
The quill pen and the script
In the manuscript, we find changes in the quill pen and times of writing. Sometimes, the script is small and dense and sometimes it is spaced. Throughout the manuscript, there are erasures and corrections, footnotes and various additions (as detailed in the attached list), which clearly indicate that all that was written is in the author's handwriting (except for single pages, as detailed hereinafter).
Th ewriting of the manuscript was done during the years 1815-1846.
On leaf [8] to leaf [9] on the lower third of the page, stylish script that differs from Rabbi Ya'akov's handwriting. It is most likely the script of a scribe or the handwriting of his son.
In several places in the manuscript, there is different script (see leaves [18] first page, [21] second page and onwards and the title on page [26]), most likely, his son's handwriting.
The importance of the manuscript
We can learn many important things from the manuscript, things which so far had been unknown regarding his personality and doctrine. We will note two of them here:
Personal and historical information
The manuscript contains personal and historical information.
For example, on the inner side of the binding: "year 5602 to the creation [1842], I have left Damascus for a good life and peace … and I have come, me and the members of my household … to the holy city of Jerusalem on the 25th of Sivan 5602. And today the 13th of Elul was the wedding of my daughter Esther with the groom Shmuel Akiva Ben Reb Yesha'aya and he travelled abroad on Motza'ei Pesach 5604 may it be God's will that he returns …" Under this inscription, his son wrote: "The death of my father and teacher Wednesday the 8th of Tishrei 5607 [1847] the young Moshe Chaim Antebi S.T".
In the sermons, we find his relationship with the respected Farkhi family.
From the last responsum of the manuscript, regarding an apartment rented by Rabbi Ya'akov in Jerusalem, which recalls how evil people came to throw him out of the apartment and to blackmail him, we learn about Rabbi Ya'akov's attitude towards the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Avraham Chaim Gagin and how he coped with those who slandered him.
His style of learning Halacha and Aggadah
The manuscript teaches us about Rabbi Ya'akov style of learning Halacha and Aggadah. The style of the sermons is similar to that of Sephardic rabbis in general and the rabbis of Aleppo in particular – to question the Midrash or verse and then explain it according to prefaces of Sugiyot Ha'Shas or halachic prefaces of books by the Poskim and halachic responsa.
The responsum demonstrates Rabbi Ya'akov's insistence to get to the bottom of things and his vast knowledge of the books of the Rishonim and Achronim and responsa books.
It also demonstrates that his piety preceded his wisdom since he ends each responsum with a sentence like the following: "and may God direct me in finding the truth and save me from mistakes and will show me the wonders of His Torah and will illuminate my heart with it…"
At the beginning and end of the manuscript he introduces several Segulot that he had copied from different books. At the beginning of the manuscript: "a prayer to be said before a sermon". At the end of the manuscript, a Segulah he had copied from a manuscript "of Rabbi Shmuel Pinto in the name of Rabbi Chaim Vital Segulah against illness… and he cursed in that manuscript anyone who revealed the secret to a gentile".
Another interesting thing is that despite the torments and suffering Rabbi Ya'akov had gone through, he continued to study and teach Torah in Jerusalem and wrote responsum on complicated halachic matters and novellae on the Shas and Aggadah.
On leaf [49] it is written "and I have added now a little frro what is written in my small book" indicating that Rabbi Ya'akov had authored another book of novellae which has not been discovered.
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi – his life, greatness and holiness and the "Damascus Affair"
Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi, the Chief Rabbi of Damascus for thirty years, a Torah, Kabbala and Hassidism genius, who had gone through great torments and suffering.
He was born in Aleppo in 1787 to his father Rabbi Yitzchak Antebi. In his youth he was ordained as a "Posek" by Rabbi Yosef Chazan author of "Chikrei Lev". After his marriage to the Rebbetzen Mazal Tov, he left Aleppo and moved to Damascus.
At the time, there was an intense dispute between the community leaders regarding the position of Chief Rabbi of Damascus, which opened up at the time. The wealthy men of the community believed that he who pays the piper calls the tune and therefore did not want a rabbi who was economically self-sufficient and will therefore also be politically self-sufficient. The favorite candidate at the time was the prominent Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abulafia, who was wealthy, old and a great Torah scholar. However, the wealthy men of the community preferred a poor, modest and inexperienced person – Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi - not because of his modesty or erudition but because they wanted a person they thought will be submissive to their authority because of his economic dependence on them. In 1809, when he was only 22 years old, Rabbi Antebi became the Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Damascus.
