Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter of Semicha (Ordination) by Rabbi Ya'akov Shimshon Heller, Rabbi of Budzanow
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Autograph letter of semicha for a shochet and bodek, signed by R. Ya'akov Shimshon Heller Rabbi of Budzanow. [Galicia], Adar, 1901.
At the bottom of the letter is another signature by "David Shochet and Bodek of Budzanow".
R. Yisrael Shimshon Heller, Rabbi of Budzanow, is mentioned in the books of responsa written by Torah scholars in his days such as the Maharsham of Berezhany, R. Shlomo Kluger, and others.
Budzanow is a city in Galicia in the Ternopol region, which boasted many prominent rabbis. Among them are R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz, author of Arvei Nachal and R. Yehoshua Heshel Babad, author of the book Yehoshua.
22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears [some open] to folding creases, mounted on fabric.
At the bottom of the letter is another signature by "David Shochet and Bodek of Budzanow".
R. Yisrael Shimshon Heller, Rabbi of Budzanow, is mentioned in the books of responsa written by Torah scholars in his days such as the Maharsham of Berezhany, R. Shlomo Kluger, and others.
Budzanow is a city in Galicia in the Ternopol region, which boasted many prominent rabbis. Among them are R. David Shlomo Eybeschutz, author of Arvei Nachal and R. Yehoshua Heshel Babad, author of the book Yehoshua.
22 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears [some open] to folding creases, mounted on fabric.
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