COLLECTION OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO BRITISH CHIEF RABBI DR YOSEF TZVI HERTZ.

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COLLECTION OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO BRITISH CHIEF RABBI DR YOSEF TZVI HERTZ.

1. Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Kosovsky – postcard appealing for finance for his Concordance. Yerushalayim 1923.

2. Rabbi Asher Feldman, Dayan London Beth Din, invitation to a meeting regarding the planned publication of the Talmud Bavli. London 1917.

3. Rabbi Mordechai Ehrenpreis, Rabbi of Dakova, Chief Rabbi of Sofia – plan for relief for Jews of Lemberg after WWI and pogroms. Stokholm 1919. German.

4. Dr Leo Deutschlander – letter regarding difficulty in finding a Yiddish translator for book by Chief Rabbi Hertz. Vienna 1928.

5. Long English letter by scholar and rabbi Yaakov Mann, personal secretary of Chief Rabbi Hertz, regarding his terms of employment and possible emigration to America. London 1920.

6. Rabbi M Lieber and Rabbi Y Weil – Chief Rabbi of Paris, French letter of congratulations to Chief Rabbi Hertz on Silver Jubilee of his rabbinate. Paris 1938. With draft of Chief Rabbi Hertz’s reply.

7. Long letter in English from Karl H. Melchior regarding orthodox candidates for the rabbinate in Copenhagen. 1919.

8. English letter from Rabbi and Professor Adolf Buchler, apologising for not accepting Chief Rabbi Hertz’s invitation to deliver a Talmud lecture at the Great synagogue, as he is not fluent in Yiddish. Eastbourne 1918.

9. Dr Meir Balaban – German letter confirming receipt of a set of Chumashim with Chief Rabbi Hertz’s English translation, and mentioning that he heard that it has also appeared in German. Pencil note by Chief Rabbi Hertz apparently saying he should be sent the three volumes of his sermons. Warsaw 1938.

10. Chaim Nachman Bialik – short letter confirming receipt of a book. Tel Aviv 1928.

11. English letter from Sir John Monash, regarding advice given to him by the Chief Rabbi regarding his medals. Melbourne 1926.

12. Long English letter from Cyrus Adler regarding a potential successor to Professor Friedlander.

13. Chaim Nachman Bialik – letter appealing for help for a chalutz who fell ill on his way to Eretz Yisrael and requires help in London. London 1931.

14. Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Lipschitz, Secretary of Machzikei Hadass in London, English letter regarding the appointment of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fein, Rabbi of Slonim, as Rabbi of the Machzikei Hadass.

Chief Rabbi Joseph Tzvi Hertz (1872-1946), born in Hungary and studied in America. Appointed British Chief Rabbi in 1913. Author of Bible commentary and other works.

14 letters. Size and condition varies.