Group of c. 13 letters and documents related to Mandate-era Safed.
Auction 96 |
Wednesday, February 09th,
2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 65
(SAFED).
Group of c. 13 letters and documents related to Mandate-era Safed.
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $450
<<*>> Six autograph letters by R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. Rabbi, artist and communal leader.
<<*>> Autograph letter by R. Abraham Leib Silberman.
<<*>> Letter from local branch of Agudath Israel to British Police department reacting to murder of four police officers by Arabs. 1936.
<<*>> Autograph letter from R. Avraham Chaim David Sofer of Drohobytch (1877-1937), president of Kollel Galicia. To R. Chaim Yisrael Eis of Zurich. Thanking for donation to Yeshivath Chasam Sofer. 1921.
<<*>> Letter from R. Chaim Hager of Stanislav to R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. 1930.
<<*>> Two anonymous communications to R. Moshe Kleirs of Tiberias and 1 to Safed.
<<*>> Document regarding financial support for the Chasam Sofer Yeshiva of Safed, along with manuscript delineating the terms of its merger with another institution.