Collection of Letters sent to Yashar - Isaac Samuel Reggio - Members of "Chochmat Israel" , Rabbis and ...

Collection of Letters sent to Yashar - Isaac Samuel Reggio - Members of "Chochmat Israel" , Rabbis and Enlightenment Movement Members
About 45 handwritten letters, sent to Yashar - Isaac Samuel Reggio, by rabbis, scholars, commentators and intellectuals of the Enlightenment movement and the "Chochmat Israel" movement. [Europe, ca. first half of 19th century].
Isaac Samuel Reggio ("The Yashar from Gorizia", 1784-1855) served as rabbi of Gorizia; philosopher, scholar of Judaism, biblical commentator and author, one of the heads of "Chochmat Israel" movement and a close friend of Shadal.
The collection includes:
* Letter from Rabbi Naftali Benet, son of Rabbi Mordechai Benet (Rebbe and head of Nikolsburg Yeshiva, chief rabbi of Moravia). * Letter from Rabbi Leopold Löw, Rebbe of Szeged. * Letter from Rabbi Avraham Ben Yosef Israel of Brody (Aauthor of "Dvar HaMelech"). * Letter from Yehoshua Höschel Schorr. * Letter from Adam Hacohen Lebensohn. * Letter from Meir Halevi Letteris (signed "MAHAL"). * 6 letters from Nachman Yitzchak Fishman Hacohen of Lvov. * 10 letters from Itzek (Yitzchak) Blumenfeld of Brody. * 2 letters from Shlomo Zalman ben Gottlieb (Solomon Gottlieb) Stern ("Kochav Tov"). * Letter and a poem handwritten by Alexander Halevi Langbanen. * 4 letters from Avraham Mendel Mehr (Mendel Mor). * 2 letters from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chen Tov (Edelman). * Several letters from Ya'akov Bodek, Ya'akov Goldenberg, Hirsch (Herman) Wassertriling, Shimon Santo, Mordechai Motl Brahn, and some letters from unidentified writers.
Enclosed: letter sent by Silvio Michlstadter from Trieste to Avraham Kahana in Kiev in 1913, concerning letters by Yashar.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Most letters are folded. Tears and slight defects to several letters. Some stains.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.