Auction 70 · Lot 125
HARKAVY, TZVI.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Miscellaneous collection of papers in various languages pertaining to Harkavy’s various scholarly activities and the history of the Harkavy family. Includes correspondence with various Rabbis, political figures, academics, writers and family members. Along with related newspaper clippings, photographs, articles and many of Harkavy’s published writings (including those for private issue only).
summary
Born in Yekaterinoslav (today Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine), Rabbi Dr Tzvi Hirsch Gershon Harkavy (1908-79) moved to Eretz Israel in 1928 and became the son-in-law of Reuven Katz, Chief Rabbi of Petach Tikva. He served as Director of the Heichal Shlomo Library, Jerusalem and was much active in a host of public, historical and bibliographic pursuits.