The building of Jerusalem – an interesting letter to Rabbi Shmuel Salant about Rabbi Nathan Bamberger the rabbi of ...

The building of Jerusalem – an interesting letter to Rabbi Shmuel Salant about Rabbi Nathan Bamberger the rabbi of Wurzburg
Rabbi Nathan Bamberger (1842-1919) was the Chief Rabbi of Wurzburg and Bavaria in south Germany; there he headed a seminar for teachers. His heart, however, was always with Jerusalem. Although he was among the heads of the rabbis in Germany, he retained personal relationships with the members of the old Yishuv and with Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld. He made many efforts for supporting the old Yishuv. During his years as the Chief Rabbi, he collected 2,475,000 German Marks for important institutions in the Land of Israel such as Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital. He used to publish the list of donators from south Germany in the "Israelite" newspaper. He had great influence also on the other Kolelim in western Europe, especially the "Amsterdam Kolel".
Before us is an interesting letter written to the rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shmuel Salant, in which his son. Rabbi Simcha, asks the rabbis of Jerusalem to honor his great father and participate in a party marking the 25th anniversary of his being the Cgief rabbi. At the end of the letter, he suggests to award him the title "President of the Land of Israel". The letter from 1905 was written on the official stationary of the Rabbi of the city of Wurzburg.
At the margins of the letter, a rabbi or activist had added in pencil that a similar suggestion had been made by "Amsterdam Kolel" and that he offers to edit a joint letter of all the large institutions in Jerusalem.
Size: 14X22 cm.
Condition: Very Good.
An interesting and rare document.