TIKTINSKY, CHAIM YEHUDA LEIB.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 358
TIKTINSKY, CHAIM YEHUDA LEIB.
Mir: Rosh Chodesh Shevat 1877
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
Rabbi Chaim Leib Tiktinsky was one of the foremost scholars in Lithuania. He was the youngest son of Rabbi Shmuel Tiktinsky, the founder of the Mirrer Yeshivah and served as dean for nearly fifty years (1850-99). In 1876 he appointed in turn his son, Samuel, to assist and after R. Samuel died young in 1883, his younger brother R. Abraham was appointed. Letters containing the signature of both R. Chaim Leib and R. Samuel are rare as R. Samuel served in the yeshiva for only a short while.