(Ridva’z, 1845-1913). Autograph Postcard Signed, on letterhead, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Aharon Mendel Cohen of Cairo.

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 110

WILOWSKY, YA’AKOV DOVID.

(Ridva’z, 1845-1913). Autograph Postcard Signed, on letterhead, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Aharon Mendel Cohen of Cairo.

Concerning the events on Lag B’Omer when certain individuals in Meron ridiculed discussions between the two corresponding rabbis. Also suggests organizing a meeting of rabbis in Jerusalem leading up to Shavu’oth. Address on verso. Worn, single punch-hole. 12mo.

Tzfat: 21st Iyar 1913

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

R. Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (commonly known as the "Ridvaz”) held several rabbinical posts including Chief Rabbi of Sluts where he appointed R. Isser-Zalman Meltzer as principal of his Yeshiva. From 1903 to 1905 he lived in America, a period he found dismaying due to broad religious laxity. Afterwards he settled in Safed where he established the yeshiva Torat Eretz Yisrael. He is renowned for his extensive novellae on the Talmud Yerushalmi. A native of Tiberias, R. Aharon Mendel Cohen (1866-1927) served as Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Cairo, Egypt.