Tzava'ath..R. Yitzchak Elchanan [Ethical Will of R. Isaac Elchanan / Appeal for funds for Kovno Kollel]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

SPEKTOR, ISAAC ELCHANAN.

Place

Keidan (Lithuania)

Publication

1930’s

Description

Hebrew and Yiddish

summary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spektor of Kovno (1817-96) was the highly respected spiritual leader of Russian Jewry for decades. In this, his final testament, he implores his followers to continue to support the Yeshiva of Kovno under the direction of his successor, his son, R. Tzvi Hirsch Rabinowitz. See EJ, Vol. XV, cols. 259-261

Broadside. Folio

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