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HEBREW LETTER - Moses Montefiore. Letter to Moses Montefiore, from the Jewish community of Kovno, Russia, 1846, thanking him for his support and asking him to intercede on their behalf that they may not be removed from their town. One bifolium, brown ink on paper, folio, 440 x 290 mm, text on first recto, semi-cursive Ashkenazic hand, three folds, good condition -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter addressed to Moses Montefiore, signed [...] Lichtstein of Shzoozin, dated 1851 (?), 1 bifolium, folded (written on 3 of 4 sides), entails a request for Montefiore to influence the Czar of Russia to remove taxes which formerly exempted Jews from military service, with additional request for relief from other imposed burdens, such as restrictions confining Jews to the Pale of Settlement, and collective punishment for individual commercial offenses -- HEBREW LETTER - Handwritten letter, dated 1836, addressed to Moses Montefiore, signed the Rabbi and Moreh Tsedek of Nieswiez, now Nesvizh (Belorussia), 1 bifolium, brown ink on somewhat brittle paper, 270 x 200 mm., text on first leaf, one fold. A plea for two young Jews who were sentenced for transferring merchandise from Grodno without paying taxes. All their property was confiscated and they were fined 498 rubles. Because they were unable to pay debt, they were punished with a lifetime of military service. The case was not yet finalized and Moses Montefiore was asked to intervene on their behalf and to redeem the prisoners by paying the fine -- HEBREW LETTERS - Seven other letters, 6 in Hebrew, 1 in Hebrew and French, 370 x 220 mm., and smaller, all addressed to Moses Montefiore. 1) Poniwez, Gubernium Couno, c. 1846, a request for a loan of 87,500 rubles for 25 years to 500 Jewish families, in support of agricultural settlement. 2) Huradna-Vilna, 10 Iyyar 1846 (24 April 1846), in Hebrew and French, regarding financial support for a Jewish hospital and learning institutions, signed by the public official A. Kaufmann. 3) Huradna, c. 1846, requesting help in order to improve on the life conditions of the Jews of Lita, signed by A. Kaufmann. 4) Kovno, 11 Iyyar 1846, regarding promise for governmental distribution of lands for agricultural purposes, signed by 4 representatives of 30 families. 5) Milbel, 12 Iyyar 1846, requesting financial aid, signed by Isaac ben Abraham Katz. 6) Rassin, 22 Iyyar 1846, requesting to try to cancel the order of the Russian government to forbid Jews to settle within 50 miles of the Austrian and Prussian border. Signed by the leaders of the Jewish community of Rassin [Rydzyna]. 7) Draft of a letter, marked 'Minsk', incomplete, unsigned and undated -- HEBREW LETTERS - Collection of 20 Hebrew autograph letters, bound in one volume, dated around the turn of the century, usually related to English Jewry, including requests for financial support for a talmudic academy in Lomza (Russia) with a letter of recommendation dated 23 April 1890 by Moses Gaster, and various others, also including 23 unidentified leaves of administrative content, different conditions, modern brown half-leather -- HEBREW LETTERS - Various personal notes, pen trials and sketches, including the texts of various deeds, N.p. [England], n.d. [c. 1900], 15 leaves, brown ink on soiled pre-ruled paper, 325 x 205 mm., neat condition, soiled, in a cursive Ashkenazic hand -- HEBREW LETTER - HERMANN ADLER (1839-1911), autograph letter signed ('Naftali Adler ha-Kohen') to Israel Eiser, London, 28 Tammuz 5660 (1900). 1 leaf, 205 x 250 mm., brown ink on browned paper, two folds, repaired, neat condition. On Hermann (Naftali) Adler, see: Enc. Judaica 2:278-279 -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter of Hirsh Ferber, Chief Rabbi of the West End Federation of Synagogues, London, signed in Hebrew ('Zevi Hirsh Ferber'), dated 5 April 1932, to an unknown addressee, 1 leaf, black ink on paper, 265 x 200 mm., slightly frayed -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter, signed by Rabbi H. Ferber on letterhead of Rabbis' Council London, to Rabbi Sh. Broch, informing him of undesirable new customs taking place in the synagogue, cf. female singers and organ music during weekday marriage ceremonies, and requesting his support against such practices. Dated Ta'anit Ester 1927, 1 leaf, dark brown ink on paper, 265 x 205 mm. -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter, signed by Rabbi 'S.I. Hillman' on letterhead of United Synagogue, London, to A. Goldman, with a request for information, dated 2 Elul 5684, 1 leaf, dark brown ink on paper, 260 x 205 mm., some browning, two punched holes. (16)

