(Grand Rebbe of Sighet, 1911-44). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to Rabbi Alter Shaul Pfeffer.

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 98

TEITELBAUM, YEKUSIEL YEHUDAH.

(Grand Rebbe of Sighet, 1911-44). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to Rabbi Alter Shaul Pfeffer.

Concerning attempts to locate a woman who had moved and can no longer be located. One page, 8vo.

Sighet: Thursday, Parshath Tazria 1935

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Son of R. Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum (the Atzei Chaim) R. Yekusiel Yehudah Teitelbaum succeeded his father as Admor despite his young age of 14. His younger brother (the Beirach Moshe) survived the Holocaust and was the Sigheter Rebbe and later Satmar Rebbe in the United States. R. Yekusiel Yehudah perished in Auschwitz on the 25th of Iyar, 1944. Alter Shaul Pfeffer (1874-1936) was a Romanian rabbi who emigrated to New York. He published Avnei Zikaron in Sighet in 1923.