(Of Ropshitz / Kerestir, 1899-1944). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on postcard with letterhead, to Rabbi Avraham Frankel.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 111
RUBIN, MEIR YOSEF
(Of Ropshitz / Kerestir, 1899-1944). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on postcard with letterhead, to Rabbi Avraham Frankel.
Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr): 12th Tamuz (c. 1935)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
R. Meir Yosef Rubin was the son of R. Baruch Rubin (the She'eris Baruch, 1864-1936) who was the rabbi of Glogau and Admor of Dombrovo. R. Meir Yosef’s father-in-law was R. Avraham Steiner (1883-1927) Admor of Kerestir, and a brother-in-law of the celebrated R. Yeshaya Steiner, who succeeded his father as Kerestirer Rebbe. R. Meir Yosef’s brother was R. Ya’akov Yisroel veYeshurun Rubin (1885-1944), The Sulitza-Sasregen Rebbe.
Budapest Rabbi Avraham Frankel (1860-1937) was a disciple of the Shevet Sofer, president of the Kollel Shomrei Hachomoth in Jerusalem and a member of the Hungarian Parliament.