(Av Beth Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Nitra, 1886-1945). Typed Letter Signed and stamped on letterhead, written in Hebrew to R. Moshe Blau of Jerusalem.

Estimate: $700–$900
Hammer price: $800

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author

UNGAR, SHMUEL DOVID

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Thursday of Parshath Korach

Place

Nitra, Slovakia

Publication

1934

Description

Requesting assistance for R. Benzion Shalom Friedman (d. 1957), a resident of Petach Tikva, who was separated from his wife and children and is seeking to have them leave Europe and join him in Eretz Israel.

summary

The yeshiva in Nitra was the very last to remain open in Nazi-occupied Europe. R. Shmuel Dovid perished on the run from the Nazis in early 1945. His celebrated sons-in-law were Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903-57) and the Klausenberger Rebbe (1905-94).

One page, two punch-holes. 8vo.

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