Collection of paper and noties from the Beit HaTavshil and the Knesset Orchim Eliach in Jerusalem. Signatures of ...

Collection of paper and noties from the Beit HaTavshil and the Knesset Orchim Eliach in Jerusalem. Signatures of the founder, Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Eliach
1. Notice from the Beit HaTavshil “desiring to host on Pesach in the Beit HaTavshil.” 24.5x35cm.

2. Receipt for “1 oil tin” by Shmuel Aharonson of Haifa.

3. 11 letters written by hand on various official letterheads of the Beit HaTavshil, between 1936-1941, signed by Rabbi Shlomo Eliach, the founder and administrator of the institution. Various sizes. The backs of the pages have various recommendations for donations from Jewish sages, including: Rabbi Yaakov Meir the Rishon LeZiyyon, Rav Kook, The Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias, the Ri’ah Herzog, Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel. Some are accompanied by pictures from the institution’s activities. Folding creases and stains. Overall good condition.

Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Eliach (1960-1941) was a rabbi, Shadar, and a leading businessman in Israel. He was born into a long-time family of Chassidei Karlin and was the grandson of Rabbi Yitzhak, the brother of Rabbi Aharon HaGadol of Karlin. His other grandfather was Rabbi Shlomo Yosef (after whom he was named), who served as Rabbi of Stolin and immigrated to Tiberias, where he is buried. Rabbi Shlomo Yosef organized support among American Jewry for residents of the old Yishuv in Israel in the 19th century. He founded and managed the Beit HaTavshil in Jerusalem and Hevron. During his travels on behalf of the Yishuv he reached India and found that a severe disease was affecting the Jews there—he contacted Britain and made sure that medicine was brought for them. Beit HaTavshil was founded in 1920 in Me’ah She’arim, Jerusalem. It was maintained mostly by donations from the United States and provided cheap food for those in need, including Jewish prisoners. Rabbi Eliach continued to maintain the organization until he died at close to 80 years old. He is buried in Jerusalem.