(Rabbi of Lublin, 1852-1932). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew on personal letterhead, written to R. Baruch Zuckerman (son-in-law of R. Meir Arik). Rabbinic ordination (Semichah letter).

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 374

KLATZKIN, ELIYAHU

(Rabbi of Lublin, 1852-1932). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew on personal letterhead, written to R. Baruch Zuckerman (son-in-law of R. Meir Arik). Rabbinic ordination (Semichah letter).

A very enthusiastic ordination letter. “It was a pleasure for me to see his great erudition in Shas and Poskim.” One page.

Lublin: 3rd Teveth 1924

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

R. Eliyahu Klatzkin was a child prodigy, multi-lingual, endowed with a photographic memory. As a Rabbi he was famed for his innovative solutions in relation to Agunah issues and published many works of responsa and homiletics. R. Klatzkin was also expertly versed in the sciences, his son, Jacob Klatzkin relates that he could recite by heart the chemical composition of every drug listed in the pharmacopoeia.