Yet to the bitter surprise and disappointment of the wealthy leaders of the community, and despite his poverty, Rabbi Ya'akov remained loyal to his principles, to Din Torah and to the Halacha. The wealthy men did not cease to abuse him by holding back his wages for years, as indicated by a letter he sent to Sir Moses Montefiore in 1841 in which he describes three of the leaders of the community of Damascus: "these are my enemies, since they do not follow in God's footsteps and I admonish them and therefore they have been holding back my wages for the last two and a half years".
Rabbi Ya'akov was not intimidated and continued to serve as the Chief Rabbi of Damascus for more than thirty years.
When he was Chief Rabbi of Damascus, there was a scandal in the Farkhi family due to a struggle over the estate of the wealthy Reb Chaim Farkhi between the sons of Chaim Farkhi and his brother.
The scandal preoccupied the Beit Din of several large Jewish communities: Damascus, Aleppo, Jerusalem, Tiberius, Turkey and more. Against his will and despite his inconvenience, Rabbi Ya'akov was asked to rule how to divide the estate – emotions were stirred up so much so that Rabbi Ya'akov was cursed and disgraced and was even informed on to the government. All these upset him yet he continued to observe the commandment of "do not be afraid of the face of any man".
The affair accompanied Rabbi Ya'akov even after he immigrated to Jerusalem.
The "Damascus Affair"
Rabbi Ya'akov was titled "the well-known holy and pious rabbi" for sanctifying God's name by being tortured for months during the "Damascus Affair". The Damascus affair of 1840 refers to the arrest of thirteen notable members of the Jewish community of Damascus who were accused of murdering a Christian monk for ritual purposes. The anti-semitic blood libel resulted in the accused being imprisoned and tortured by the Ottoman authorities and the populace attacking and pillaging a local synagogue.
The background of the blood libel was the disappearance of Father Thomas, a French citizen originally from Sardinia, and the superior of a Franciscan convent at Damascus.
Upon Thomas' disappearance the French consul at Damascus, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, who supported Christian merchants and advisers over Jewish ones, and Christian families seeking economic ascendancy over the formerly empowered Farkhi family, instituted investigations in the Jewish quarter giving rise to the suspicion that Jews were behind the priest's disappearance. The Egyptian governor of Syria, Sherif Pasha, wishing to court French sympathies engendered by relations between the French government and the Egyptian pasha, Muhammad Ali, allowed the accusations to take root. A confession was extorted by torture from a Jewish barber named Negrin, who claimed he had given a bottle with Thomas' blood to the Chief Rabbi of Damascus Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi. He also claimed that Rabbi Antebi was the one who had planned the murder and agreed to translate several verses of the Talmud that might explain the behavior of the Jews who committed the ritual murder. Thus, Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi became the major culprit of the affair.
On the 28th of February, bones "were found" in a canal of the Jewish Quarter. They were declared as the remains of Father Thomas and were buried in a festive ceremony. The authorities started looking for the blood that the Jews had taken. They used all the means they had and 63 Jewish children were captured and tortured.
The imprisonment and letter to Montefiore
Rabbi Ya'akov was imprisoned and suffered indescribable tortures (described in his letter to Montefiore).
In time, Rabbi Ya'akov's letter to Montefiore served as the main source for describing and documenting the affair. The letter was printed in the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim", published by Rabbi Ya'akov's grandson, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi (Jerusalem, 1929).
The struggle, release and immigration to the Land of Israel
The rumor about Rabbi Ya'akov's imprisonment reached the Jewish world, which was shocked. The Rothschild family, the French lawyer Adolphe Crémieux and of course, Sir Moses Montefiore acted to release the prisoners.
With his release from the prison of Damascus, Rabbi Ya'akov decided to leave the town and immigrate to Jerusalem, to spend the rest of his days in holiness and purity. He packed his belongings and left with his family on the long journey to the Land of Israel. On his way, he visited all the graves of the Tzaddikim in the Land of Israel, saying "Birkat Ha'Gomel" and "Mi She'Berach" for Sir Montefiore and his wife.
When he arrived in Jerusalem, he wrote a Piyut expressing his gratitude for his release and noting Sir Montefiore's assistance.
