Auction 25 Tiferet 25 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Apr 12, 2021
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 2:

Letter by the Gaon rabbi Shmuel Salant, handwritten by his scribe, to the donor Rabbi Eliyahu Zalman Widrin. ...

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Letter by the Gaon rabbi Shmuel Salant, handwritten by his scribe, to the donor Rabbi Eliyahu Zalman Widrin. Jerusalem, [1895].


"His dear letter from the 29th of Kislev with the addition of ... 23 has been received by me and by the bank here, and has been distributed as written in his letter ..." Letter by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, specifying the distribution of the donation of Rabbi Eliyahu Zalman Widrin for Torah and charity in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, [1895]. 


[1] leaf, official stationery, with a letter handwritten by Rabbi Shmuel Salant's scribe, Rabbi A.M. Eisenstein. not signed.


Rabbi Eliyahu Zalman ben Rabbi Pesach Widrin, of Moscow. Author of "Migdal Oz" on Or Zaru'ah Tracttae Berachot (1891) and Shabbat (1901). Authored also the Sefer "Chavatzeles HaSharon" on Shir HaShirim (1900). In the foreword of his second Sefer, in 1905, he wrote that when he came to Jerusalem he saw "The pillar of Torah in Zion the house of the Talmud Torah and the great Etz Chaim Yeshiva" and decided to reprint his Sefer and give the profits from its sale to this institution. Was renowned for "his true love for all the institutions of Torah and Yirah, and especially those in the Holy Land" (Igros HaRe'aya, B, p. 162). 


Fold mark, small tears, minor stains, good condition.  


 

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