(The Shinaver Rav, 1815-98). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead in Hebrew.

Estimate

$10,000–$15,000

Hammer price

$36,000

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

author

HALBERSTAM, YECHEZKEL SHRAGA.

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3rd Nissan

Place

Shinava (Sieniawa)

Publication

1893

summary

Profoundly respected, 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. He founded the Sanzer Klois in Tzfas. * WITH Pasted on verso: Letter addressed to Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Horowitz, Av Beth Din of Zlozitz (author of Shailoth U’Teshuvoth Harei Besamim).

One page. Laid down. 4to.

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