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(Grand-Rebbe of Lechovich-Slonim, 1870-1948). Autograph letter signed. Invitation to the wedding of the Rebbe's daughter to Ya'akov Yosef, son of Grand-Rebbe Alter Mordechai Sefarad of Ostroha.

Auction 98 · Lot 21

(Grand-Rebbe of Lechovich-Slonim, 1870-1948). Autograph letter signed. Invitation to the wedding of the Rebbe's daughter to Ya'akov Yosef, son of Grand-Rebbe Alter Mordechai Sefarad of Ostroha.

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$225

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MALOVITSKY, PINCHAS BETZALEL

Place

Baranovich

Publication

c. 1915

Description

Signature in Hebrew and Russian.

summary

R. Pinchas Malovitsky, Admo”r of Lachowicze-Slonim, was the son-in-law of Grand-Rebbe Shmuel Weinberg of Slonim, the ‘Divrei Shmuel’. Lechovitch Chassidus, derived from Karlin, is a forebear of the well-known Slonim, Koidanov and Kobrin Chassidic courts. R. Alter Mordechai Sefarad, Admo”r of Ostrog (d. 1934) was the last Grand-Rebbe of Ostroha, a dynasty started four generations earlier by R. Ya’akov Yosef Sefarad, also known as Rav Yeivi. He was the brother-in-law of Grand-Rebbe Dovid Twersky of Skvira. See https://www.geni.com/people/Rabbi-Pinchas-Malowicki-Admur-Lachowicze-Lyakhovichi-Slonim/6000000006186629224 and https://www.geni.com/people/R-Alter-Mordechai-Sfarad/6000000006186479768.
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