Rabbi Ya'akov showed kindness to all the residents of Jerusalem and did not discriminate against any of them, wealthy or poor, Jews or gentiles, Sephardic or Ashkenazic. Actually, he befriended the Ashkenazic rabbis. About this friendship, Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai Eisenstein, the scribe of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, wrote: "… that deep love existed between Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi and Rabbi Moshe Maggid, the leader of Adat Ha'Prushim, their love was such that even in their death they did not separate and died in the same month, one after the other".
His death and gravestone
During the last years of his life, Rabbi Ya'akov lived with his family in Jerusalem, where he ruled and wrote responsum to questions on different matters.
He died in 1846 and was buried in Jerusalem on the 7th of Tishrei (27.9) 1846.
On his gravestone it was written: "Here is buried the great rabbi, well-known for his holiness and piety, who sanctified God's name with his body and soul and suffered bitter torture due to the known affair … in 1840".
His holy customs
When Rabbi Ya'akov died in Jerusalem, everyone talked about his greatness. Only then did his wife, the Rebbetzen Mazal Tov, tell what she had not dared to tell when he was alive: the Rabbi used to fast during the Shovavim days from Sabbath to Sabbath, for six consecutive days. She said that on Sabbath, Rabbi Ya'akov used to eat three meals and then the "Melaveh Malka" meal; however, after Havdalah, he would eat only a little and then start his fast until the next Sabbath. His wife, who fully understood him, would respect his wishes and not object.
Sources: "Chayav U'Fo'alo shel Ha'Rav Ha'Rashi Le'Damesek Ha'Rav Ya'akov Antebi" by Dr. Elioz Chefer Antebi, a descendant of the author. "La'Kedoshim asher Ba'Aretz", "Mamlechet Olam Ha'Halacha", "Arzei Ha'Levanon", different archives and websites.
His teachings
Much was written about Rabbi Ya'akov's Torah greatness.
For example, the fact that his great uncle, Rabbi Avraham Antebi, asked him to express his halachic opinion on one of the questions he was asked is mentioned in the book "Mor Ve'Ohalot". The book "Poel Tzeddek" by Rabbi Avraham Dayan present his responsum regarding the law of Moredet. His responsum on the matter of an Agunah was printed in the book "Zerah Ya'akov" by Rabbi Ya'akov Ninio. In addition, in his youth, Rabbi Ya'akov corresponded with the "Chikrei Lev", a correspondence that remained a manuscript (the Ben Zvi Institute).
He wrote a preface to the books "Mo'adei Hashem Ve'Kriei Kodesh" and "Chibat Yerushalayim", an important preface to the book "Nava Tehilah" on the Book of Psalms, with several Segulot, one of which was later cited by the "Ben Ish Chai".
There are several books which were printed with his glosses such as "Yad Malachi" and "Zechor Le'Avraham".
Rabbi Ya'akov wrote many songs and Piyutim that were printed in Sifrei Bakashot and were sung by the Jews of Damascus on Sabbath and Holidays.
Several of his teachings were printed in the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim" as well as a halachic responsum titled "Abir Ya'akov" (the book is added, as follows).
And now, to all his known teachings is added a complete manuscript of his teachings. Our generation has merited discovering teachings by him which have never been printed, which have been unknown until now and which indicate his Torah greatness.
Imrei Ya'akov
Added is the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim" (Jerusalem, 1929, first edition) – Derashot on the Torah by the kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Capoussi, the disciple of the Ari. At its end, "Imrei Ya'akov" – Divrei Torah by Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi. With the detailed letter written by Rabbi Ya'akov to Sir Moses Montefiore regarding the Damascus Affair.
The book was published by Rabbi Ya'akov's grandson, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi and was prepared for printing by Rabbi David Zion Laniado.
On the reverse side of the title page, hand-filling by Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi with his signature.
Condition: Very Good. Original binding. Detached leaf.
Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Antebi was born in Safed to his father Rabbi Yehuda Shabtai Raphael. He died in Cairo on the 17th of Shevat 1923. Was known for his piety and holiness. During World War I, he moved to Cairo and published the book "Be'Or Ha'Chaim".
