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Auction archive: Lot number 58

Archive of Letters of Rabbi Peritz of Konigsberg – Letters and Ordination Writs – Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg, Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz and Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau

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Auction archive: Lot number 58

Archive of Letters of Rabbi Peritz of Konigsberg – Letters and Ordination Writs – Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg, Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz and Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau

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Beschreibung:

A Large collection of letters, from the archive of Rabbi Yisrael Yehuda Peritz, including many letters and ordination writs from his teacher Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din and Head of the Pressburg Yeshiva. Other letters by his teacher Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau [son of the Ktav Sofer], from his brother Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz [son of the Ktav Sofer], and others. C. 1924-1960. The recipient of the letters is Rabbi Yisrael Yehuda Peritz (c. 1905-1985), son of Rabbi Yosef Peritz of Breslau, Germany. He studied six years in the Pressburg Yeshiva from Rabbi Akiva Sofer who was very fond of his disciple. From 1928, he served in the Konigsberg rabbinate and from 1932 he served in various communities in the Hessen region of Germany (Marburg, and another 40 synagogues in the Hessen region which were included in his rabbinical duties). During the Holocaust he escaped to the US via England and served in the rabbinates of Chicago, Eretz Irael and Manchester, devoting his life to teaching Torah, drawing Jews to their heritage and reinforcing halacha and religious adherence. His writings were printed by his disciples in the Mishkenot Yisrael series, Jerusalem, 1979, Pri Yisrael with Michtevei Sofer [most of these letters were printed therein], London, 1997 and the Keren Yisrael anthology published in his memory, London 2000. Most of the letters (14) are from his teacher, Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg, author of Da'at Sofer. Perusal of the letters portrays the deep relationship between the teacher and his dear disciple. In the first letters which were written in 1928, the teacher inquires about the Konigsberg rabbinate and recounts events from the Pressburg Yeshiva. Among other things he writes: "This is my portion from all my toil, to see the success of my disciple in Torah and fear of Heaven". In a letter from 1936, he blesses his disciple upon his move to Marburg to serve in the rabbinate succeeding the “Elderly rabbi who due to his old age, wanted another rabbi to serve in his stead”. In another letter, he writes words of consolation on the death of his father and notes that “He left behind a soul who is attached to my soul…and blessed is he that merited that his only son teaches Torah to the Jewish People”. In all the letters, those from before the Holocaust and those from his years in Jerusalem, the rabbi’s love for his disciple is evident by the interest he takes in Rabbi Peritz’s life. Rabbi Sofer writes about his private matters, his children’s marriages, the construction the yeshiva in Jerusalem and the events of his friends who graduated the yeshiva. · Letter from 1924 by Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau, who calls him “My nephew’s disciple” [Rabbi Akiva Sofer]. · Four interesting letters, by Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz (on a postcard). He also writes about the letters of the Chatam Sofer and the printing of his book Igrot Sofrim. · Letter of ordination on parchment by Rabbi Ya’akov Freiman, head of the Beit Midrash L’Rabbanim in Berlin, Av 1936. · Letter of ordination and recommendation of Rabbi Shmuel Yosef Rabinov, London, 1946. · More letters by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg-Jerusalem, by Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, etc. · Various pictures and a few newspaper cuttings. Approximately 40 items, including approx. 28 letters, varied size and condition. Overall good condition. The payment for this collection of letters will be allocated to tzedaka.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
Beschreibung:

A Large collection of letters, from the archive of Rabbi Yisrael Yehuda Peritz, including many letters and ordination writs from his teacher Rabbi Akiva Sofer Av Beit Din and Head of the Pressburg Yeshiva. Other letters by his teacher Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau [son of the Ktav Sofer], from his brother Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz [son of the Ktav Sofer], and others. C. 1924-1960. The recipient of the letters is Rabbi Yisrael Yehuda Peritz (c. 1905-1985), son of Rabbi Yosef Peritz of Breslau, Germany. He studied six years in the Pressburg Yeshiva from Rabbi Akiva Sofer who was very fond of his disciple. From 1928, he served in the Konigsberg rabbinate and from 1932 he served in various communities in the Hessen region of Germany (Marburg, and another 40 synagogues in the Hessen region which were included in his rabbinical duties). During the Holocaust he escaped to the US via England and served in the rabbinates of Chicago, Eretz Irael and Manchester, devoting his life to teaching Torah, drawing Jews to their heritage and reinforcing halacha and religious adherence. His writings were printed by his disciples in the Mishkenot Yisrael series, Jerusalem, 1979, Pri Yisrael with Michtevei Sofer [most of these letters were printed therein], London, 1997 and the Keren Yisrael anthology published in his memory, London 2000. Most of the letters (14) are from his teacher, Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg, author of Da'at Sofer. Perusal of the letters portrays the deep relationship between the teacher and his dear disciple. In the first letters which were written in 1928, the teacher inquires about the Konigsberg rabbinate and recounts events from the Pressburg Yeshiva. Among other things he writes: "This is my portion from all my toil, to see the success of my disciple in Torah and fear of Heaven". In a letter from 1936, he blesses his disciple upon his move to Marburg to serve in the rabbinate succeeding the “Elderly rabbi who due to his old age, wanted another rabbi to serve in his stead”. In another letter, he writes words of consolation on the death of his father and notes that “He left behind a soul who is attached to my soul…and blessed is he that merited that his only son teaches Torah to the Jewish People”. In all the letters, those from before the Holocaust and those from his years in Jerusalem, the rabbi’s love for his disciple is evident by the interest he takes in Rabbi Peritz’s life. Rabbi Sofer writes about his private matters, his children’s marriages, the construction the yeshiva in Jerusalem and the events of his friends who graduated the yeshiva. · Letter from 1924 by Rabbi Shimon Sofer Av Beit Din of Erlau, who calls him “My nephew’s disciple” [Rabbi Akiva Sofer]. · Four interesting letters, by Rabbi Shlomo Alexandri Sofer Av Beit Din of Beregszasz (on a postcard). He also writes about the letters of the Chatam Sofer and the printing of his book Igrot Sofrim. · Letter of ordination on parchment by Rabbi Ya’akov Freiman, head of the Beit Midrash L’Rabbanim in Berlin, Av 1936. · Letter of ordination and recommendation of Rabbi Shmuel Yosef Rabinov, London, 1946. · More letters by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer Av Beit Din of Pressburg-Jerusalem, by Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, etc. · Various pictures and a few newspaper cuttings. Approximately 40 items, including approx. 28 letters, varied size and condition. Overall good condition. The payment for this collection of letters will be allocated to tzedaka.

Auction archive: Lot number 58
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
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