(Szerdahely Rov, 1895-1944). Autograph Postcard Signed, stamped and written in Hebrew to R. Menachem Mendel Kasher of Jerusalem.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 135
WEINBERGER, HILLEL
(Szerdahely Rov, 1895-1944). Autograph Postcard Signed, stamped and written in Hebrew to R. Menachem Mendel Kasher of Jerusalem.
Dunajská Streda (Dunaszerdahely / Niedermarkt), Slovakia: 1st November 1932
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $550
Succeeded his father R. Shmuel Levi Weinberger (1860-1925) as Av Beth Din, who was the son-in-law of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia (1814-91).
It was here, in Dunaszerdahely, that the great Posek R. Yehuda Aszod presided. The town changed sovereignty from Hungary to Czechoslovakia after WWI.
It is of note that R. Kasher’s works would be admired in Munkatch, a bastion of ultra-Orthodox thinking.