Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

"Ner Moshe" – Stamps of Rebbe Aharon of Stretin

Opening: $200
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
"Ner Moshe", on kabbalah and the Saragosa scroll. Jerusalem, 1882.
Many stamps like the handwritten signature: "Aharon ben R' Zvi Aryeh of Olik Stretin".
Rabbi Aharon Brandwein (died 1907), son of Rebbe Zvi Aryeh of Pleschen (of Olik-Stretin dynasty), was raised in the house of his mother's uncle Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzin, who appointed him Rebbe while yet a youth and even gave him "kvittel" and "pidyon". Immigrated to Eretz- Yisrael and settled in Safed, where he became a focal point of the Chassidic community. Buried in the cave of Rabbi Chaim of Tchernowitz where his father is also buried.
[3], 80, [9], 81-92 leaves. 17.5 cm. Good-fair condition, damage to title page, wear damage.
S. HaLevi no. 407.
Hassidism – Manuscripts, Letters and Signatures
Hassidism – Manuscripts, Letters and Signatures