Autograph (final line) Manuscript Signed

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 255

BANET, MORDECHAI

Autograph (final line) Manuscript Signed

Written in a flowerly style. A letter of recommendation urging the recipient to be charitable to the elderly scholar Moshe Asher commonly known as Lehman, the son of ...R. Baruch, Rabbi for many years in Pohrilitz, who had fallen upon difficult times and was “floundering in a sea of worrry...Kindly provide him a cordial reception with bonds of love and provide him with a respectable, charitable gift. Text in the hand of a scribe. Final line in Rabbi Banet's hand, signed "Ne'um ha-medaber bi-tzedakah, Mordechai Banet."

Nikolsburg: 14th Tammuz, 1824

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,000

R. Mordechai Banet of Nikolsburg (1753-1829), was the Oberlandesrabbiner of Moravia and a colleague of Rabbis Akiva Eger and Moshe Sofer. He authored a number of scholarly works including responsa Har HaMor and Parashath Mordechai. He was held in the highest esteem by the Chatham Sofer who, in his eulogy, called him a Gaon Olam and Gadol HaDor. See JE, Vol. III, pp. 14-15; EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 159-160; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim, M-13753