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LOT 162:

Archive of Rabbi Yosef Ralbag, the Rabbi of Kiryat Yovel and a Member of the Beit Din of Chabad in Israel, Who was ...

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Archive of Rabbi Yosef Ralbag, the Rabbi of Kiryat Yovel and a Member of the Beit Din of Chabad in Israel, Who was a Favorite Disciple of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Yehosef Gedalya Ralbag (1927-1994) was the rabbi of the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem and a member of the Beit Din of Chabad in Israel. The Rebbe called him "Melech" (king).
Before us are hundreds of documents from his personal archive, some of them extremely rare and important! The documents are organized in six full binders. Following is a concise description of the material:
Binder 1 (169 items)
* The history of the Ralbag family* The history of the Slonim family of Chabad*Letter to Rabbi Ralbag [a partial list: Rabbi Ovadya Yosef, Rabbi Eliyahu Rabin, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Halperin, Teddy Kollek, the mayor of Jerusalem, Prof. Avner Chai Shaki and more]*Letters by Rabbi Ralbag [partial list: to Rabbi Gruner, to Rabbi Schreiber, to Rabbi Hecht and more]*Personal documents to Rabbi Ralbag*Documents and letters by the Rebbetzen Ralbag*Documents from Kollel Ohel Meita in memory of Rebbetzen Ralbag.
Binder 2 (203) items
Letters to the Lubavitcher Rebbe with special content. For example, a letter about disruptions during the Kiddush; a letter asking what to say to people regarding the purchase of gas masks; an urgent letter to the Rebbe asking him to pray for a man who objected to the activities of Chabad; a letter subsequent to Sadam Hussein's intention to attack Jerusalem and many more interesting historical letters.
Binder 3 (212 items)
*Archive of the Beit Chana school for girls – Chabad, including letters and a report about its activities sent to the Rebbe, on some of them, responses by the secretary Rabbi Gruner*Letters from the principles Rabbi Tuvia Ha'Levi and Rabbi Chanoch Glitzenstein and their responses*Many more confidential documents.
Binder 4 (9 items)
Important letters and documents related to the rabbinate of Rabbi Ralbag in Kiryat Yovel
Binder 5 (144 items)
Historical documents and polemics of Chabad
Binder 6 (13 items)
Rare newspapers and pamphlets of Chabad
Condition: Good.

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