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Auction 27 · Lot 264
Four Letters concerning an unordained rabbinic authority in Trier
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $1,800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Place
Alsace
Publication
1806
Description
Hebrew and Judeo-German
summary
The letters are addressed to Rabbis Mayer Charleville and Joseph Guggenheim of the Metz Beth-Din; they hail from Trier, Nijmegen (Holland), and Mayence (Mainz, Germany). Two of the letters are from R. Hirz Scheyer of Mainz (d. 1822), author of Torei Zahav, a kabblistic commentary to Song of Songs. According to Scholem, Torei Zahav, published in Mainz in 1875, was the last book by a German kabbalist to be printed. G. Scholem, Kabbalah (1974), p. 85