Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $200
Sold for: $2,125
Including buyer's premium
Collection of letters regarding book trade, most from 1926-1955. A varied interesting collection that provides a comprehensive look on management of the book trade during those years, trade in new and old books alike. Correspondence from various countries, from veteran traders to private people searching for certain books. Many letters are from Bigeleisen bookshops in NY, David Frankel of Lvov and NY, Yochanan Rubenstein of Haifa, Efraim Keizer of Pressburg, Yehuda Idil Bialistotsky of Slonim and letters from various bookshops in Tschernovitz, Vienna, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Warsaw etc. Lists of books and their prices, (some of the catalogues are on printed leaves), and more letters and papers from those times.
Hundreds of letters and documents, including over 200 letters and postcards. Varied size and condition.
Hundreds of letters and documents, including over 200 letters and postcards. Varied size and condition.
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
For complete list, see Hebrew description.
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![Letter by Rabbi Kook to Henrietta Sold. Jerusalem, [1923].
Letter concerning the “great necessity of locating a vacant apart](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale22-public/476.jpg "Letter by Rabbi Kook")
Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $200
Unsold
Letter by Rabbi Kook to Henrietta Sold. Jerusalem, [1923].
Letter concerning the “great necessity of locating a vacant apartment for Rabbi Rata”. Rabbi Kook notes that “this is a matter of life and death” and mentions Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank and Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Bernstein, members of the rabbinate of Jerusalem.
Official stationery. 17 cm. Good condition. Stapling holes.
Letter concerning the “great necessity of locating a vacant apartment for Rabbi Rata”. Rabbi Kook notes that “this is a matter of life and death” and mentions Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank and Rabbi Yerucham Fishel Bernstein, members of the rabbinate of Jerusalem.
Official stationery. 17 cm. Good condition. Stapling holes.
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Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
Including buyer's premium
Letter in handwriting and signature of the Ga’on Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael. Jerusalem, Cheshvan (1923).
In the letter directed toward Dr. Moshe Wallach, director of "Sha’arei Tzedek" Hospital, Rabbi Kook requests: “To admit the maiden to the hospital… whose illness is severe, G-D have mercy on her. Her dear father… was freed from the Ukraine, escaped from the sword of the murderers and is destitute”.
Official stationery, 17.5 cm. Good condition.
In the letter directed toward Dr. Moshe Wallach, director of "Sha’arei Tzedek" Hospital, Rabbi Kook requests: “To admit the maiden to the hospital… whose illness is severe, G-D have mercy on her. Her dear father… was freed from the Ukraine, escaped from the sword of the murderers and is destitute”.
Official stationery, 17.5 cm. Good condition.
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Letters
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Auction 22 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
May 8, 2012
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Letter signed by 28 residents of "" neighborhood, to their elderly rabbi, Rabbi Shaul Chaim Horowitz, Rabbi of Nadvorna, in appeal to appoint his daughter’s son “the great rabbi… notable in Torah and reverence of G-D… Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz whom the honorable rabbi adopted as a son”, as rabbi and Halachic ruler of "Me’ah She’arim". Jerusalem, Adar (1907).
Signatories include: Rabbi “Menachem Nachum Katz”, Rabbi “Ya’akov Moshe Charlap”, Rabbi “Nachum Kahana Shapiro”, Rabbi “Raphael Zerach Leib son of Rabbi Mordechai” [of Rockaway], and others.
Rabbi Shaul Chaim Horowitz (1820-1916) Av Beit Din of Dovrovna, son-in-law of the "Nachalat David". Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1883 and was founder and director of the "Me’ah She’arim "Yeshiva and Talumd Torah. Was blessed with longevity, and during his lifetime his daughter’s son, the Ga’on Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz (1869-1951), succeeded him in the "Me’ah She’arim" Rabbinate and Yeshiva leadership.
2 pages, 29 cm. Fair condition, tears (with missing pieces) on folds.
Signatories include: Rabbi “Menachem Nachum Katz”, Rabbi “Ya’akov Moshe Charlap”, Rabbi “Nachum Kahana Shapiro”, Rabbi “Raphael Zerach Leib son of Rabbi Mordechai” [of Rockaway], and others.
Rabbi Shaul Chaim Horowitz (1820-1916) Av Beit Din of Dovrovna, son-in-law of the "Nachalat David". Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1883 and was founder and director of the "Me’ah She’arim "Yeshiva and Talumd Torah. Was blessed with longevity, and during his lifetime his daughter’s son, the Ga’on Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz (1869-1951), succeeded him in the "Me’ah She’arim" Rabbinate and Yeshiva leadership.
2 pages, 29 cm. Fair condition, tears (with missing pieces) on folds.
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Letters
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