Auction 93 K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
May 6, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States

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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:


Manuscripts: Lots 1-21 

Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21


Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77


Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.


Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)


Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)


Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169


Graphic Art: Lots 188-209. 

Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)


Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226


Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.


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LOT 49:

LEVIN, ARYEH
(“The Tzaddik of Jerusalem, ” 1885-1969). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew in his ...

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LEVIN, ARYEH
(“The Tzaddik of Jerusalem, ” 1885-1969). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew in his characteristic beautiful hand, written to Rabbi Yisrael Isser Shapiro.



A lengthy personal letter on the occasion of the marriage of Rabbi Shapiro’s son R. Raphael, the namesake of his grandfather, Rosh Yeshiva of Etz Chaim Volozhin. * With: A postscript by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Levin.
One page. Stained from backing on verso. 8vo.
Jerusalem: Sunday of Parshat Vayeshev 1946


Rabbi Levin was the mashgiach of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer’s yeshiva Etz Chaim in Jerusalem. He wass renowned as one who ministered with great compassion to those on the fringes of society. Rabbi Shapiro was the son of R. Raphael Shapiro (1837-1921), a great Lithuanian rosh yeshiva, who was also the son-in-law of the Netzi’v, and the father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik.

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