(Av Beth Din of Bucharest). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Administrators.”

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 67

FRENKEL - ASHKENAZI, LEVI YITZCHAK

(Av Beth Din of Bucharest). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Administrators.”

Halachic response to a domestic dispute wherein a husband was assaulting his wife, insisting she accept a divorce as they are childless. The rabbi rules here that the wife must be given financial compensation. One page (with integral blank), couple of minute punctures. Folio.

Bucharest: Iyar 1848

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Son of R. Meshulam Zalman Frankel-Ashkenazi and a descendant of the Ba'al Shem Tov and R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. From 1848 he served in the Bucharest rabbinate and migrated to Safed in 1873. See Otzar HaRabanim 12491.