Auction 107 Winner's Unlimited - Eretz Israel and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Numismatics, Posters, Maps, Judaica, Holy books, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes
May 8, 2018 (Your local time)
Israel
 3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem
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LOT 132:

Early Picture of the Netziv of Volozhin - from the Year of Mourning Following his Passing 1893

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Sold for: $480
Start price:
$ 120
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'Man's wisdom lights up his face, and his righteousness is remembered forever,' picture of the honorable rabbi, the true genius, minister of Torah, light and rabbi of the diaspora, elder sage of the Etz Chaim yeshiva of Volozhin some fifty years, teaching thousands of students from every land, his holy honor, Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin, ztzuk"l.

Printed picture according to a photograph of the gaon rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin - Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin and one of the leaders of the generation, W. Walkiewicz press 1893. Russian and Hebrew inscriptions in the margins of the picture and the Netziv's signature on the photo. Attached to an original stiff board with the photographer's stamp on the reverse.

Picture: 17x11 cm. Cardboard mount: 20x15 cm. Stains. Fine condition.


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