(Grand Rebbe of Tchortkov, 1854-1934). Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Residents of Boro Park, New York.”

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

FRIEDMAN, YISROEL

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Thursday of Parshath Beshalach

Place

Vienna

Publication

1928

Description

A letter of thanks for financial contribution, along with blessings.

summary

Son of the first Rebbe of Chortkov, R. Duvid Moshe (1828–1903) and son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov of Sadigura (1820–83); each, the sons of R. Yisroel of Ruzhyn. Among the founders of Agudath Israel, he was a remarkable Chassidic leader with thousands of followers including many Torah giants such as Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, and Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarnow. His court in Chortkov, Galicia, was destroyed during World War I and he relocated to Vienna.

One page, with integral blank. 4to.

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