Bamberger Family Archive #1: Collection of [6] Letters from German Rabbis Connected to the Bamberger Family

Bamberger Family Archive #1: Collection of [6] Letters from German Rabbis Connected to the Bamberger Family

* Friendly letter handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Meshulam Zalman HaKohen, grandson of the Maharza"ch, son-in-law of the Aruch LaNer. Sent to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib. Eklenburg, 1867.

[1] double leaf paper, [3] written pages. 22 cm. High-quality paper with an embossed stamp. Fine condition. Aging stains. Creases and light tears in the margins, without damage or lack.

Rabbi Meshulam Zalman mentions, inter alia, and with much enthusiasm, the "transcription of Sefer Bereishit and its commentary by Rabbi Hirsch av beit din of Frankfurt "- apparently this is referring to Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, a disciple of the writer's father, the Aruch LaNer.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Meshulam Zalman HaKohen, av beit din of Schwerin.

* Letter regarding the halachahs of Shabbat, handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Pinchas Zeligman Fromm, av beit din of Bad Homburg, eldest son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak Dov. Sent to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Simchah. Bad Homburg, 1854.

[1] double leaf, 22.5 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains.

As was characteristic of the Bamberger family, the letter is peppered with heartwarming nicknames and words of appreciation.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Pinchas Simchah Zeligman Fromm.

* Torah letter handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Avraham Adler, av beit din of Aschaffenburg, Rabbi Yitzchak Dov's in-law. Sent to his son-in-law's brother, Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib. Aschaffenburg, 1861.

[1] double leaf paper, One written page. 21 cm. Fine condition. Light tears.

The letter opens: "My master and teacher, my father ... permitted me to deliberate with [you] ... I have always known that you were unambiguous since your youth ... I will not search to bring from afar, to invent things that are uncommon, to show [my/your] sharpness in questions and deep deliberations, but to offer up some common matters, that although they are simple, their explanations and elucidations are also familiar to straight reason, to one who studies Torah for its own sake ..."

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Avraham Adler, av beit din of Aschaffenburg.

* Torah letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Menachem Adler, av beit din of Kissingen, son of Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Adler, son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak Dov Bamberger. Sent to his son-in-law, Rabbi Simchah. [Kissingen? No year indicated.]

[1] leaf paper, one written page. 21 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains. Small tear in the lower corner, far from the text.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Menachem Adler.

* Torah letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Pinchas Adler, son of Rabbi Menachem Adler, av beit din of Kissingen. Sent to his uncle, Rabbi Simchah. Kissingen, 1879.

[1] leaf paper, written on both sides. 15.5 cm. Fine condition. Aging stains. Creases in the margins. Inter alia, he states: "My father, the rav, said to me that it can be resolved by what my grandfather, the gaon, wrote in his sefer, Koreh Be'Emet ..."

* Torah letter on the halachahs of taharat nashim handwritten and signed by Rabbi Mordechai Solberg, an Amsterdam sage and one of Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Printz's teachers. Sent to his in-law, Rabbi Simchah. [Amsterdam], 1844.

[1] leaf paper, two written pages. 21 cm. Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Inter alia, the writer mentions a kabbalah from the dayan Rabbi Avraham Sassoon determining how to relate to a specific dispute between the Ram"a and the Shach.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Mordechai Solberg MiGeza Tzvi.

Total of [6] letters, various sizes and conditions.