(Rabbi of Lublin, 1852-1932). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew on personal letterhead, written to R. Baruch Zuckerman (son-in-law of R. Meir Arik). Rabbinic ordination (Semichah letter).

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $500

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author

KLATZKIN, ELIYAHU

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3rd Teveth

Place

Lublin

Publication

1924

Description

A very enthusiastic ordination letter. “It was a pleasure for me to see his great erudition in Shas and Poskim.”

references

J. Klatzkin in: L. Jung (ed.) Jewish Leaders (1953)bpp. 317-41.

summary

R. Eliyahu Klatzkin was a child prodigy, multi-lingual, endowed with a photographic memory. As a Rabbi he was famed for his innovative solutions in relation to Agunah issues and published many works of responsa and homiletics. R. Klatzkin was also expertly versed in the sciences, his son, Jacob Klatzkin relates that he could recite by heart the chemical composition of every drug listed in the pharmacopoeia.

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