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LOT 543:
Zwi Perez Chajes – Micrography Picture in his Memory – Vienna, 1927
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Zwi Perez Chajes – Micrography Picture in his Memory – Vienna, 1927
Zecher Zadik Livracha, picture in memory of rabbi Zwi Perez Chajes. Vienna, ca. 1927.
Printed leaf with a portrait of Chajes, and sample of his signature in micrographic work (text in German). Under the portrait two branches and a ribbon hand-colored in green and red. The leaf if set in a special passpartout, on which a Maggen David and Menorah's are engraved, and the writing "Zecher Zadik Livracha" and in German "Oberrabbiner Prof. Dr. Zwi Perez Chajes" [Chief Rabbi Prof. Dr. Zwi Perez Chajes].
Rabbi Zwi Perez Chajes (1876-1927), rabbi, historian and researcher of the bible. Born in Galicia, where he studied in a Yeshiva and was ordained as a Rabbi. As of 1918 he served as chief rabbi of Vienna and established a seminary for teachers. Was one of the first rabbis who supported Zionism, and the first chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee. Died in Vienna in 1927. Buried in Tel Aviv
53 X 44 cm. Good condition. Restored moisture marks. Some of the gilding was erased from the illustrations.
