Auction 96 · Lot 15
Four Letters from exotic parts of the Jewish world: Tehran, Kutaisi, Joanina & Lima.
- Estimate
- $150–$250
- Hammer price
- $400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(DIASPORA JEWRY).
summary
* 1. R. Yedidiah Shofet of Tehran’s Beth Din to R. Zvi Kruger of New York regarding the marital status of a Persian-American immigrant. 1961.
* 2. Request for aid from R. Isaac ben Abraham Nanikishvili of Kutaisi, Georgia. Addressed to Hakham Bashi Chaim Moshe Becerano, Constantinople. 1930.
* 3. Correspondence from Joanina’s Moshe Eliya Nigrin and Cohen with Jerusalem’s Misgav Ladach charity. 1887.
* 4. Gabbaim of the Ashkenazi synagogue in Lima, Peru, describing the difficulties of religious life in their city. Addressed to the Agudath Harabanim of America and Canada. Yiddish. Lima, 1949.