Auction 1
Rare and Prestigious Items
Mar 19, 2018
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Israel
22 Ha'Nassi Ha'Shishi st., Jerusalem
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Historical Documents, Rare Books, Rabbis Letters, Art and Banknotes
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LOT 100:
Instructive Letter by the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham of Mir, almost Completely Handwritten by Him – With His ...
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Sold for: $3,800
Start price:
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2,000
Estimated price:
3,000-4,000$
Auction house commission:
20%
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Instructive Letter by the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham of Mir, almost Completely Handwritten by Him – With His Signature – 1935
A long letter by the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz of Mir to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Gunzburg. Mir, 1935.
14 lines handwritten an dsigned by him.
Content of the letter: Rabbi Yerucham advises how to handle some important matters he refers to several outstanding contemporary rabbis. He ends with the blessing: "May God endow us with good advice".
Rabbi Yerucham Ha'levi Leibowitz (1875-1936), one of the greatest educators and Mussar scholars of his times. A student of "Beit ha'talmud" of Kelm and the teacher and rabbi of Rabbi Yechezkel Lowenstein. He served as the spiritual supervisor of Lithuanian yeshivas, the Radin Yeshiva and more. Most of his years he was the spiritual supervisor of the Mir Yeshiva. Many of the most prominent heads of yeshivas today were his disciples and used to call him "Admor" (our master, teacher and rabbi) among them Rabbi Chaim Shmuelowitz, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Malin and more.
Condition: Good. Folding marks and slits.
