Five Letters from Rabbi Yaakov Meir Biederman, Brother-in-Law and Father-in-Law of the Imrei Emet, Rebbe of Ger - ...

Five Letters from Rabbi Yaakov Meir Biederman, Brother-in-Law and Father-in-Law of the Imrei Emet, Rebbe of Ger - Regarding Kollel Polin
Five letters from R. Yaakov Meir Biederman of Warsaw, president of the administration of "Kupat Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes, Kollel Polin" in Poland. Warsaw and Otwock, 1931-1934.
• Letter in his handwriting and with his signature, addressed to R. Yehuda Leib Graubart, regarding fundraising and distribution of charity boxes in Canada - "While the proceeds to the fund from our country do not cover even half their requirements". Warsaw, Nisan 1931.
• Interesting polemic letter in his handwriting and with his signature, addressed to the directors of Kollel Polin, regarding a controversy against the Kollel management, and directives on various matters. He writes: "I am very surprised at R. Tzvi Pesach Frank, who supports our opponents… I just saw a declaration issued by a new union…". R. Yaakov Meir also relates to the matter which was being debated at that time, whether to include Polish Jews living in Bnei Brak in the list of the Kollel recipients, and mentions in this context the request which R. Kook sent his brother-in-law and son-in-law (the Rebbe of Ger). He likewise mentions the demands of "the rabbi of Bnei Brak, who pressures me with various tactics to allocate him a special portion as rabbi of the Kollel members". Warsaw, Iyar 1932.
• Letter in his handwriting and with his signature, addressed to R. Avraham Fish and R. Yaakov Henich Sankevitz in Jerusalem. Various directives regarding the Kollel, and reconciling the Kollel management in Jerusalem. Otwock, Av 1934.
• Letter from the Kollel administration, addressed to R. Avraham Fish secretary of the Kollel in Jerusalem. Signed by the members of the board: "Yaakov Meir son of R. B. Biederman"; "Yechezkel Spiegelglass" and "Natan Pinchas Ehrlich". Warsaw, Nisan 1932.
• Letter from the Kollel board of directors, addressed to R. Avraham Fish - secretary of the Kollel in Jerusalem, signed by the president of the Kollel, R. "Yaakov Meir son of R. B. Biederman". Warsaw, Iyar 1934.
R. Yaakov Meir Biederman (1870-1941, perished in the Holocaust), outstanding Torah scholar, who edited the books of his father-in-law the Sefat Emet, Rebbe of Ger. He served as dayan and on the board of rabbis of the Warsaw community. He was the father-in-law of his brother-in-law the Imrei Emet, Rebbe of Ger, in the latter's second marriage (his daughter bore Rebbe Pinchas Menachem of Ger), and father-in-law of the Beit Yisrael in his first marriage. R. Yaakov Meir was a foremost Chassid in the Ger court, and administrated the Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes fund in Poland. Together with his brother-in-law R. Mendel of Pabianitz, he endeavored to negotiate and reconcile all parties in the Kollel administration, whose matters were indirectly related to internal conflict in Poland between the Chassidic courts of Ger, Alexander, Porisov, Amshinov and other dynasties. These letters disclose details related to those affairs, and of the implication of various figures in these controversies.
Five letters, three of them on official stationery. Size and condition vary. Wear and filing holes, slightly affecting text.