Auction 10 Part 3
Manuscripts, Letters by Rabbis, Passover Haggadot, Machzorim and Prayer Books, Items that have been Received after the Closing of the Catalog )Zionism, Holocaust, JUdaica, Religious Books, Letters by Rabbis and More
Sep 26, 2016
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Israel
Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 669:
Letter by Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld, the "Gaon of Tshebin" - Jerusalem, 1958
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A letter from Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld to the management of the burial society in Tel Aviv and to Rabbi Meir Szczarynski in response to their letter, "And I am sorry to announce that I have my proofs and reasons not to require this matter, and for this I ask your forgiverness…".
The Gaon's handwritten signature is in the letter's margin. Jerusalem, June 1958.
Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld (the "Gaon of Tshebin", 1881-1966), the son of the author of "Kochav Mi'Yaakov", served as the Av Beit Din of Tshebin (Galicia). During the Holocaust he was exiled to Siberia, from where he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he re-established his yeshiva "Kochav Mi'Yaakov". In his youth he was already considered to be one of the prominent Rabbis of his generation. Author of the responsa "Dovev Meisharim".
Official paper. 22 cm.
Condition: Excellent. Filing holes.
