Auction 27 · Lot 207
Announcement of Shi’ur (Halachic Discourse) by Joseph Dov Soloveitchik of Boston to be Delivered in Yeshivah Merkaz Harav
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH DOV)
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
11th Sivan, 1935
Description
Printed broadside
summary
During the course of his one and only visit to Eretz Israel in 1935, Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993) delivered a series of halachic discourses which left an indelible impression. The purpose of Soloveitchik’s visit was to garner support for his election to the Chief Rabbinate of Tel Aviv. The position was ultimately filled by Moshe Avigdor Amiel of Antwerp