Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Feb 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 64:
EVEN-LAPIDUTH, ALEXANDER MOSHE
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Start price:
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1,200
Estimated price :
$1,500 - $2,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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EVEN-LAPIDUTH, ALEXANDER MOSHE
(Av Beth Din of Raseyn, 1819-1906). <<AND:>> Yechiel Michel Wolfson (Av Beth Din of Yanishok, 1844-99). Two Autograph Letters Signed (attached), written in Hebrew to R. Yoseph Zechariah Stern of Shavel (author of Zechor Yoseph).
Requesting the recipient assist in obtaining R. Shraga Meir Lazerovitch a rabbinic position that has opened up in the city of Krakės (Kaunas region).
One page, laid down. 4to.
Yanishok (Joniškis, Lithuania): 5th Shevat 1885
R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot was R. Yisroel Salanter’s right hand and one of the founders of the Mussar Movement, he wrote the celebrated “Divrei Emeth.” A disciple of the Beis HaLevi in Volozhin, R. Yechiel Michel Wolfson (Otzar HaRabbanim 9278) was the son-in-law of R. Chaim Zalman, Av Beth Din of Mir. He composed the three-volume responsa, Sephath HaYam.
