Auction 35 Rare and Important Judaica
Jan 29, 2014 (your local time)
Israel
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LOT 32:

Letter by Leading Rabbis – Jerusalem, 1945 – With Signature of the Rabbi of Biłgoraj Before his Death

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Letter by Leading Rabbis – Jerusalem, 1945 – With Signature of the Rabbi of Biłgoraj Before his Death
An impressive letter of thanks signed by leading rabbis and rebbes in Jerusalem to the generous woman Ms. Leah Cohen, wife of Dr. Chaim Cohen, on her contribution to the union of Tomchei Achim that was active in helping the ill and lending medical devices. Jerusalem, c.1945. "Thanks to this, we have been successful in saving a large number of needy ill people from death".
One of the first signatures and stamps belong to "Rabbi Mordechai Rokeach of Belz" – the Rebbe of Biłgoraj who ascended to Eretz Israel in mid-1944 and died in 1946, father of the current Belzer Rebbe.
Handwritten signatures and stamps of Jerusalem Torah leaders and tzaddikim in those days: Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg; Rabbi Yitzchak Ya'akov Wachtfogel; Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin Av Beit Din of Slotzk; Rabbi Shmuel Weingart "Former Rabbi of Fellheim, Germany"; Rabbi Baruch Abba Rakovsky "Rabbi of the Even Israel neighborhood, Ezrat Israel and the surrounding area"; Rabbi Meir Chaim Ungar "Former Rabbi of Lackenbach"; Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap; Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horwitz "Rabbi in Jerusalem… teacher at the Me'ah She'arim Yeshiva and Talmud Torah"; Rabbi Moshe Chaskin "Rabbi of Priluki formerly of Krekenava"; Rabbi Yosef Meir Kahane "Former Rabbi of Sredneye"; Rabbi Yitzchak Arieli "Rabbi of Knesset Israel neighborhood and its surroundings…founder and teacher at the central Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva"; Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em "Dayan and Torah Authority in Jerusalem"; Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer "Rabbi and teacher at Slotzk, Head of the general institute and Etz Chaim Yeshiva"; Rabbi Chaim Yudah Leib Auerbach "Rabbi at the Sha'ar HaShamayim Yeshiva"; Rabbi Aharon Ya'akov Klapfish "Rabbi of Śniadowo and now in Jerusalem".
Interesting signature of Rabbi Shmuel Wosner from his youth, who at the time served as "Rabbi of Geula – Even Israel" [signature and stamp. The signature is faded].
Stamps without signature of Rabbi Shimshon Aharom Polonsky, Rabbi Meir Stelnitz, Rabbi Dov Cohen and the Beit Din Tzedek of the Sephardic Community in Jerusalem.
23X34 cm. Good condition. Dark paper. Placed in original wooden frame and glass. Slight damages.

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