Auction 96 · Lot 65
Group of c. 13 letters and documents related to Mandate-era Safed.
- Estimate
- $200–$300
- Hammer price
- $450
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(SAFED).
Description
Including, (see below):
summary
* Six autograph letters by R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. Rabbi, artist and communal leader.
* Autograph letter by R. Abraham Leib Silberman.
* Letter from local branch of Agudath Israel to British Police department reacting to murder of four police officers by Arabs. 1936.
* Autograph letter from R. Avraham Chaim David Sofer of Drohobytch (1877-1937), president of Kollel Galicia. To R. Chaim Yisrael Eis of Zurich. Thanking for donation to Yeshivath Chasam Sofer. 1921.
* Letter from R. Chaim Hager of Stanislav to R. Yosef Zvi Geiger. 1930.
* Two anonymous communications to R. Moshe Kleirs of Tiberias and 1 to Safed.
* Document regarding financial support for the Chasam Sofer Yeshiva of Safed, along with manuscript delineating the terms of its merger with another institution.