Auction 68
Lot 173:
Fascinating historical protocol with the agreement between the famed philanthropist Rabbi Yisrael Zupnik and the HaEidah HaChareidit and its institutions – Jerusalem, 1955. 32X20 cm. Good condition.
Background: Anyone walking up Strauss St. of Jerusalem will see to his right a large yard with varied buildings around it – the Zupnik square and Zupnik buildings named after the famed Chassid Rabbi Yisrael Zupnik, who was a beacon of light of the institutions of the community during the first days of the State by contributing substantial sumsto support the institutions of Jerusalem.
This is a special item, the protocol of an agreement by which Rabbi Yisrael gave from his fortune for building the offices of the HaEidah HaChareidit, and additional institutions, at the Zupnik Sqaure.
Rabby Yisrael Zupnik states his plans:
הוא מוכן לרכוש מהונו שטח גדול בירושלים ת"ו במרכז העיר שעליו יבנה בעזה"י מקוה משוכללת מהודרת, שיעלה לערך מאה אלף ל"י, שתעמוד תחת סמכות הרבנות של העדה החרדית, הבד"צ שליט"א בראשות כ"ק אדמו"ר רבי יואל טייטלבוים שליט"א אב"ד דפעיה"ק….".
It is interesting to note that according to this agreement, the project cost $80,000 including the plot! (How much is the plot worth today?…)
An additional original clause of the agreement is the following;
"אדמו"ר מסטרופקוב שליט"א יצורף לאיזה משרה רוחנית בהמקווה תמורת משכורת של מאה ל"י לחודש…" (the assumption is that this was the directive of the Admor of Satmar, aythor of VaYoel Moshe…)
Printed on the lower part of the document are the names of the participants:
– Rabbi Eliyahu Nachum Glickman Porush
– Rabbi Chanaya Yom Tov Lipa Schwartz on behalf of the Yitav Lev Yeshiva
– Rabbi Shlomo Papenheim on behalf of the Bayit Laplitot
– Rabbi Hillel Schlesinger on behalf of the Beit Yosef Zvi Yeshiva
– Rabbi Yosef Davidovich on behalf of the Tarbitza Yehiva
– Rabbi Moshe Eehrental Benot Yerushalayim
Rabbi Yisrael Zupnik, a leading Satmar Chassid, a generous man who was the major donor to the religious institutions of Jerusalem of the 1950s. Among others, Rabbi Zupnik donated to the pffices of the Eidah, the building of the Dushinsky Yeshiva, the building of a synagogue in Givat Shaul and many more.
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