Kithvei Kodesh Umelitzath
AUCTION 6 |
Tuesday, November 17th,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 99
GILDER, SHIMON DI
Kithvei Kodesh Umelitzath
Amsterdam: n.p. (1759)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Di Gilder was an emissary from Safed, sent to raise funds from his co-religionists in Europe. This pamphlet presents letters of attestation from leading Rabbinic figures - (including Jonathan Eybescheutz and R. Jacob Joshua, the Pnei Yehoshua) - on behalf of di Gilder’s good character and applauding his charitable endeavors. Yaari, in his Sheluchei Eretz Yisrael (pp.446-9) contends that di Gilder was a disreputable individual who in fact stole the funds he purported to collect on behalf of others