(Makova Rov, 1862-1944). Autograph Postcard Signed, written to Rabbi Yonasan Steif (1877-1958).

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

VORHAND, MOSHE

Place

Makova (Makó, Hungary)

Publication

1942

Description

Questions the qualifications of a shochet, Moshe Deutsch, who had practiced in Makova.

summary

Formerly Av Beth Din of Papa, R. Moshe Vorhand was the author of Ohel Moshe and Atereth Moshe. He founded a Chassidic dynasty that is today centered in Kiryat Ata and headed by Grand Rabbi Shimon Lemberger. R. Moshe Vorhand’s grandson, Rabbi Zev Tzvi Vorhand (1913-2000), was well known on the Upper West Side of Manhattan as the Prager Rov and founder of Vorhand’s Shtiebel. R. Meshulim Feish Segal Lowy of Tosh, spent some time in Makov shortly after World War II.

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