1. Letter from Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Aub, Rabbi of Munich, to Rabbi Chaim Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Hurben.

 Munich, 1854 or 1859. Primarily written in Yiddish-German.

Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Aub (d. 1875) was the Av Beit Din of Munich, a graduate of the Fürth Yeshiva and a prominent disciple of Rabbi Avraham Binyamin Ze’ev (Wolf) of Hamburg, head of the Fürth Yeshiva. He was a distinguished rabbinic figure in Germany who opposed Reform Judaism.

Recipient: Rabbi Chaim Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Hurben, certified in 1827 by Rabbi Hillel Zuntheim, was a major supporter of his younger brother, Rabbi Yosef Schwartz, especially aiding in publishing and distributing his works from Jerusalem

2. Letter from Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsch, Av Beit Din of Prague, to Rabbi Yissachar Bernstein, Av Beit Din of The Hague.

 Prague, 1884.

Two pages, 22.5 cm.
 
Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsch (1833–1909) was a major rabbinic figure, a prominent leader among Hungarian, Moravian, and German Jewry, and a disciple of the Chatam Sofer. He was also the father-in-law of Rabbi Hanoch HaCohen Ehrentreu, Av Beit Din of Munich.

3. Letter by Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsch, Prague 1862.
 
Two unsigned pages.

4. Postcard from Rabbi Avraham Moshe Prapfer of Krakow to Rabbi Av Beit Din of Kassel, 1885.

5. Letter from Rabbi Nachum Tzvi Diskin to Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Diskin-Goldstein.
 
Vienna, 1897.

Rabbi Nachum Tzvi Diskin was the son of Rabbi Avraham Shmuel, Av Beit Din of Vilkovisk, and a younger brother to the "Seraph of Brisk, " Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin. He often wrote in periodicals under the pen name "Natz."

6. Halachic Responsum from Rabbi Moshe Leib Bloch, Director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest, to Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Kahan, Budapest Rabbi.
   
Budapest, 1900. A halachic response on the subject of relocating a grave.

 Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib Bloch (1815–1909) was a Hungarian Jewish rabbi and the first director of the Rabbinical Seminary in Budapest.

7. Halachic Responsum by Rabbi Moshe Klig, Av Beit Din of Hrubieszow, to Rabbi Malkiel Tzvi HaLevi Tenenbaum, Av Beit Din of Lomza.

Hrubieszow, 1908.

Two pages, 35.5 cm, with slight tears at the edges.

Rabbi Moshe Klig was the Av Beit Din of Hrubieszow for nearly 50 years, known for his vast Torah knowledge.

 Rabbi Malkiel Tzvi HaLevi Tenenbaum (1847–1910), Av Beit Din of Lomza, was widely recognized as a leading halachic authority of his time.

8. Divorce Certification from Rabbi Avraham Dov Krishaber, Av Beit Din of Erzsébetfalva, 1918.

9. Postcard from Rabbi Menachem Tzvi Deutsch, Av Beit Din of Vamash Mikola (Vamashmikola) Hy”d.

Partial postcard with damage at the top.

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An Important Collection of Letters from European Rabbis, 1854–1918

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