Condition: Fair. On most of the leaves at the beginning of the manuscript, moth damage to the inner margins, with damage to text; however, it is readable. Detached leaves and damaged margins due to wear. Worn, original leather binding.](/img/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaWRzcGlyaXQtaW1hZ2VzLmdsb2JhbC5zc2wuZmFzdGx5Lm5ldC9qZ29sZC9jbG9uZWQtaW1hZ2VzLzc4MDc3LzI1LzI1LmpwZw.Z_WdOHKhDcQLPN_ACr3nkw)
![<p><b>Original signature of the holy Bach </b></p>
<p><b>Rabbi Yoel Sirkis </b></p>
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<p>A lengthy halachic fundamental teshuvah from the great gaon Rabbi Yoel Sirkis the Bac”h concluded with his holy signature. </p>
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<p>Four pages written neatly by a scribe, the Bac”h then reviewed the teshuvah and added annotations, and on the bottom of the teshuvah he inscribed this rare and holy signature: </p>
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<p><b>I the humble and young </b></p>
<p><b>Yoel ben la”a [to my father] Morenu….Rabbi Shmuel Z”l </b></p>
<p><b>[Today] Friday 23rd of Shevat 1629…. </b></p>
<p><b>Here KK”K</b> [Kehula kedosha Kracow] </p>
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<p>On the side of the page, three short notations in the sacred handwriting of the Bach. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah of the bach is one of the most famous of the bach’s teshuvos, its discussions revolve around the matter of agunos and has many practical halachic ramifications in the matter of agunos. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah is quoted by and referred to, by all the great Achronim when discussing matters of agunot. (see below) </p>
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<p>At the end of the teshuvah the Bac”h tells of a similar incident that occurred, in which there was an halachic argument between the Mahara”l of Prague and his Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo of Lublin. </p>
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<p>This teshuvah was printed in Teshuvos HaBac”h (Frankfurt 1697) Ch. 86-87. The teshuvah was sent to the Gaon Rabbi Yehoshu of Cracow, author of Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua and Maginei Shlomo, in response to his teshuvah which was printed in Shu”t Geonei Basroei (Turka 1764) Ch. 21. In response, the Mageini Shlomo wrote another teshuvah on the matter, printed in Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua Vol. 2 (Levov 1860) Ch. 47. </p>
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<p><b>Handwritten note from the Maginei Shlomo </b></p>
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<p>On the margins of the teshuvah there is a short comment written in the holy hand of the Mageini Shlomo, the recipient of this teshuvah. (the handwriting in this comment is identical to his known handwriting elsewhere, see also Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua ibid.) </p>
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<p><b>Handwritten title by the Beis Efraim </b></p>
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<p>On the top of the page of the teshuvah appears a title written by the Gaon Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margolios author of Beis Efraim, stating: <b>“this teshuvah was printed in Teshuvos HaBach” </b></p>
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<p>It is well-known that the Bais Efraim published Shu”t HaBac”h Hachadoshos (Koretz, 1785), based on the manuscript of responses he inherited from his grandfather the Tevuos Schor. </p>
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<p>Summary of this teshuvah’s priceless treasure: </p>
<p><b>‘Four page historic teshuvah’ from the Bac”h and his handwritten signature </b></p>
<p><b>‘Handwritten notes from the Bac”h’ </b></p>
<p><b>‘Handwritten comment from the ‘Maginei Shlomo’ </b></p>
<p><b>Belonged to the Tevuos Schor, grandfather of the Bais Efraim </b></p>
<p><b>‘Inscription from Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margolios author of Beis Efraim</b></p>
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<p> <b>Hagaon Rabbi Yoel Sirkis Av Beis Din of Cracow</b> known as the Bac”h (c.1561-1640) was the Gadol and leader of Klal Yisroel in his times. His halachic rulings, responses, and corrections to the Shas were accepted by all. Authored the sefer Bais Chodosh on the Tur which is from the most elemental seforim in halacha. In his introduction to Shu”t HaBach, the Beis Efraim writes ‘a holy man our Rabbi the author of Beis Chodosh….he judged Israel and built them homes… </p>
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<p>Rabbi Yoel Sirkis the Bac”h was niftar on the 20th of Addar 1640 and when his soul ascended to the heavens, an announcement was heard from heaven saying ‘make room for Rabeinu Yoel of Cracow. (introduction of the Tosefes Shabbos, mentioned in the Chida in Shem Hagedolim. </p>
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<p><b>The Bach was greatly admired by Tzaddikim and Admorim </b></p>
<p>The Minchas Elozor writes on the Bac”h “a pillar of light and fire, whos light shines from the heaven to earth”. It is said in the name of the Admor from Galintza who related: ‘that while the Bach was engrossed in learning Torah, ill patients who would stand close to him, were healed miraculously from their illness. The author of Tiferes Shlomo writes that he heard from the Admor Rabbi Dovid of Leluv that when the Bac”h passed away and ascended to heaven he was honored by the heavenly Bais Din to deliver a derasha, to which he agreed on condition the fire of gehenom would be cooled for 30 days (introduction to Shaar Hagilgulim, Permesula 1875). </p>
