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Auction 15 · Lot 446

CHAIKIN, SHIMON MENASHE. (First Rabbi of Hebron)

Estimate
$300–$400
Hammer price
$200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHASSIDISM).

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21st Adar,

Place

Hebron

Publication

1885

Description

Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew, to Rabbi Elazar Dan of Jerusalem requesting that the wife of his emissary be treated more kindly

summary

R. Chaikin was one of the first Chabad Rabbis to emigrate to Eretz Israel, settling there in 1819. In 1840 he founded the Chabad community of Hebron and served as its Rabbi for approximately seventy years
Single leaf. 16mo
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