Rare Collection: Dozens of Autographs by Jerusalem Giants from the Archive of Baruch Goldberg-Yadler

Rare Collection: Dozens of Autographs by Jerusalem Giants from the Archive of Baruch Goldberg-Yadler

Large collection of letters, permits, letters of appointment and ketubahs, some with the scripts and signatures of many of the leaders of the Jewish public in Jerusalem specifically and in the Land of Israel in general. From the archive of Baruch Pinchas Goldberg, rabbi of the Beit Avraham congregation, ritual slaughterer and educator. Jerusalem, 1930s-60s.

Rabbi Baruch was born to his father Rabbi Raphael Chaim Binyamin Yadler, who served for dozens of years as a melamed in the veteran Talmud Torah Etz Chayim. His grandfather was the gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Yadler, author of Tiferet Tziyon, one of the Saraf of Brisk's close associates. In his youth, he was a close associate of the Saba Kaddisha Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Elfandri, to the extent that it could be said that one did not move his own hand from the other's hand." In 1941, he was appointed rabbi of the Beit Avraham congregation in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood. He spent most of his life occupied with the education of Jewish boys and girls in various institutions: Talmud Torah Etz Chayim, Va'ad HaYeshivot, Beit Esther (for girls), Marom Tziyon (Kiryat No'ar) and more. He passed away in 1984.

Specification of the documents and the signatures of gedolei hador:

* Ketubah document for the marriage of Rabbi Chaim Binyamin Ephraim b"r Yitzchak Ze'ev Yadler. Jerusalem, 1895. Leaf printed in gilt ink, with handwritten completions. Large format.

* Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by the mighty gaon Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polonsky, the Tepliker Rav, after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. Another letter is affixed to the bottom of this letter:

* Letter of greetings from the gaon Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz, rosh yeshivah of Meah She'arim, after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939.

* Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna, rosh yeshivah of Chevron, after praising Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. The gaon Rabbi Aharon Cohen, rosh yeshivah also signed on this letter. Another letter is affixed on the bottom part of the leaf:

* Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Yehoshua Cymbalist of Horodna, honorary president of the association of refugee rabbis from Russia and other countries, after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and observed that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. Another (third) letter is stuck to the bottom of this letter:

* Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Avraham Yisrael Moshe Salmon (Salomon) - HaRavMiCharkov, for whom the gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev of Brisk expressed his deep admiration. The letter includes blessings after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. 

* Letter of blessings handwritten and signed by the mighty gaon Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, av beit din of Jerusalem after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. Another letter is affixed to the bottom of this letter:

* Letter of blessings from the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em, one of the leading shochtim in Jerusalem, after he tested Rabbi Baruch's students and enjoyed seeing that the students knew the material very well. Jerusalem, 1939. 

* Letter for the appointment of Rabbi Baruch as rabbi of the Beit Avraham congregation in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood. Jerusalem, 1941. Signatories on this letter: The geonim: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Elkanah Weissenstern, Rabbi Yosef Rivlin, Rabbi Aharon Shlomo Lieberman, Rabbi Alter Yehudah Yavrov, Rabbi Mordechai Eisler and Rabbi Mordechai Stern. Three copies with identical signatures (one of them is bound with a notary's affirmation from 1953).

* Permit signed by the gaon Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr, rosh yeshivah of Torah Vodaath and a signature from Rabbi Alexander Linchner, son-in-law of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz, about Rabbi Baruch's appointment as administrator of the Marom Tziyon institution in Jerusalem. Marom Tziyon was the original name of the important Kiryat No'ar institution in Bayit Vegan. 

* Graduation certificate for Rabbi Baruch upon his completion of his studies at Talmud Torah Etz Chayim, signed by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky. Jerusalem, 1928.

* Four permits regarding the kosher status of Rabbi Baruch's slaughter, signed by the gaon Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, av beit din of the Edah HaChareidit. The permits were given every year, from 1935-1938. (One letter is torn along its entire length, the three others have tears in the margins.)

* Two permits about the kosher status of Rabbi Baruch's slaughter, from Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook (without his signature). Jerusalem, 1932-3. One letter (lacking and blemished) bears the signature of Rabbi Eliyahu Re'em. Both letters are on Rabbi Kook's stationery blanks, with his stamp.

* Four permits regarding the kosher status of Rabbi Baruch's slaughter from the Bada"tz Edah HaChareidit. signed by the safra d'dayana- Rabbis Chaim Shlomo Rosenthal.

* Notebook of handwritten Torah insights, possibly Rabbi Baruch's. [18] pp. 1920s-40s.

Total of dozens of paper items (some include several leaves joined together). Various sizes.

Varying conditions: Most of the documents are in moderate-fine condition, a few are in poor-moderate condition. Tears (some with lack), stains, aging stains and substantial wear. Fold marks. Some of the letters are affixed to each other (decades ago).