<p>Cracow 1629. 2 leaves - 4 complete pages, Condition: Other than generally light spots and some wear in good condition. </p>
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<p><b>Background of the response </b></p>
<p>There was an incident where a married man was found dead. , the witnesses testifying could not identify him by the features of his face or body, but only through the clothes that remained on him and they wanted to determine his identity based on distinct marks (simanim) on his clothes.</p>
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<p><br />But there is a well-known concern in the laws of agunos of 'the doubt of borrowing', that is, when the witnesses testify according to the identification of the garments worn by the dead man in order to provide evidence to determine that the missing husband died, we are concerned that these might not be the clothes of the dead man, but perhaps he borrowed them from the missing individual we are looking for. And if so, we can not determine that the husband of the woman who is seeking to remarry has died. Perhaps it's a different man wearing her husband's clothing. <br /><br /></p>
<p>This question whether to permit agunos to marry based on identification of the husband’s clothing has been a great debate amongst the great Achronim. And the opinion of the Bach is to be stringent and not accept identification of a body through identifying the clothing. </p>
<p>The Bach writes: Heaven forbid we change the ruling in this orphaned generation and agree to be lenient and say we are not concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’ especially after that all great autherieties have already accepted this ruling'. <br /><br /></p>
<p>At the end of the teshuvah, the Bach tells of a similar incident that occurred, in which there was an halachic argument between the Mahara”l of Prague and his Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo of Lublin: </p>
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<p>"In my young years, I heard that a story like this happened in the Kehila of Poznan, almost fifty years ago, and the Gaon Rabbi Leib of Prague [the Maharal of Prague] permitted the woman to remarry and his opinion was to rule that we are not concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’. However, my teacher and Rabbi the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo the Chassid of Lublin who was the Ab”d of Poznan forbade it... and I, his student, wrote that according to my humble opinion we need to be concerned with the ‘doubt of borrowing’ and I agreed to the opinion of my teacher and the opinion of the Achronim that we would follow them in their rulings." (see the exchanges between them on this matter, in the preface to Piskei and Shu”t Mahrash of Lublin, Brooklyn 1988, p. 18) <br /><br /></p>
<p>As mentioned, the Bach is the leading opinion for ruling strictly on this question All the great Achronim in their responses in the Laws of Agunos quote and discuss this response of the Bach (see Pithchei Tshuva, Even Ha'Ezer Ch. 17, os 95) <br /><br /></p>
<p>In the sefer Meorot HaTzovaot (Hordana 1810) which is the most important basic book on the laws of Agunot, it is stated that we can not rule leniently against the Bach’s opinion, unless there are other reasons and arguments in favor of permitting. </p>
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<p>As mentioned above, this response was sent to the Maginei Shlomo, and was later held in the possession of the Tevuot Schor, and years later was inherited by the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot who was one of his descendants. <br /><br /></p>
<p><b>The Gaon Rabbi Yehoshua of Cracow (c. 1580 -1648)</b> of our great Rabbis of the Achronim, author of Maginei Shlomo and Shu”t Pnei Yehoshua. Takmid of the Sem”a and the Maharam Lublin and prime Rabbi of the Shach, he corresponded with the Bac”h and the Ta”z, as well as in Kabbala he corresponded with the holy mekubal Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoli. Served as a Rabbi in Cracow in the end of the Bach’s days, he took over the position of the Megaleh Amukos’ and later served as rav together with the Tosfos Yom Tov. he responded to countless inquiries in halacha and taught many talmidim torah amongst his talmidim are: the Shach; the Avodas Gershuni; the Ateres Zekainim. His great grandson is the Pnei Yehoshua on the Shas. <br /><br /></p>
<p><b>The Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman of Margaliot (1761-1828) </b>author of Beis Ephraim and Mateh Ephraim, and therefore he never accepted rabbinate, but he was a famous Halachic authorities in his generation and answered many responses in Halacha. In his hesped, the Chassam Sofer said of him: "He was of the greatest in the world, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and their carrier. His teachings are easy to understand and every day his teachings are mentioned in our Bais Medrash from his compositions." </p>
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<p>Cracow 1629. 2 leaves - 4 complete pages, Condition: Other than generally light spots and some wear in good condition. </p>
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![<b><i>A large collection of documents from the elections to the first Knesset, and from the first year of its activity 5708-5709 (1948-1949) </i></b>
