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Auction 53 · Lot 257
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $2,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Publication
1939-40
Description
Collection of c. 90 postcards addressed to Ezrath Torah of New York, the historic philanthropic organization. Includes pitiful requests along with heartfelt thanks for receipt of charitable funds sent by Ezrath Torah to needy Rabbis in many countries including Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Lithuania, Austria, and Eretz Israel.
summary
An original source of documentation, disclosing details of the disbursement of funds to Rabbinic scholars and the needy the world over. A sample of the more illustrious names to whom charitable funds were transferred: Rabbis Yisrael Friedman of Boyan-Leipzig; Shalom Rokeach of Lubatchov, Issar Zvonkin (son-in-law of R.Meir Karelitz); David Teitelbaum of Nagyecsed; Yechezkel Halberstam of Gorelitz; Elya Weissblum of Auschwitz; Yoseph Tzvi Kalish of Skernovitz; Rebbetzin Feiga Beila Halberstam; Rebbetzin Chana Heschel on behalf of Rebbetzin Feiga Heschel; Rebbetzin Yocheved Teitelbaum of Novy Sanz, etc.