(Av Beth Din of Raseyn, 1819-1906). AND: Yechiel Michel Wolfson (Av Beth Din of Yanishok, 1844-99). Two Autograph Letters Signed (attached), written in Hebrew to R. Yoseph Zechariah Stern of Shavel (author of Zechor Yoseph).

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

EVEN-LAPIDUTH, ALEXANDER MOSHE

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5th Shevat

Place

Yanishok (Joniškis, Lithuania)

Publication

1885

Description

Requesting the recipient assist in obtaining R. Shraga Meir Lazerovitch a rabbinic position that has opened up in the city of Krakės (Kaunas region).

summary

R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot was R. Yisroel Salanter’s right hand and one of the founders of the Mussar Movement, he wrote the celebrated “Divrei Emeth.” A disciple of the Beis HaLevi in Volozhin, R. Yechiel Michel Wolfson (Otzar HaRabbanim 9278) was the son-in-law of R. Chaim Zalman, Av Beth Din of Mir. He composed the three-volume responsa, Sephath HaYam.

One page, laid down. 4to.

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