Auction 95
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 11, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 50:
SOFER, SHIMON (Progenitor of the Erlau Dynasty, 1850-1944). Autograph Letter Signed with stamp, written to R. ...
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Sold for: $1,400
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Estimated price :
$600 - $900
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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SOFER, SHIMON (Progenitor of the Erlau Dynasty, 1850-1944). Autograph Letter Signed with stamp, written to R. Yisrael Weltz.
Halachic response whether to delay the Brith Milah of a sick baby.
One page. Integral blank.
Erlau (Eger) Parshath Tetzaveh Before 1914
R. Shimon Sofer known as the Erlauer Rav, was the son of R. Avraham Binyamin Sofer (the Kesav Sofer) and grandson of the Chasam Sofer. He is famed for his halachic work Hithoreruth Teshuvah. His grandson, R. Moshe Sofer, is the present Erlau Rebbe, based in Jerusalem.
R. Yisrael Weltz (1887-1973) studied in Pressberg after which he served as rabbi in Budapest There, he hid R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal during the dark years of the Holocaust.
