(The Rogotchover Gaon. Author of Tzafnath Pa’aneach, 1858-1936). Manuscript Documents relating to Mechirath Chometz (the ritual sale of unleavened bread before the Passover holiday to a non-Jew) executed by the Rogatchover Gaon, R. Yosef Rosen of Dvinsk.

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Lot 233

ROSEN, JOSEPH.

(The Rogotchover Gaon. Author of Tzafnath Pa’aneach, 1858-1936). Manuscript Documents relating to Mechirath Chometz (the ritual sale of unleavened bread before the Passover holiday to a non-Jew) executed by the Rogatchover Gaon, R. Yosef Rosen of Dvinsk.

Authorization Bill from the residents of the city of Dvinsk (the Rogatchover’s home city) and surrounding cities, authorizing Rabbi Yehoshua Arsh to sell chometz on behalf of the people whose names are recorded on the list at the end of the document. The list is validated and signed by HaRav Yosef son of Rabbi Ephraim Zissel Rosen. Also with signatures of over 100 community members, including women. The last two folio leaves contain a detailed list of what chometz the signors wish to sell and where the chometz is located. Large portions of the detailed list are written in the Rogatchover’s hand. N.d. <<Additional>> Mechirath Chometz documents, written in Russian and Hebrew: St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 1924 (prepared by Chabad Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein and validated by the Rogatchover, here recorded, most uncommonly as Yosef “Tzion” Rosen). * Dvinsk 1927 (prepared by Chabad Rabbi Yehoshua Arsh). * Dvinsk, 1928. * Dvinsk, 1932 (prepared by Chabad Rabbi Yehoshua Arsh). * Dvinsk, 1933. Loose leaves, taped in places, several frayed with some loss of text. (19 pages in total).

V.d

Est: $6,000 - $9,000

Rabbi Yehoshua Arsh was one of the prominent members of the Latvian Chabad community in Dvinsk, who also served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in the city of Lubavitch in White Russia. He had many students and is known as the “Dvinsker Rosh Yeshiva.” Detailed inventory of the lot as well as information relating to unique Halachic aspects in regard to the writing of the Rogatchover’s document is available upon request.