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Auction 15 · Lot 423
(ANGLO JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
London
Publication
March, 1843
Description
Manuscript Letter, in Hebrew to R. Solomon Eger of Posen, concerning a Halachic query. Signed by the Dayanim of the London Beth Din: Azriel b. David Ha’levi, Aaron b. Judah Leib of Lissa and Aryeh Judah Leib b. Issachar Ber. Appended autograph paragraph, signed in Hebrew by Solomon Eiger’s son, R. Naphtali Tzvi, who resided in London, sending personal regards and requesting a response to the Beth Din’s question as soon as possible
summary
The query concerned a man and woman who had been living together for more than 20 years and now requested the Beth Din to marry them. The letter includes the ancestral pedigree of the couple.
According to Duschinsky, the signatures of the Dayanim that appear on this letter are rare. See C. Duschinsky, The Rabbinate of the Great Synagogue (1921)
ff.(2). Light stain, integral envelope fold. 4to
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