Auction 1
Rare and Prestigious Items
Mar 19, 2018
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Israel
22 Ha'Nassi Ha'Shishi st., Jerusalem
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Historical Documents, Rare Books, Rabbis Letters, Art and Banknotes
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LOT 113:
Manuscript by Rabbi Meir Auerbach, the First Ashkenazic Rabbi of Jerusalem, about the Controversy regarding the ...
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Sold for: $550
Start price:
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400
Estimated price:
800-1,000$
Auction house commission:
20%
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Manuscript by Rabbi Meir Auerbach, the First Ashkenazic Rabbi of Jerusalem, about the Controversy regarding the Etrogim of the Land of Israel – Rare!
Handwritten autograph by Rabbi Meir Auerbach, the rabbi of Jerusalem. Several words are erased by a line yet are still readable. Additions and corrections between the lines.
20 handwritten lines.
Before us is a draft of a letter Rabbi Meir Auerbach wrote on behalf of the rabbis of Jerusalem; that is why he uses the plural. The content of the letter has never been printed!
The letter is about the Kashrut of the Etrogim of the Land of Israel, a subject that had preoccupied Rabbi Auerbach for many years.
The letter begins: "Since we have heard complaints by the most prominent rabbis about the residents of Jerusalem … we have not seen it fit to become involved in the controversy between the prominent rabbis abroad …" Rabbi Auerbach refers to the Radbaz on the subject and explains the importance of buying the Etrogim of the Land of Israel. A handwritten addition by him on the side of the leaf.
An important manuscript aboyt the well-known controversy regarding the Kashrut of the Etrogim of Corfu and those of the Land of Israel. Manuscripts by Rabbi Meir Auerbach are extremely rare, all the more so with such important content!
Rabbi Meir Auerbach (1815-1878) Av Beit Din of Kalish and one of the most prominent rabbis of his generation. The son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Auerbach Av Beit Din of Luntshitz, author of the "Divrei Chaim" and grandson of Rabbi Chaim Auerbach Av Beit Din of Luntshitz, author of the "Divrei Mishpat". He immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1859 and was the first official rabbi of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem. He was known for his book "Imrei Binah". Beside his vast knowledge of Torah and Halacha, he was a kabbalist who studied at the "Beit El" Yeshiva for kabbalists.
Condition: Good. Folding marks. A small hole in the lower part of the leaf with an omission of a single letter. Fingerprint stains.
