Auction 4
Fine Antique Judaica
Oct 9, 2018
(Your local time)
USA
Freehold Jewish Center 59 Broad Street, Freehold NJ. 07728
Time in New Jersey: 15:00
Time in Israel: 22:00
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LOT 171:
R. Meir Karelitz. Kovno 1920
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Sold for: $300
Start price:
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100
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: On commission only
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Certificate with photograph issued by the Ministry of Jewish affairs in Kovno, certifying that R. Meir Karelitz is a representative of the American Central Relief Committee with the authority to provide financial assistance to poor Jews. Typed in Latvian, dated 1920, during the tumultuous period following the First World War. Rare photograph of Rabbi Karelitz as well as official seals of various communal offices.
R. Meir Karelitz (1877-1956), was the eldest son of the Kosovo Rav, R. Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz and a brother of the Chazon Ish. Married to a granddaughter of the Cheshek Shlomo of Vilna, he served a Dayan in Vilna alongside R. Chaim Ozer Grodensky. He immigrated to Eretz Yisroel in 1937 where he was extremely active in the needs of the new Yishuv, together with his brother the Chazon Ish.
16.5 by 20 cm. Fair condition. Some folds and small repairs. Signatures faded.
Opening bid $100
