Original photograph “HaYeshiva HaKedoshah Ponevezh.” Collage depicting the entire staff, administration and student body of the famed Yeshiva in all of its divisions (over 300 students).
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 352
(PONEVEZH YESHIVA).
Original photograph “HaYeshiva HaKedoshah Ponevezh.” Collage depicting the entire staff, administration and student body of the famed Yeshiva in all of its divisions (over 300 students).
Ponevezh, 1930:
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Established in 1919 by Rabbi Yosef-Shlomo Kahaneman, Ponevezh Yeshiva became famed as a Torah study center and stronghold of Orthodox Jewry in Lithuania. Most of the student body perished in the Holocaust.