Bettelheim, Albert Sigfried (1830-90). Group of manuscripts and letters.

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 143
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Bettelheim, Albert Sigfried (1830-90). Group of manuscripts and letters.

Two Autograph Hebrew Ordinations for Bettelheim Signed by R. Ephraim Wolf Rottenberg and by R. L. Loffler of Semnitz (Soenitz), 1862. * Three German Certificates relating to Bettelheim’s academic accomplishments. * Four Autograph Letters, in English and Hebrew: Pastoral matters including conversion and marital counseling. San Francisco and Baltimore.

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Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
A student of the Yeshiva in Pressburg, Bettelheim later served as Rabbi in Bohemia, however due to his progressive political opinions he found it necessary to emigrate to America where he occupied several pulpits including Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco and Richmond, Virginia. Bettelheim died on ship while traveling to Europe and was buried at sea. His son-in-law was Alexander Kohut.