COHEN, ABRAHAM JACOB

AUCTION 22 | Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn

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Lot 211

COHEN, ABRAHAM JACOB

Autograph Letter Signed. To an unnamed correspondent concerning the need to make certain emendations in a get (bill of divorce. Signed by “Abraham Jacob son of the Gaon Shlomo Hakohen, justice of Vilna” One page

Vilna: (1938)

Est: $150 - $200
PRICE REALIZED $100
Rabbi Abraham Jacob Cohen was the son of the Dayan of Vilna, Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, who succeeded his older brother Rabbi Bezalel Cohen in that capacity. Both brothers became a byword in the world of Talmudic jurisprudence. The son, though not as accomplished as his father and uncle, was nevertheless quite competent in the field of Halacha, as evident in this communication