Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Interesting Letter by Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach – Head of the Ma'alot HaTorah Yeshiva

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Long letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, about his teacher Rabbi Ze'ev Chechik. [Jerusalem, after 1980].
the interesting letter was sent to Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Schulsinger, nephew of Rabbi Ze'ev Chechik. He writes: "…I cannot express the strength of my intense feelings, my soul was very attached to his soul… My soul is disconsolate, especially since I did not merit being present at the funeral because I was not in Jerusalem and I did not know (of the levaya) and did not merit accompanying the levaya. You should know that tears are coursing from my eyes while I am writing this, so much that I cannot concentrate and write…". In the letter, he apologizes for his delayed letter – "Because I am so troubled by my friends and students". He also writes that he is writing the letter during the wedding of his relative "and I went to a corner to respond…".
2 leaves, approximately 20 cm. Good condition, foxing.
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