(Dayan of Ujhely, 1864-1944). Autograph Letter Signed on plain paper and stamped, written in Hebrew to Rabbis Leo Jung and Avraham Tzvi Friedman.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 59
DICK, TZVI HAKOHEN
(Dayan of Ujhely, 1864-1944). Autograph Letter Signed on plain paper and stamped, written in Hebrew to Rabbis Leo Jung and Avraham Tzvi Friedman.
Újhely (Sátoraljaújhely, Ihel, Hungary): Wednesday of Parshath Shemoth 1939
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $500
Rabbi Dik, known as R. Hirsch Dayan, was the Posek of the Ashkenazi (that is, non-Chasidic) community of Ujhel.
See Benjamin Eisenberg, The Life and Death of Rabbi Zvi Hacohen Dick, in: Vanished Communities in Hungary: The History and Tragic Fate of the Jews in Újhely and Zemplén County (ed. Meir Sas, Toronto, 1986), pp. 168-170.
One quarter of Újhely's pre-war population was Jewish, which made it, next to Budapest, the most “Jewish city” in Hungary. The Yismach Moshe, R. Moshe Teitelbaum (1759-1841) was Rebbe of Ujhely, and is buried there. Also buried there is R. Aleksander Sender Eichenstein (1770-1818) of Kormarno.