(Rosh Mesivta Ohel Torah-Baranovich, 1890-1941). Autograph Postcard Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew to the librarian of Yeshivath Kenesseth Yisroel (Chevron) in Jerusalem.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 106
RAPAPORT, DOVID HAKOHEN
(Rosh Mesivta Ohel Torah-Baranovich, 1890-1941). Autograph Postcard Signed and stamped, written in Hebrew to the librarian of Yeshivath Kenesseth Yisroel (Chevron) in Jerusalem.
Baranowitz: Sunday of Parshath Vayikra 1937
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
A brilliant Talmid Chochom, he led Yeshivas Baranovitch alongside Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman. With the outbreak of World War II the yeshiva escaped Poland for Vilna, however R. Rappoport was arrested by the Soviet Communists and sentenced to force labor in a concentration camp near the Russian-Finnish border. Refusing to eat non-kosher food he died from starvation.