Letter by the Heads of the Va'ad HaKlali - Signed by Rabbi Chaim Berlin and Others

Letter by the Heads of the Va'ad HaKlali - Signed by Rabbi Chaim Berlin and Others
Letter in Yiddish, to the gaba'im of Kupat Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess, regarding collection of charity boxes, by "The appointees and managers of the Va'ad HaKlali uniting all the Ashkenazi kollelim in the Holy Land". Jerusalem, after 1906.
Signatures: Rabbi "Shlomo Gadol" [Rabbi of Kherson, served in the rabbinate of Vornyany and Kherson, Torah authority in Jerusalem]; Rabbi "Elimelech Perlman" [a leader of the Chassidic community of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Isser Perlman Av Beit Din of Rozwadów (Galicia) – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, grandson of Rebbe Asher Kahane-Shapira Av Beit Din of Żołynia, who ascended to Jerusalem in 1840. Son-in-law of the Chassid Dayan Rebbe Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf Weinstock – disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin and the "Yehudi HaTov" of Neustadt. He built many neighborhoods in the city, the most famous of them is Batei Perlman]; Rabbi "Gedalya Menachem Broder"; Rabbi "Asher Ze'ev Yelinsky"; Rabbi "Asher Dov Zussman" and Rabbi "Yitzchak Eliezer Charlap".
On the leaf margins is a special letter signed by Rabbi "Chaim Berlin" with his stamp, who writes to the gabai words of blessing and encouragement.
Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1913, Otzar HaRabbanim 5925), eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. Served in the rabbinate of Moscow, Volozhin, Kobrin, Yelisavetgrad and Jerusalem. Among the greatest rabbis of his generation in all facets of the Torah. In 1906, he ascended to Jerusalem and after the death of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, Rabbi Chaim was accepted as the Rabbi of Jerusalem and although he refused to officially accept the position, his great Torah stature made him the deciding factor in the Beit Din and in all public matters in Jerusalem.
Official stationery (with picture of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood). 29 cm. Good condition, wear to edges.