Auction 1
Rare and Prestigious Items
Mar 19, 2018
(Your local time)
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Historical Documents, Rare Books, Rabbis Letters, Art and Banknotes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 103:
Letter by Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Tarshish – 1925
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Start price:
$
500
Estimated price:
1,000-1,500$
Auction house commission:
20%
VAT: On commission only
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Letter handwritten by Rabbi Yehoshua Tarshish Segal, Av Beit Din of Kurtuvian and author of the book 'Ein Tarshish' to Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Farber.
15 lines handwritten and signed by him.
Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Tarshish (1862-1940) was well-known among the Lithuanian Jews as a pious and ascetic Tzaddik. His brother-in-law, the Alter of Novardok, chose him as the husband of his orphaned sister. In 1890, he was sent by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor to establish a yeshiva in Berditchev. He immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1933.
18x23cm.
Condition: Good. The ink of several words has smeared.
