Six Letters - Rabbi Shmuel Salant and Jerusalem Rabbis

Six Letters - Rabbi Shmuel Salant and Jerusalem Rabbis
Collection of six handwritten letters and documents, signed by the elderly rabbi of Jerusalem R. Shmuel Salant. Some of the items also bear signatures of other rabbis and noted figures: the Aderet, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapiro of Kovno head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Shaul Chaim HaLevi Horowitz Rabbi of Dubrovna, R. Yoel Moshe Salomon, R. Yosef Rivlin and others. Jerusalem, 1895-1902. • Letter of recommendation for the Shochet R. Yaakov Shochet son of R. Shabtai of Kovno, signed by R. Shmuel Salant: "…he has been practicing ritual slaughter here in Jerusalem for the last twenty years, and for the past year, he has been coming to my house every other day to slaughter a chicken for me, and he is an expert, and now that he is travelling abroad, I thought to introduce him to others, and confirm that I also eat his products, and may G-d help him and bring him back in peace to the city of peace… Shmuel Salant. Tammuz 1897. • Letter signed by R. Shmuel Salant, addressed to R. Naftali Herz HaLevi Rabbi of Jaffa, regarding funds received for "the support of laborers who refrain from working during the Shemittah year". Av 1896. • Document regarding the loan which the Talmud Torah located in the courtyard of R. Yehuda HaChasid (the Etz Chaim boys' school) borrowed from Kollel Vilna, signed by R. Shmuel Salant and R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet). Av 1902. • Beit Din ruling regarding a dispute between the widow of R. Avraham Eisenstein and her son, R. Yerachmiel Eisenstein. Signed by R. "Chaim Yaakov of Kovno" (R. Chaim Yaakov Shapiro head of the Kovno and Jerusalem Beit Din), and R. "Shmuel Salant". Kislev 1895. • Agreement regarding the division of the estate of the late "Ploni Almoni" between various Torah and charity institutions in Jerusalem, with the signatures of: R. "Shmuel Salant", R. "Shaul Chaim HaLevi" (founder and dean of the Me'a She'arim yeshiva, rabbi of Dubrovna), R. "Yoel Moshe Salomon", R. "Aryeh Leib son of R. E.D. H." (R. Leib Dayan - son of R. Elimelech Dov Herschler of Karlin), and R. "Yosef Epstein". Tammuz 1899. • Letter sent to the United States. Signed by R. Shmuel Salant, R. Shimon Elazar Kahana and R. "Yosef Rivlin". Adar 1895. Six leaves. Varying sizes. Good condition. Two on official stationery.