(Av Beth Din of Bucharest). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Administrators.”

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $500

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

author

FRENKEL - ASHKENAZI, LEVI YITZCHAK

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Iyar

Place

Bucharest

Publication

1848

Description

Halachic response to a domestic dispute wherein a husband was assaulting his wife, insisting she accept a divorce as they are childless. The rabbi rules here that the wife must be given financial compensation.

summary

Son of R. Meshulam Zalman Frankel-Ashkenazi and a descendant of the Ba'al Shem Tov and R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. From 1848 he served in the Bucharest rabbinate and migrated to Safed in 1873. See Otzar HaRabanim 12491.

One page (with integral blank), couple of minute punctures. Folio.

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