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Lot 271

Photo of Rabbi Shalom Shakhna one of the Rabbis of Copenhagen

Our master Rabbi Shalom Shakhna, son of Rabbi Avraham of Copenhagen, 1827". Portrait photo in lithographic print, with printed signature of the artist M. Mendel. Copenhagen (Denmark), 1827. The photograph features the rabbi during a sermon he gave for Parashat Va-Yechi, with his name written on the podium. Rabbi Shalom Shakhna served as"apprentice rabbi" under his father Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Gedaliah who filled the Copenhagen rabbinical office for 36 years and passed away during Fall 1827.
18.5 X 26.5 cm. Good condition, stains.