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Auction 44 · Lot 295
Kvittel (tzetel/pidyon) of Shmuel ben Gita Zissel
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(CHASSIDISM).
Place
Stanislav (Galicia)
Description
Hebrew
summary
The petitioner asks his Rebbe for healing of soul and body, and almost poetically, "to illumine from the midst of the darkness and to purify his thoughts" (leha'ir mi-toch ha-chasheichah u-letaher ra'ayonav). Almost as an afterthought, he adds: "and success in business."
Provenance: Had been laid into the R. Shabbethai Rashkover Eitz Chaim Manuscript. Sold by Kestenbaum & Company, Sale 41, Lot 331
Brown sepia ink on paper. 10 lines
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