Reference code
ZA UCT BC1063_A_A4_A4.2
Title
Mainly responsa to Halachic questions
Date(s)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 folder; the correspondence is contained in a fabric shipping wallet.
Name of creator
(1872-1947)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mrs Gillian Cress, granddaughter of Rabbi Mirvish, in 2018.
Scope and content
Responsa to Halachic questions posed to Gedolim when Mirvish established the Beth Din in Cape Town. One letter is dated 1908. Rabbi Eliezer Gordon (1841-1910), head of the Telz Yeshiva, is mentioned.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
Access restricted at request of donor
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Hebrew
- Yiddish