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Auction 80 · Lot 146
Israelite, Rabbi Judah Joshua Falk (1857-1938). Group of c. 80 Autograph Manuscripts and Letters Signed in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $4,800
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA)
Place
Chelsea, Mass.
Publication
1910-38
Description
Including correspondence to and between Rabbis Abraham Isaac Kook, Abraham Aaron Yudelovitch (author of Beth Av), Joshua Alter Wildman (author of Binyan Yehoshua), Tzvi Hirsch Friedling (author of Ratz Katzvi), Samuel Rabinowitz (author of Maor Agada).
summary
Contains much material relating to the day-to-day practice of rabbinic life: Supervision of kosher establishments; divorce and Agunah matters; educational taxes; materials relating to seeking financial support for the Yeshivas in Europe headed by R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz in Kaminetz and the Chafetz Chaim in Radin. (Further details available upon request).
The author, served as Rabbi of Chelsea, Massachusetts, from 1895 until shortly before his death. Author of Teudath Yisrael, Israelite was active in the affairs of the Agudath HaRabanim of America and the Va’ad HaRabanim of Massachusetts.