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<b><i>Dozens of important documents, letters, drafts, proposals regarding the election committee for the Constituent Assembly (the Knesset), and protocols of the first meetings of the Knesset. </i></b>
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<i>Guidelines for the government's plan * Documents and letters concerning a bill regarding the property of Germans in Israel * Documents and letters from the 'Standing Committee' * Declaration of opinion of the fired police officers for Independence Day * Summaries of conversations held in the Knesset * A collection of protocols (drafts!) of the first meetings of the Knesset * A stencil booklet 'The Election Ordinance for the Constituent Assembly' * Stencil booklet 'Decisions of the Committee for the Preparation of the Elections for the Constituent Assembly' * The Election Ordinance for the Constituent Assembly * 15 letters from the Secretary of the State Council * An interesting letter from Yakov Meridor on behalf of the Herut Movement, with a request to "add a representative of our movement to the Election Committee" * Letters and documents related to the rescue of the Jews of Arab countries, during the War of Independence * and more </i>
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Comprehensive and wide material, one of a kind, from the activities of the first Knesset. The material is divided into three categories:
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1. Activity of the Election Committee for the Constituent Assembly.
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2. Knesset activity.
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3. The draft protocols of the Knesset from its first months.
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<b>The Election Committee for the Constituent Assembly – The First Knesset (Iyar 5708-Cheshvan 5709) </b>
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Letters, documents, invitations, drafts, decisions, proposals and summaries of decisions, concerning the election committee for the Constituent Assembly (the first Knesset), a committee that acted on behalf of the Provisional State Council, regarding the election constitution and the election ordinance.
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The documents are signed in print, and a minority of them are handwritten. In some of the documents there are handwritten proofs and comments, sometimes with substantial content. Several documents deal with a fascinating debate on whether to grant Cypriot exiles the right to vote – on the one hand they are not in Israel, on the other hand they fought for the freedom of the people and the establishment of the state. There is also a reference to the elections among IDF soldiers.
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* Pamphlet in duplicates, the proposal of the committee for the preparation of the electoral constitution for the Constituent Assembly, final version 11.9.48. 'The Constituent Assembly Election Ordinance'. 16 pages, written on one side. Another copy with significant handwritten proofs.
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* A stencil booklet with a cover page bearing the solemn title: 'Decisions of the Committee for the Preparation of the Elections for the Constituent Assembly' - from its meetings in the month of Av and Ellul 5708. Three pages (besides the cover) are written on one side. Three copies of this booklet.
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* Two copies of the election ordinance for the Constituent Assembly, 1948.
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* Invitation to the members of the election committee for the constituent assembly. Signed in the handwriting of A. Federhar, Secretary of the State Council. 3rd of Cheshvan 5709 11.5.48. About 15 additional letters from him, some of them invitations to meetings, signed by him in his own handwriting.
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* An interesting letter from Yakov Meridor on behalf of the Herut movement, in which he requested to "add a representative of our movement to the Election Committee ".
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* An interesting letter, typed on a typewriter (not signed), regarding the election order for the Constituent Assembly, and in it various mistakes, mainly about the fact that prisoners in prison are not entitled to vote in the elections. Two pages.
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* Pamphlet in duplicates, "Election order for the Constituent Assembly, changes regarding the 'final version' of 11.9.48. Two pages.
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* The proposals of the committee for the preparation of the electoral constitution for the constituent assembly. 14 pp. 10.27.48. Signed in print by Ben-Gurion and Felix Rosenblit, Minister of Justice.
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* The aforementioned committee's proposal - revised version. 28.10.48. 14 pp. Two copies, one of which has an interesting handwritten proofreading.
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* Additional suggestions and drafts of the above.
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* Booklet in duplicates "Order to extend the validity of emergency regulations - going abroad". 5709 1948. Three pages written on one side.
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* Several additional commands in duplicates.
