Menachem Mendel Dolitzky. Mopheth LeRabim [“A Model for the Multitude.”]
AUCTION 69 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 165
(RUSSIA).
Menachem Mendel Dolitzky. Mopheth LeRabim [“A Model for the Multitude.”]
Frankfurt a/Main: E. Slobotsky 1892
Est: $500 - $700
Biography of businessman, Zionist activist, and philanthropist Kalonymus Ze’ev Wissotzky (1824–1904), issued on his fiftieth wedding anniversary. A diligent Talmud student even after his marriage, Wissotzky was eventually drawn to business and soon rose to became a major tea trader in Russia and throughout in Europe. He utilized much of his wealth for communal need in both Russia and Palestine.