Auction 43 · Lot 255
Autograph (final line) Manuscript Signed
- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000
- Hammer price
- $7,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
BANET, MORDECHAI
Place
Nikolsburg
Publication
14th Tammuz, 1824
Description
Written in a flowerly style. A letter of recommendation urging the recipient to be charitable to the elderly scholar Moshe Asher commonly known as Lehman, the son of ...R. Baruch, Rabbi for many years in Pohrilitz, who had fallen upon difficult times and was “floundering in a sea of worrry...Kindly provide him a cordial reception with bonds of love and provide him with a respectable, charitable gift.
Text in the hand of a scribe. Final line in Rabbi Banet's hand, signed "Ne'um ha-medaber bi-tzedakah, Mordechai Banet."
summary
R. Mordechai Banet of Nikolsburg (1753-1829), was the Oberlandesrabbiner of Moravia and a colleague of Rabbis Akiva Eger and Moshe Sofer. He authored a number of scholarly works including responsa Har HaMor and Parashath Mordechai. He was held in the highest esteem by the Chatham Sofer who, in his eulogy, called him a Gaon Olam and Gadol HaDor. See JE, Vol. III, pp. 14-15; EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 159-160; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim, M-13753