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* A proposal from Ben Zion Argov for the method of voting, using a special card and punching it.
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* Documents regarding the distribution of votes, according to the method accepted by the Election Commission. Tishrei 5709 10.17.48
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* Protocols of meeting No. 26 (9 Cheshvan 5709 11.11.48).
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<b><i>Knesset activity in its first years</i></b>
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* Bundle of pages: "Basic guidelines for the government plan", printed in duplicates. Two copies. One of them contains important corrections and proofreadings in the handwriting of the council member.
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* Bundle of pages: "Defence regulations from the mandatory period that are in force".
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* Collection of documents and letters regarding a bill regarding the properties of the Germans in Israel. Among other things: "The Knesset's opinion on the claims of pensioners from Germany and Austria"; Letters from the "Association of Pension Recipient Immigrants", and more. 1950
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* Collection of documents and letters from the "Standing Committee". Shevat-Adar 5709 March 1949.
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* Proposals of government members.
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* Expression of opinion of the fired police officers for Independence Day. Polemical, historical and exciting content.
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* A letter "to the ministers of the government and the members of the Knesset", from the members of Gahal and Mahal, who fought in the war of independence. "At the same time that we were fighting on the front lines and defending the posts, apartments were seized and handed over to people and by various people whose right of priority over these buildings as far as we are concerned is highly questionable, in this property that soldiers shed their blood to conquer and for its liberation others are constantly taking and selling in a sarcastic manner... We are witness to various scandals regarding the abandoned property...". two pages. Handwritten signatures: "The Joint Committee for the Sheik Munis Beit Yona and Beit Yam Veterans Dormitory". Date: 6.5.1951.
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* Bundle of pages: "Laws concerning women in Israel". A few copies. Probably a proposal prepared for the Knesset. Attached is the original manuscript from which the above pages were typed on a typewriter. 5 p.
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* Bundle of pages: "Records of the meeting held in the office of the Minister of Justice P. Rosen on the 18th of Cheshvan 5711 (October 29, 1950). 17 p.
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">* Summaries of various conversations held in the Knesset.</span>
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* Booklet on behalf of the Israeli government, "Financial accounting - income and expenditure for the period of April 1, 1949 - December 31, 1949".
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* Bundle of pages: "Memorandum on the Courts Bill - 5710. General comments".
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* An official invitation on a page of the State of Israel, to the meeting of the committee of the coalition in the Knesset, which will be held "today (11th of Ellul 5709 - 9.5.49), on the agenda: the matter of education and the compulsory service law". Signed Miriam Frenkel.
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* Collection of documents on changes in the customs tariff, including brochures on the subject printed in duplicates, with handwritten proofs.
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* A bundle of stapled pages regarding the "test service".
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* A bundle of stapled pages, from the "Legal Counsel's Office".
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* A bundle of pages including the "Interim Report" (submitted to the Prime Minister and
<span style="background-color: transparent;">the Minister of Justice) of the Supreme Committee for the Employees of the Government of Israel, with very interesting content, including a reference to the investigation of police officers. 7th of Elul 5709. On the first page is written in red pencil: "Not for publication". Duplicated in stencil.</span>
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* Stencil booklet: 'Budget of the Department of Education - 5709. For the meeting of the Education Committee of the Knesset 28th of Nisan 5709, April 27 1949. Six pages (printed on one side) and an attached table.
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* A firm letter from the [Second] War Disabled Association. "To this day, the State of Israel is the only country in the world that does not recognize the Jewish war disabled from this war". August 25th 1949.
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* Several proposals for the bylaws of the 'Leather Center'.
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* Bundle of stapled pages: "Price reduction starting in April', on behalf of the Ministry of Supply and Rationing. A long list of items and products, very interesting. 6 pages written on one side. duplication.
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* Booklet (16 pages printed in duplicates on one side): 'Speech of the Minister of Defense in the Knesset on the 20th of Av 5709. 8.15.49). Fascinating historical content. He talks about the security factors that are necessary at this time - massive immigration to Israel, settlement throughout the country, and more.
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* Duplicate printed booklet, "Report on the activities of the department during the period July 1948 - March 1949' on behalf of the Relief Ministry, the Department of Social Care for Children and Youth. On the last page is a summary, signed in type by Tzipora Bloch. 32 pages written on one side.
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* Duplicate printed pages, various government proposals, with handwritten corrections and proofreadings by one of the Knesset/Government members.
