Portrait of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg.
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.
Lot 205
STRUCK, HERMANN.
Portrait of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg.
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $600
Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924) served as chief rabbi of Klausenburg (Kolozsvár in Hungarian, Cluj in Romanian) from 1877 to 1923. In 1923 he left Klausenburg for Jerusalem where he died. He is best known as the author of Dor Revi'i, a commentary to Tractate Chullin and as a founder of the Mizrachi movement. His mother, Raizl (née Ehrenfeld), was the oldest granddaughter of the Chasam Sofer.