(Rabbi of Pruzhan, known as R. Elya Pruzhiner. Author of Halichoth Eliahu, d. 1929)

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

FEINSTEIN, ELIJAH

Place

Pruzhan

Publication

Shevat 15th, 1886

Description

Autograph Letter Signed to R. Zalman Sender Kahana-Shapiro, lengthy halachic novellae pertaining to Tractate Baba Kama, concerning protection of property and payment for damages. Includes personal greetings

summary

R. Elijah Feinstein was the father-in-law of R. Moshe Soloveitchik, and the maternal grandfather of Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik of Boston and Yeshiva University. See S. Meiselman, The Soloveitchik Heritage (1995)

Four pages

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