Elberg, Simcha. Akeidath Treblinka: Essays and reflections.
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 111
(HOLOCAUST).
Elberg, Simcha. Akeidath Treblinka: Essays and reflections.
Shanghai: North China Press 1946
Est: $150 - $200
PRICE REALIZED $250
Born in Poland and ordained by Rabbi Menachem Ziemba of Warsaw, Rabbi Simcha Elberg (1915-95) was a renowned Talmudic scholar and later member of the executive committee of Agudath Israel of America and chairman of the executive board of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis for 25 years. During World War II, he escaped to Shanghai with the Mirrer Yeshiva and settled in New York in 1947 where he served as editor of HaPardes, a journal of Talmudic studies and composed several works on rabbinics some under the pseudonym of E. Simchoni.