Naphtali Katz of Frankfurt. Sha’ar Naphtali [prayers, poetry and supplications]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $650

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHASSIDISM).

printer

Blayer and Kohn

Place

Munkatch

Publication

1896

Description

The R. Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfort copy - with his stamp on f. 8b, the name “Halberstam” written on f. 23b and a marginal note on f. 21b. With approbation from R. Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shiniva.

summary

The son of R. Chaim Sanzer (1797-1876), R. Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfort (Ujfeherto) (1862-1944) was brutally killed by the Germans in Auschwitz, alongside his own son Meshullam-Zushye, while wrapped in a Kittel and Tallith. See Tz. M. Rabinowicz, Encyclopedia of Hasidism, p. 176.

ff. 31. Browned with some repair at edges. Modern morocco. 4to.

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