Collection of letters of Rabbi Natan Zvi Friedman

Collection of letters of Rabbi Natan Zvi Friedman
Rabbi Natan Zvi Friedman was a Torah scholar, rabbi, adjudicator, author and researcher. He was born in Hungary; there he studied at various yeshivas. At the age of 22, he started giving lessons to the public. After World War II, he served as the rabbi of the surviving remnants at Fernwald Camp in Bavaria. He was a member of the council of released Jews in Munich and the representative of the surviving remnants at the 22nd Zionist Congress. He immigrated to Israel in 1952 and became the rabbi of Shikun E in Bnei Berak, a position he held for about forty years.
Rabbi Friedman was a member of the education committee of the Chief Rabbinate. He was an enthusiastic supporter of Zionism and the State of Israel, a fact that influenced his religious work, which deals with current and policy affairs. His essays and researches were published by various public bodies. He is the author of "Otzar Ha'Rabbanim" – an encyclopedia containing biographic details about the various rabbis and Torah scholars who lived during the years 970-1970.
A. The Eichmann Trial in light of the Halacha
A Halachic answer about the famous Eichmann Trial which was held in 1961 against Adolf Eichmann. Rabbi Friedman addresses claims of bleeding hearts, which were afraid the trial might not be fair. "The wide world which had not been outraged by the execution of millions of innocent people, is now outraged because of the punishment of the murderer of those millions" he writes painfully. He addresses each of the claims presented by Eichmann's defense and refutes them according to the Halacha. He also discusses matters of faith and philosophy. The pain and sorrow of the writer, who himself is a Holocaust survivor, are evident throughout the letter. 3 pages.
B. Greeting letter to Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Landau on the occasion of his becoming the rabbi of Bnei Berak
A typewritten document hand-signed by Rabbi Friedman in which he congratulates Rabbi Landau on his new position as the rabbi of Bnei Berak. February 1986.
C. Essay in honor of the 40th anniversary of the city of Bnei Berak
In the lengthy essay, Rabbi Friedman praises the special nature of Bnei Berak as a religious city and addresses question and challenges of the future. 6 pages.
D. Essays on matters of religion and state
Population Census according to the Halacha, 3 pages.
The State and the Halacha, 2 pages.
The Torah and the State, 4 pages.
Halacha and Democracy, 5 pages.
E. Literary review
Essay on the book "Beit Aharaon" on the Talmud by Rabbi Aharon Magid.
Essay on the book "Esh Dat" about the love of God by the Rebbe of Ozarow Rabbi Moshe Yechiel Epstein.
F. Letters to Rabbis
Letter to Rabbi Issar Yehuda Untermann, the Chief Rabbi – a Halachic question about a Divorce Certificate which is signed only by the Chief Rabbi, although according to the writer, all rabbinical judges should sign the certificate, 2 pages.
A letter on the same matter to Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, 2 pages.
A Halachic question to Rabbi Yechiel Ya'akov Wienberg about the reading of the Torah on Chol Ha'Moed, 1 page.
A letter about religious matters to the Rebbe of Ozarow Rabbi Moshe Yechiel Epstein.
G. Letters on public matters
Letter to the Bnei Berak Municipality about an apartment in Shikun Hei whose tenants disregard their neighbors' feelings.
Letter to certain personas in the municipality about "the scandal of the humanely and religiously dubious tenants".
A ruling about a financial dispute.
33 pages.
All pages complete and in a good condition.