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* Bundle of pages: "Decisions of the 16th Knesset session, on the 22nd day of Adar 5709 (March 23rd 1949)".
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">* The Veterans Law (Return to Work) 5709 - Explanatory notes.</span>
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* A folded leaflet, on behalf of the State of Israel - Ministry of Defense - The Soldier's Family Division: "The Constitution of Payments to Soldiers Families". The text is diacriticed. (Kislev 5709). 6 p.
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* A bundle of pages on behalf of the War Disabled Association. Adar 5709, March 1949 as well as their correspondence with Ben Gurion (in duplicates). Polemical content.
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* Stencil booklet, explanations for the budget proposal of the Ministry of Religion, April-September 1949. 8 [1] page.
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* Stencil booklet "Proposal of an estimated budget" by the Ministry of Religion. From the aforementioned period. 21 pages.
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<b><i>Rescuing Arab Jewry </i></b>
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On May 15th 1948, immediately after Israel's declaration of independence, Iraq went to war against the Jewish state. The military regime that was declared in Iraq began to systematically persecute the Jewish citizens. Hundreds of them were arrested under various pretexts and brought before military courts, which sentenced them to prison sentences and heavy fines. A Jew named Shafik Adas was accused by the authorities of subversion, even though he was far from supporting Zionism. After a show trial, and despite international pressure, Adas was hanged in September 1948 in front of his home in the city of Basra. Also in other countries, such as Egypt, Syria and Yemen, the situation was very difficult and serious. At that time there was an awakening in Israel to quickly help the Jews of the Arab countries, and in the collection before us there is important
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* Resolutions of the protest assembly against the persecution of the Jews in Arab countries. 20th of Adar 5709 (3.21.49)
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* Rare booklet - Bulletin No. 1, on behalf of the International League to Save Arab Jewry. 7 pp. duplicates. Fascinating material.
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* A signed letter from the chairman of the league to one of the members of the Knesset. "We have just received news about the execution and further imprisonment of Iraqi Jews on charges of communism or Zionism". 3.5.49.
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* The league's memorandum to the government of Israel. Hebrew and French. six pages.
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Collection of draft protocols of the Knesset from its early days:
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* Historical item! The first issue of the first Knesset sessions (the first few pages are missing, starting on page 7). 22.14.1949 15th Shevat 5709. The last page reads: "We, the people of Israel, planted a new tree today, at the behest of past generations and the will of generations to come - the tree of Israel's independence. The Constituent Assembly plants this tree on this day. The nation of Israel is alive and well and it will fulfill the hope of redemption, the renewed hope of two thousand years!". 27 pages.
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* Sheet 2, at the top of the cover is printed: 'The State of Israel - The Constituent Assembly – Draft". The second meeting, 16th of Shevat 5709, 2.15.48. 58 pages. Includes a translation from arabic of Knesset member Amin Jurjara's speech. Meeting Chairman Yosef Shprintzik (Chairman of the Provisional State Council) made several announcements, including: "There are no smokers in the Constituent Assembly Hall, which is the Parliament. Please immediately stop smoking in all places; I strongly request that the members of the Constituent Assembly understand that there is no need for interruptions. Speaking from your seat is not helpful, neither heard nor absorbed, it only serves as a hindrance to the interrupter himself."
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* The words of the Knesset, third session, meeting 25. 100 pp. (as above, sometimes several pages on one page). 11th of Tevet 1950 20.12.1950 Attached is a page with a "proposed resolution to the Knesset on behalf of the MKY party regarding the re-establishment of the Nazi army', with three sections (unsigned), dated 20.12.50.
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* Another sheet, at the top of the title page is printed: "The words of the Knesset - meeting 26". Tel Aviv, 28th of Nisan 5709, 4.27.49. 205 pages (sometimes there are several 'pages' on one page).
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<b>And another collection of pages from different meetings. for example: </b>
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* Meeting 19, 3.30.49. pp. 71-108. (The beginning and the end are missing).
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* Meeting 51 7.5.49. (one page from the meeting, dealing with the throwing of a bomb by IDF soldiers on a synagogue in Jerusalem).
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* A page from meeting 52 9th of Tammuz 5709.
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* Meeting 68 p. 21-56. 8.15.49. The pages before us deal with security issues.
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Good condition. Slight time stains on some pages. Crease marks on some pages. Filing holes on most pages.
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