Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Manuscript, Tehillot Avraham on Tehillim - By Rabbi Avraham Stern, Author of Melitzei Esh
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Sold for: $1,625
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Manuscript, Tehillot Avraham on Tehillim, handwritten by the author R. Avraham Stern, Dayan in Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). [c. 1920s-1930s].
Complete composition on the entire book of Tehillim, prepared for print but apparently never printed, by the famous prolific author, R. Avraham Stern. R. Avraham Stern (1884-perished in the Holocaust 1944), author of Melitzei Esh, Gapei Esh, Kitvei Esh, Mesader Chilukim V'Shitot, and more; disciple of the Maharam Schick, of the author of Shevet Sofer and of the author of Arugot HaBosem. He was the son-in-law and close assistant of Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman (1852-1944), Rabbi of Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). Murdered in the Auschwitz gas chambers in Sivan 1944 together with his father-in-law who was almost 93 years old at the time, their families and with the Nové Zámky Jewish community.
His three sons are the famous Torah Scholars: R. Bezalel Stern (1910-1988), author of Betzel HaChochma, Rabbi of Vienna and Melbourne; R. Mordechai Stern (1909-1934), author of Rav Chessed; and R. Moshe Stern (1914-1997), the Rabbi of Debrecen-US, author of Be'er Moshe.
[343] handwritten pages. 22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy rodent damage, with severe damage to text. Damaged contemporary binding.
Complete composition on the entire book of Tehillim, prepared for print but apparently never printed, by the famous prolific author, R. Avraham Stern. R. Avraham Stern (1884-perished in the Holocaust 1944), author of Melitzei Esh, Gapei Esh, Kitvei Esh, Mesader Chilukim V'Shitot, and more; disciple of the Maharam Schick, of the author of Shevet Sofer and of the author of Arugot HaBosem. He was the son-in-law and close assistant of Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman (1852-1944), Rabbi of Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). Murdered in the Auschwitz gas chambers in Sivan 1944 together with his father-in-law who was almost 93 years old at the time, their families and with the Nové Zámky Jewish community.
His three sons are the famous Torah Scholars: R. Bezalel Stern (1910-1988), author of Betzel HaChochma, Rabbi of Vienna and Melbourne; R. Mordechai Stern (1909-1934), author of Rav Chessed; and R. Moshe Stern (1914-1997), the Rabbi of Debrecen-US, author of Be'er Moshe.
[343] handwritten pages. 22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy rodent damage, with severe damage to text. Damaged contemporary binding.
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)