Bezalel Lapin [biography in honor of his 70th birthday]. By Pinchas Grajevsky.

Estimate: $100–$150
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(JERUSALEM).

printer

Zuckerman

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1926

Description

Photographic plates.

summary

Bezalel Lapin was one of the leaders of the Yishuv. His father Fischel was a contractor for the Grodno Railway. Bezalel initiated coach service between Jerusalem and Jaffa in place of mules. He founded a construction firm that built various quarters in Jerusalem and was active in the building of the Bikur Cholim hospital. The work contains letters from R. Israel Salanter and other prominent Rabbis to the Lapin family.

pp. 101. Original printed wrappers, slightly chipped and sunned. 8vo.

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