Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
By Kedem
Jul 11, 2016
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LOT 257:

Letters of Subscribers to a Book that was Never Printed - Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor ...

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Letters of Subscribers to a Book that was Never Printed - Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and Other Rabbis - 1884
A leaf with letters of subscribers to the book Imrei Tzedek by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Av Beit Din of Lomnice. Handwritten and signed by three rabbis - Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Av Beit Din of Kovno (5 lines in his handwriting, signed), Kovno, Shevat 1884; Rabbi "Ya'akov son of R' G. R. A. from the city of Pasvalys" (3 lines in his handwriting, signed), and Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Av Beit Din of Sokółka (4 lines in his handwriting, signed). Sokółka, Tamuz, 1884.
The book Imrei Tzedek by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Av Beit Din of Lomnice is an unknown work and has not yet been printed.
Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (1817-1896), a prominent Torah leader of his times was renowned for his Torah genius, diligence and piety. He was considered the supreme Torah authority of his generation and led Lithuanian and Russian Jewry for many years with wisdom and tranquility. He served in the rabbinate from the age of 20. In 1864, he was appointed Rabbi of Kovno (Kaunas) and his name spread throughout the world as a leading Torah authority. His responsa and novellae were printed in his books: Be'er Yitzchak, Nachal Yitzchak and Ein Yitzchak.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Av Beit Din of Sokółka, author of Binyan Shalom (died 1911), was one of the rabbis who supported the Chovevei Zion movement, served in the Ostrołęka and Mstsislaw rabbinates.
Leaf, 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears to folds.

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