Auction 22 · Lot 211
COHEN, ABRAHAM JACOB
- Estimate
- $150–$200
- Hammer price
- $100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Vilna
Publication
(1938)
Description
Autograph Letter Signed. To an unnamed correspondent concerning the need to make certain emendations in a get (bill of divorce. Signed by “Abraham Jacob son of the Gaon Shlomo Hakohen, justice of Vilna”
summary
Rabbi Abraham Jacob Cohen was the son of the Dayan of Vilna, Rabbi Shlomo Cohen, who succeeded his older brother Rabbi Bezalel Cohen in that capacity. Both brothers became a byword in the world of Talmudic jurisprudence. The son, though not as accomplished as his father and uncle, was nevertheless quite competent in the field of Halacha, as evident in this communication
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