Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Asara Ma'amarot - Stamps of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Freidman of Bohosh-Shtefenesht

Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Asara Ma'amarot, with the Yad Yehuda commentary. Lemberg, 1868.
Stamps of Rebbe "Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Freidman – Bohosh" [with a drawing of a serpert swallowing an eagle].
Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Freidman (1858-1940), son of Rebbe Yitzchak of Bohosh and son-in-law of his uncle Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Shtefenesht. In 1896, he became Rebbe of Adzod, Romania and in Galaţi (Galatz). His son is the "Admor HaTza'ir" of Shtefenesht, Rabbi Menachem Nachum Freidman of Iţcani (1879-1933), author of the books Divrei Menachem, Al Emet V'Hasheker, HaChalom U'Pitrono, etc. He moved to Shtefenesht to succeed his uncle Rebbe Avraham Mattityahu in the Shtefenesht rabbinate but he died at a young age in the lifetime of his uncle and his father.
248, [6] leaves. 22.5 cm. Thin high-quality paper. Good condition, foxing, wear and stains. Old semi-leather binding.
Opening price: $300
Chassidism – Manuscripts and Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Chassidism – Manuscripts and Glosses, Signatures and Dedications