"Oitzer Kisvei HaEidah HaChareidis" – A Massive Collection of Letters from the Gaonim of the Beis Din Tzedek of the Eidah HaChareidis
A tremendous collection revealing a glimpse into the monumental undertakings of the "Eidah HaChareidis, " including letters of assistance and recommendations for every destitute and needy Yid, resolutions for disputes and machlokes in various matters, rulings in halacha, unwavering steadfastness in safeguarding kashrus, and more. This collection before us contains full letters and signatures of the Sar HaTorah—Gedolei Roshei and members of the Beis Din Tzedek throughout the generations, serving as a "written" testimony to the wondrous acts of Hashem performed by the tzaddikim of each and every dor who stood at the helm of this sacred organization.
Unique and Historical!
Notice requesting tefillos to arouse rachamim for Rav Yoel ben Chana—The Heilige Gaon and Tzaddik of Satmar, Zechuso Yagen Aleinu.
Condition: Good.
Three travel tickets from the years 5715–5725 (1955–1965) between Yerushalayim and Chaifa, for the purpose of greeting the Gaon and Tzaddik, Rav Yoel of Satmar, who also served as Gaavad of the Eidah HaChareidis.
Condition: Good. One ticket has minor stains.
Proposal for the re-establishment of Beis HaKnesses "Ohel Yaakov, " signed by the members of the Beis Din Tzedek of the Eidah HaChareidis—the Gaonim: Rav Pinchas Epstein, Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman, and Rav Dovid Halevi Jungreis, Zecher Tzaddikim Livracha.
Condition: Slightly moderate, wear and minor tears.
Letter of recommendation for Hachnosas Kallah, written and signed by the Gaon Rav Pinchas Epstein.
Condition: Good, with fold marks and minor wear.
Letter addressed to the Mayor of Bnei Brak in the year 5715 (1955), Rav Yitzchok Gerstenkorn, handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman, requesting assistance for "the precious Gaon… son of the renowned tzaddik…"
Condition: Good to moderate—corrections with Tipp-Ex, filing holes, wear, and stains.
Letter requesting assistance for a choleh, signed by the Gaon Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman—5718 (1958).
Condition: Moderate, with stains and minor tears.
Recommendation for assistance and tzedakah, handwritten by the Gaon Rav Moshe Halberstam, with the signatures of Maran the Baal "Minchas Yitzchok" and Rav Moshe Aryeh Freund, Zechusam Yagen Aleinu.
Condition: Good, reinforced with adhesive tape.
Recommendation to the organization "Ezras Torah, " handwritten by the Gaon Rav Yisroel Yaakov Fischer, Zecher Tzaddik Livracha, Raavad of the Eidah HaChareidis.
Condition: Good to slightly moderate, with creases and stains.
Recommendation for Yeshivas "Hifkadeti Shomrim, " handwritten by Rav Moshe Halberstam and Rav Yaakov Mendel Yarovitch—5750 (1990).
Condition: Very good. (Is the letter from Rav Yarovitch a copy?)
Recommendation for tzedakah, from the Gaon Rav Meir Brandsdorfer, Baal "Kaneh Bosem, " with the signature of Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Zechuso Yagen Aleinu.
Condition: Very good. (Is Rav Brandsdorfer’s approbation a copy?) Includes a recommendation from Rav Moshe Sirota (apparently a copy).
Letter to the "Ezras Torah" organization on behalf of Hachnosas Kallah, handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rav Moshe Halberstam.
Condition: Very good, with minor small tears.
Brachos for an author of a sefer, handwritten by the Gaon Rav Moshe Halberstam.
Condition: Very good, slightly worn filing holes.
Certification for a shochet, from the year 5709 (1949), signed by the Gaonim Rav Dovid Halevi Jungreis and Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman.
Condition: Very good, fold marks.
Recommendation for "Ezras Torah, " handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rav Naftali Hertzke Frankel, member of the Beis Din Tzedek—5744 (1984).
Condition: Very good, signs of stapling.
Letter of recommendation for Hachnosas Kallah, with several lines handwritten by Maran the Gaon Rav Reuven Bengis, Raavad of the Eidah HaChareidis—5711 (1951).
Condition: Very good, fold marks.
Psak Beis Din for "Yetev Lev DeSatmar" regarding a janitor, signed by the members of the Beis Din Tzedek—the Gaonim: Rav Pinchas Epstein, Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman, and Rav Dovid Halevi Jungreis—5725 (1965).
Condition: Good, slightly worn filing holes.
Certification for a shochet, signed by the members of the Beis Din Tzedek—the Gaonim Rav Pinchas Epstein, Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman, and Rav Dovid Halevi Jungreis—5725 (1965).
Condition: Very good.
Recommendation for a chassan, signed by the members of the Beis Din Tzedek—the Gaonim Rav Yitzchok Yaakov Halevi Reizeman and Rav Dovid Halevi Jungreis—5718 (1958).
Condition: Very good.
Letter of halachic response, handwritten and signed by Rav Moshe Sternbuch, from his years residing in Bnei Brak.
Condition: Very good.
Letter from the Gaon Rav Meir Brandsdorfer, recommendation to "Ezras Torah"—5744 (1984).
Condition: Very good.
Beis Din ruling regarding a dispute over a shelter that was turned into a Beis Medrash without the owner’s permission, signed by the Gaonim Rav Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky, Rav Yisroel Yaakov Fischer, and Rav Binyomin Rabinowitz—5742 (1982).
Condition: Very good, slight creases.
(And so forth for the remaining items in the list…)
This collection serves as a historical and invaluable documentation of the Gedolei HaDor in their avodas hakodesh through the auspices of the Eidah HaChareidis.
