Kestenbaum & Company

No image is available in the source archive.

Auction 32 · Lot 248

(First Aschkenazi Chief Rabbi of Modern Eretz Israel, 1865-1935)

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

KOOK, ABRAHAM ISAAC HAKOHEN

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

25th Marcheshvan, 1923

Description

Autograph Letter Signed, on letterhead of Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land, to R. Dov Abramowitz appeal on behalf of a destitute Torah scholar and his family, “without exaggeration, the man is literally starving to death.” * On the reverse, R. Tzvi (Hirsch) Pesach Frank testifies that he too is familiar with the man, his credentials and his most precarious state
pp. 2
Enquire about this lot
Stay informed

The next discovery, in your inbox.

Auction announcements, catalogues and news from Kestenbaum.