Auction 72 · Lot 244
HALBERSTAM, YECHEZKEL SHRAGA OF SHINOVA.
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- $24,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Shinava
Publication
1896
Description
(The Shinaver Rav, 1815-98). Letter Signed (with final sentence in autograph), written in Hebrew on personal letterhead to his mechutan R. Yitzchak Segal Kanner, extending an invitation to the wedding of his granddaughter, with request for assistance in defraying related expenses.
summary
Profoundly respected by a great many, R. Yechezkel Shraga was the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim - R. Chaim Halberstam of Sanz – and one of the foremost Chassidic leaders of his generation. Author of the Divrei Yechezkel, he was venerated for his subtlety of mind, diligence and pursuit of truth - as well as being a formidable ideological opponent to political Zionism. See T.M. Rabinowicz, Encyclopedia of Hassidism pp. 178-79.
One page, laid down.
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