(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 283
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
Tiberias: 1922
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
Shelucha DeRachmana (Shada”r) was the honorific given to rabbinical emissaries sent on overseas fund-raising missions on behalf of religious institutions in Eretz Israel. These men were generally dedicated scholars of the highest repute whose task it was to deepen ties between Jews in the Diaspora and the Holy Land.
The emissary recorded in the present document, R. Yaakov Vaeknin (1868-1947) was a member of a prominent Sephardic family of Tiberias. Son-in- law of R. Yehudah Birdugo, R. Vaeknin was a Kabbalist and Dayan in Tiberias. See S. Vanunu, Encyclopedia Arzei HaLevanon (2006) Vol. II p. 1129.