(pseudonym of Shalom Joseph Shapira, 1904-90). Four <<Autograph>> Hebrew poems Signed: <<*>> "Ishah Aforah.” <<*>> "Ki lo Nagi'a LeSham.” <<*>> "Katif Ba’Aretz.” <<*>> "Mathai? "
AUCTION 88 |
Tuesday, March 17th,
2020 at 1:00pm
K2 Online Sale: Hebrew & Judaic Books and Manuscripts
Lot 208
SHIN SHALOM.
(pseudonym of Shalom Joseph Shapira, 1904-90). Four <<Autograph>> Hebrew poems Signed: <<*>> "Ishah Aforah.” <<*>> "Ki lo Nagi'a LeSham.” <<*>> "Katif Ba’Aretz.” <<*>> "Mathai? "
Jerusalem: 1942-45
Est: $200 - $300
"Shin Shalom" the nom-de-plume of Shalom Joseph Shapira, was one of modern Israel's greatest poets and the scion of several distinguished Chassidic dynasties. His poems are oftentimes suffused with a distinctly Chassidic spirituality, albeit garbed in modern Hebrew idiom. No doubt, under the impact of the Holocaust, the poems here give poignant expression to feelings of loss and a quickening of the longing for salvation. The first two poems are included in the complete collection of the writings of Shin Shalom (Tel-Aviv, 1966) Vol. I, pp. 157-58; the last two poems appear in Vol. IV, pp. 138, 160.
See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 1271-1272; Tz. M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidim, p. 445, s.v. Shapira, Abraham Jacob.