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LOT 154:
Treasure Trove: Huge Collection of [120] Letters from Rabbis, Rashei Yeshivot and Dayanim
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Treasure Trove: Huge Collection of [120] Letters from Rabbis, Rashei Yeshivot and Dayanim
Archive of the Sorotzkin family: Huge collection of approximately [120] letters from rabbis, rashei yeshivot, dayanim and well-known personalities. Most are from the mid-20th century. The archive has been examined only superficially, and may contain important discoveries.
The letters were sent to the gaon Rabbi Eliezer Sorotzkin, founder of Kiryat Ye'arim and son of the president of the Council of Torah Sages, the gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, av beit din of Lutzk and son-in-law of the renowned gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, rosh yeshivah of Telz. Naturally, and as a result of the high Torah and political positions held by the rabbis writing and of the addressee, the letters deal with intra-Chareidi public affairs relevant to that significant period. Many of the letters deal with topics related to the Telz yeshivah, such that this is a broad and unmediated documentation about said yeshivah, one of the most prominent in the United States.
Following is a partial list of the writers:
Rabbi Shmuel Wolkin (several letters), Rabbi Chananyah Yom Tov Lipman Deutch - the Helmetzer Rebbe, Rabbi Isaac Ausband, Rabbi Simchah Zissel Leibowitz, Rabbi Ya'akov Meir Cohen - one of the rashei yeshivot of Tiferet Tzvi, R' Yitzchak Meir Levin, Rabbi Shneur David Walt - av beit din of São Paulo (several letters), Rabbi Yeshayah David Briskman - Brazil (several letters), R' Elchanan Sorotzkin (several letters), R' Ya'akov Sherer, Rabbi Ya'akov Neiman - av beit din of Kehillat Adath Bnei Yisrael in Chicago, Rabbi Ya'akov Fink, av beit din of Brazil and then Haifah (several letters), R' Moshe David Schiff, Rabbi Yehudah Leib Goldman - Michigan, Rabbi Avraham Rapoport - London (several letters), R' Shmuel Kaplan (several letters), Rabbi Akiva HaCarmi - Haifah (several letters), Rabbi Aharon Milevski - Uruguay (several letters), Rabbi Ze'ev Rosengarten, Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Nussbaum - São Paulo, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Kossovsky - Johannesburg (several letters), Rabbi Shmuel Ya'akov Glicksburg, Rabbi Zerach Shapira - head of Knesset Bnei HaGolah (several letters), Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Taubsh, Rabbi David Greenwald - Santiago (several letters), Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heiman - Boston, Rabbi Avraham Edelstein - Quebec, Rabbi Chai Yehudah Edre'i (several letters), as well as several letters from unidentified writers.
Total of approximately [120] letters and postcards in various sizes.
Overall very fine condition. Creases, aging stains and slight tears in several letters.