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HEBREW LETTER - Moses Montefiore. Letter to Moses Montefiore, from the Jewish community of Kovno, Russia, 1846, thanking him for his support and asking him to intercede on their behalf that they may not be removed from their town. One bifolium, brown ink on paper, folio, 440 x 290 mm, text on first recto, semi-cursive Ashkenazic hand, three folds, good condition -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter addressed to Moses Montefiore, signed [...] Lichtstein of Shzoozin, dated 1851 (?), 1 bifolium, folded (written on 3 of 4 sides), entails a request for Montefiore to influence the Czar of Russia to remove taxes which formerly exempted Jews from military service, with additional request for relief from other imposed burdens, such as restrictions confining Jews to the Pale of Settlement, and collective punishment for individual commercial offenses -- HEBREW LETTER - Handwritten letter, dated 1836, addressed to Moses Montefiore, signed the Rabbi and Moreh Tsedek of Nieswiez, now Nesvizh (Belorussia), 1 bifolium, brown ink on somewhat brittle paper, 270 x 200 mm., text on first leaf, one fold. A plea for two young Jews who were sentenced for transferring merchandise from Grodno without paying taxes. All their property was confiscated and they were fined 498 rubles. Because they were unable to pay debt, they were punished with a lifetime of military service. The case was not yet finalized and Moses Montefiore was asked to intervene on their behalf and to redeem the prisoners by paying the fine -- HEBREW LETTERS - Seven other letters, 6 in Hebrew, 1 in Hebrew and French, 370 x 220 mm., and smaller, all addressed to Moses Montefiore. 1) Poniwez, Gubernium Couno, c. 1846, a request for a loan of 87,500 rubles for 25 years to 500 Jewish families, in support of agricultural settlement. 2) Huradna-Vilna, 10 Iyyar 1846 (24 April 1846), in Hebrew and French, regarding financial support for a Jewish hospital and learning institutions, signed by the public official A. Kaufmann. 3) Huradna, c. 1846, requesting help in order to improve on the life conditions of the Jews of Lita, signed by A. Kaufmann. 4) Kovno, 11 Iyyar 1846, regarding promise for governmental distribution of lands for agricultural purposes, signed by 4 representatives of 30 families. 5) Milbel, 12 Iyyar 1846, requesting financial aid, signed by Isaac ben Abraham Katz. 6) Rassin, 22 Iyyar 1846, requesting to try to cancel the order of the Russian government to forbid Jews to settle within 50 miles of the Austrian and Prussian border. Signed by the leaders of the Jewish community of Rassin [Rydzyna]. 7) Draft of a letter, marked 'Minsk', incomplete, unsigned and undated -- HEBREW LETTERS - Collection of 20 Hebrew autograph letters, bound in one volume, dated around the turn of the century, usually related to English Jewry, including requests for financial support for a talmudic academy in Lomza (Russia) with a letter of recommendation dated 23 April 1890 by Moses Gaster, and various others, also including 23 unidentified leaves of administrative content, different conditions, modern brown half-leather -- HEBREW LETTERS - Various personal notes, pen trials and sketches, including the texts of various deeds, N.p. [England], n.d. [c. 1900], 15 leaves, brown ink on soiled pre-ruled paper, 325 x 205 mm., neat condition, soiled, in a cursive Ashkenazic hand -- HEBREW LETTER - HERMANN ADLER (1839-1911), autograph letter signed ('Naftali Adler ha-Kohen') to Israel Eiser, London, 28 Tammuz 5660 (1900). 1 leaf, 205 x 250 mm., brown ink on browned paper, two folds, repaired, neat condition. On Hermann (Naftali) Adler, see: Enc. Judaica 2:278-279 -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter of Hirsh Ferber, Chief Rabbi of the West End Federation of Synagogues, London, signed in Hebrew ('Zevi Hirsh Ferber'), dated 5 April 1932, to an unknown addressee, 1 leaf, black ink on paper, 265 x 200 mm., slightly frayed -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter, signed by Rabbi H. Ferber on letterhead of Rabbis' Council London, to Rabbi Sh. Broch, informing him of undesirable new customs taking place in the synagogue, cf. female singers and organ music during weekday marriage ceremonies, and requesting his support against such practices. Dated Ta'anit Ester 1927, 1 leaf, dark brown ink on paper, 265 x 205 mm. -- HEBREW LETTER - Autograph letter, signed by Rabbi 'S.I. Hillman' on letterhead of United Synagogue, London, to A. Goldman, with a request for information, dated 2 Elul 5684, 1 leaf, dark brown ink on paper, 260 x 205 mm., some browning, two punched holes. (16)

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