(Rabbi of Nikolayev, 1814-1890). Autograph Letter Signed. Written in Hebrew to R. Moshe, Dayan of Odessa.
AUCTION 62 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 199
LAVUT, ABRAHAM DAVID.
(Rabbi of Nikolayev, 1814-1890). Autograph Letter Signed. Written in Hebrew to R. Moshe, Dayan of Odessa.
Nikolayev: Erev Shabbos, Parshath Va’eira 1864
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
R. Abraham David Lavut was the maternal grandfather of the last Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
A student of the Tzemach Tzedek, R. Lavut authored the acclaimed Sha’ar HaKollel, an invaluable appendix to the Siddur of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi and served for forty years as rabbi of the Russian community of Nikolayev. See M.M. Laufer, Yemei Melech (1991) pp. 39-55.