Be’er Esek [“Well of Strife”]
AUCTION 24 |
Tuesday, June 29th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg
Lot 157
LIDA, DAVID BEN ARYEH LEIB
Be’er Esek [“Well of Strife”]
(Lublin): n.p. 1684
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
In 1680 David Lida was apointed rabbi of the Aschkenazic community of Amsterdam. Various aspersions were cast upon his character (including suspicion of Sabbatianism), until finally Lida was ousted from his post. He subsequently appealed to the synod of Polish and Lithuanian rabbis, the Va’ad Arba Aratzoth