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Auction 17 · Lot 463

Collection of 27 letters written to various organizations and communal leaders regarding historical, social and personal issues

Estimate
$3,000–$4,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(RABBINICAL LETTERS).

Place

Russia and Poland

Publication

1881-1939

Description

25 Autographed letters, many signed and stamped, some on headed paper.

summary

Contains letters from a host of prominent Rabbis including: Rabbi Abraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin, Rabbi Tzvi Yecheskel Michelson of Warsaw, Rabbi Yisrael David Epstein of Ozarow, Rabbi Yitchak Meir Singer of Alexander, Rabbi Yitzchak Y. Trank of Kutner. Also included is an unusual letter by Rebetzin Malka Yuta Shapiro (the daughter of Rabbi Yehshua of Zelichow) on her personal stamped stationary. Interestingly the Warsaw Rabbinate in a letter dated the 2nd of August 1933 already called the Germans "Bnei Amalek." Included is a complete listing of all letters with references to Otzar Harabanim by N.Z. Friedman
ff. 30. In modern binding, folio and smaller
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