Auction 5
Books, Manuscripts, Letters.
Mar 8, 2021
United Kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOT 18:
HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTER BY RABBI YAAKOV YISRAEL KANIEVSKY – THE ‘STEIPLER’.
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Sold for: $650
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Estimated price:
$800 - $1,000
Auction house commission: 23%
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HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTER BY RABBI YAAKOV YISRAEL KANIEVSKY – THE ‘STEIPLER’.
Letter from Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, on printed stationery, dated 1963, and addressed to ‘the famous gaon Rabbi A. Wilhelm’ regarding charity distribution.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899-1985), an outstanding student of the Novardok Yeshivos and a son-in-law of Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz. Rosh Yeshiva at the Beis Yosef – Novardok Yeshiva in Pinsk (1927-1934). Settled in Eretz Yisrael in 1934 and headed the Beis Yosef Novardok Yeshiva there, whilst becoming a close disciple of his brother-in-law the Chazon Ish, and gradually becoming renowned as one of the greatest Torah authorities of his time. Generally known as ‘the Steipler’, after his hometown Hornosteipel in Ukraine. Author of Kehilos Yaakov on many tractates of the Talmud.
1 side. 14.5 x 23 cm. Good condition.
