<<This Lot has been Withdrawn.>> (Mikulash / Liptószentmiklós, Hungary). Sepher Zichronoth - Hazkara und Legaten-Buch [Memorial Book]. Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a variety of square calligraphic hands on paper.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 47
(PINKAS).
<<This Lot has been Withdrawn.>> (Mikulash / Liptószentmiklós, Hungary). Sepher Zichronoth - Hazkara und Legaten-Buch [Memorial Book]. Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a variety of square calligraphic hands on paper.
Liptau-Sankt-Nikolaus (today, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia): 1901-20’s
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
The Slovakian Jewish community of Liptószentmiklós (Mikulash in Yiddish) dates to the 18th century. The community's rabbi, R. Yehuda Leib Kunitz, a frequent communicant with R. Yechezkel Landau, established a yeshiva there in 1776, the first in Slovakia. He died in 1813, after leading the community for 40 years. His successor was Rabbi Elazar Loew (1758-1837), the author of Shemen Rokeach. Liptószentmiklós was thus an important Torah center in Central Europe.
See R. Buchler & R. Shashak (eds.) Pinkas HaKehilot Slovakia (Jerusalem, 2003) pp. 303-304.