Four letters – Rabbi Chaim Dov, the Shochet of Shfeya

Four letters – Rabbi Chaim Dov, the Shochet of Shfeya
Rabbi Chaim Dov Cantor (1865-1944), “the Shochet of Shfeya,” one of the founders of Shfeya, immigrated to Israel at a young age after the death of his father, and studied at Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He worked as a shochet in Shfeya and was the head mashgiach at the winery in Zichron Yaakov. He was very active and dedicated to advancing the national renaissance while adhering to religion. He was also a member of the Mizrachi movement and a close friend of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, taking part in the Moshavot tour which Rabbi Kook initiated. He also participated in the establishment of the Chief Rabbinate, as well as organizing a program to save orphans in the Ukraine by bringing them to Israel.
A. Invitation sent to Rabbi Chaim Dov, handwritten by Rabbi Aryeh Boyarsky, Shochet in Binyamina. 1940.
Invitation to attend [as a Mohel?] the Brit Mila (circumcision) of a baby boy born to a man named Yehoshua “who works for the butcher, Mr. Zach.”
B. Touching letter of condolence from his friend, Moshe Yevzerov, following the murder of his son in law, Rabbi Nachum Weissfish.
Moshe Yevzerov was the manager of Carmel Mizrachi in Haifa, and the son of the famous Maggid, Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Yevzerov, one of the greatest Chovevei Zion.
On July 3, 1938, Rabbi Nachum Weissfish set out early in the morning for work at the grove at the border of Zichron Yaakov, where five Arabs assaulted and murdered him. He was one of the top students from Etz Chaim Yeshiva.
The letter is written on the formal, official stationary of “The Cooperative Winemakers Union of the Rishon Lezion and Zichron Yaakov Wineries – Carmel Mizrachi.”
C. Handwritten contract for a building on the Moshava, between Rabbi Chaim Dov and Choneh Weissman, one of the founders of Shfeya, 1926, signed by two witnesses.
D. Letter from Rabbi Moshe Hameiri Ostrovsky. 1924.
In his letter to Rabbi Chaim Dov, as a member of the Zichron Yaakov branch of the Mizrachi, he asks for confirmation of his upcoming attendance at the Mizrachi Council Convention, where Rabbi Meir Berlin will be speaking.
Printed on a typewriter and signed by Rabbi Ostrovsky.
Condition: Very good.