Autograph Letter Signed, to R. Chaim Nathanson

Estimate: $800–$1,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

WERNER, ABRAHAM ABBA

Place

Telz

Publication

27th Sivan, 1880

Description

Lengthy letter in which Rabbi Werner broaches the subject of a complicated financial matter involving the breakup of a matrimonial engagement. The addressee, R. Chaim Nathanson served as the Rabbi of Zeidik. (See Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim, p. 128, no. 6081)

summary

R. Abraham Abba Werner served at various times in his long career as Dayan in Telz; Rabbi of Helsingfors, Finland and Rabbi of the “Machzikei ha-Dath” Synagogue in London’s East End. (See S.N. Gottlieb, Ohalei Shem (1912) p.454).

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