Signatures of the rabbis of Etz Chaim on documents related to the teachers' salaries – with the signature of Rabbi ...

Signatures of the rabbis of Etz Chaim on documents related to the teachers' salaries – with the signature of Rabbi Arye Levin
The institutions of 'Etz Chaim', almud Torah and Yeshiva, founded by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, were a center of Torah in Jerusalem. Among their walls, the greatest rabbis of Jerusalem had studied. The teachers there were the best and among the prominent figures of the old Yishuv.
Before us are several pages related to the salaries received by the rabbis of 'Etz Chaim', confirming their receipt. Among them is Rabbi Arye Levin, who served as a Mashgiach (spiritual supervisor) at the yeshiva. The pages demonstrate that he was also responsible for the transfer of the salaries and scholarships to the rabbis of the yeshiva.
A. Three typewritten pages with the names of the teachers and the sums of their salaries, under them, the signatures of the teachers.
One page, from 3.10.1951 – conformation of the rabbis that they have received their salaries. Among the signatures is that of Rabbi Arye Levin, who signed for himself and three times on behalf of other teachers. There are also the signatures of Rabbi Chaim Shvadron, Rabbi David Mendelson, Rabbi Refael Levin, Rabbi Avraham Ze'ev Yanovsky and more.
A second similar page from 29.7.1942. Among the signatures, those of Rabbi Alter Yabrov and Rabbi Eliyahu Nachum Porush (Glikman) and more.
A third similar page, undated. Among the signatures, those of Rabbi Eliyahu Nachum Porush, Rabbi Moshe Rivlin and more.
Size: 22X28 cm.
Condition: Excellent.
B. Lists of salaries and scholarships received by the rabbis of Etz Chaim institutions, handwritten by the secretary of the institutions from 21.7.1942. The sums are summarized and signed in the handwriting of Rabbi Arye Levin
A handwritten page (2 pages) written by the secretary of the yeshiva with detailed calculations of the payment of the salaries of the students and teachers of the yeshiva. At the margins, there are the signatures of important rabbis and teachers at the yeshiva.
At the bottom of the page, there is a line handwritten by Arye Levin in which he confirms what is written above and summarizes the sum he has received for the teachers. He signs: Arye Levin. On the other side of the page, there is a handwritten line: "I have received … for the above 21.7.1942".
The list mentions about 34 rabbis who taught at the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah and Yeshiva, all great Torah scholars in Jerusalem. Among them, the following are mentioned: Rabbi Avraham Chaim Heckleman, Rabbi Yesha'ayahu Cheshin, Rabbi Chaim Mann, and Rabbi Arye Levin himself.
Size: 23X18 cm.
Condition: Very Good. Creases.
Added are five small notes sent in 1911 to Rabbi Eliyahu Mordechai Eisenstein, the secretary of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Most of them are phrased "it should be given on behalf of so and so the amount of …". The notes are signed by the rabbis of Etz Chaim. Rabbi Chaim Berlin is mentioned in one of the notes.
Condition: Very Good.