Auction 63 · Lot 308

(SALANT, SAMUEL.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $4,250

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

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6th-9th Nissan

Place

Mir - Minsk - (Volozhin)

Publication

1890

Description

Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. 1816-1909). Letter Signed by R. Yom Tov Lipman Hacohen (Vaslavsky) of Mir (author of Malbushei Yom Tov, 1821-93) with his stamp. With Autograph Signed Addendums by: R. Yerucham Yehudah Perlman, The Gadol of Minsk (author of Ohr Gadol, 1835-96); and R. Naphtali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin (The Netziv, 1817-93). Written in Hebrew to Samuel Salant, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (1816-1909).

summary

Most unusual for three of the foremost Rabbis of Russia/Lithuania to jointly write such a warm letter of recommendation. Composed for the benefit of a shochet forced to leave Russia “as his life was in danger.” The Netziv writes: “The good eye of your honor is worth more than one hundred intermediaries”. He blesses Rabbi Salant with “long days and many years on the holy mountain of Jerusalem.” Indeed Rabbi Salant lived until the mature age of 93. See M. Zeira, Rabotheinu Shebagolah, Vol. I (1996) pp. 86-95.

Clean tears at folds with older paper repair on verso (no loss of text). One page.

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