Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Letter by Rabbi Shimon Shkop – London, 1931
Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium
Long letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shimon Yehuda HaCohen Shkop. London, Iyar [1931]. Sent to his disciple, Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, who at that time served as Rabbi of Liverpool (England), with numerous details of the meeting of the London Beit Din and other conventions for the successful short trip of Rabbi Shimon to England on behalf of the Grodno Yeshiva. The letter contains many hitherto unknown particulars of Rabbi Shimon's travels to England in 1931. Rabbi Shimon Yehuda HaCohen Shkop (1860-1940, Otzar HaRabbanim 19962), head of Sha'ar HaTorah Yeshiva in Grodno. See item 270. Official stationery, 28 cm. [2] written pages, approximately 30 lines in his handwriting and with his signature. Good condition, creases.
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