Letters Regarding the Kornitz Rabbinate - Including a Rabbinic Ordination from R. Aryeh Leib Zivov, Rabbi of Dvinsk ...

Letters Regarding the Kornitz Rabbinate - Including a Rabbinic Ordination from R. Aryeh Leib Zivov, Rabbi of Dvinsk - 1876-1926
Rabbinic ordination and letters sent to R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Rabbi of Kornitz (Kurenets), and to his son R. Yaakov Landau:
• Rabbinic ordination for R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, handwritten and signed by R. Aryeh Leib Zivov Rabbi of Dvinsk (Denenburg). Shevat 1876.
• Letter to R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, from R. Mordechai Rabinowitz. Dryssa (Vitebsk region), 1901.
• Letter to R. Yaakov Landau, from R. Yochanan Rabbi of Myadel (Myadzyel), regarding the Kornitz rabbinate. Shevat 1914.
• Letter from the Kornitz community, bidding R. Yaakov Landau to return to serve as their rabbi, signed by 13 community leaders. Kornitz, Shevat 1926.
After the passing of R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau (1853? - Elul 1913), Rebbe Rashab instructed that his son, R. Yaakov Landau, be appointed as Rabbi of Kornitz in his place (R. Yaakov served in this position for a short period of time). At that time, a dispute arose surrounding the position of Rabbi of Kornitz - a rabbi named R. Noach wished to take the position, with the support of some of the community members. Not much is known about this dispute, which lasted for over a decade. The letter from R. Yochanan Rabbi of Myadel discloses new information about the affair. Another letter related to the affair is the letter from Kornitz community members asking R. Yaakov to return to serve as rabbi of Kornitz, after R. Noach left the town. R. Yaakov, presumably decided not to return to Kornitz and to continue disseminating Torah in Russia.
R. Aryeh Leib Zivov Rabbi of Dvinsk (1810-1887), prominent Chabad rabbi, close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Served as rabbi of several cities, including Dvinsk, where he was succeeded by the Rogatchover.
4 letters. Size and condition vary.