Photograph: “HaYeshiva HaGedolah VeHaKedosha Telz.” Collage depicting the entire staff, administration and student body of the famed Yeshiva and the Kollel HaRabanim (approximately 300 students). Each identified by name.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 92
(TELZ YESHIVA).

Photograph: “HaYeshiva HaGedolah VeHaKedosha Telz.” Collage depicting the entire staff, administration and student body of the famed Yeshiva and the Kollel HaRabanim (approximately 300 students). Each identified by name.

Photographed by H. Kaplansky. Fragmentary loss along edges, encased. 15 x 11 inches.

Telz (Lithuania), 1932:

Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $800
Established in 1875, this yeshiva grew under the leadership of R. Eliezer Gordon to become the primary stronghold of Orthodox Jewry in Lithuania. Most of the student body perished in the Holocaust.