Auction 3
Rare And Important Items
Oct 26, 2020
United Kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
No Credit Card Fees
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Sold for: $2,600
Start price:
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1,500
Estimated price:
$3,000 - $4,000
Auction house commission: 23%
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RABBI CHAIM ELAZAR SHAPIRA (1872-1937), REBBE OF MUNKACZ, AUTHOR OF MINCHAS ELAZAR, LETTER OF BLESSINGS TO R. DOV EHRMAN, AUTHOR OF DEVARIM AREIVIM .
In this letter, dated 1934, written on the stationery of the Munkacz Kollel – Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, the Rebbe of Munkacz sends Rabbi Ehrman his blessings on the marriage of his daughter.
Rabbi Chayim Elazar Shapira (1872-1937), son of the Darkei Teshuva of Munkacz, son-in-law of (I) Rabbi Shraga Yair of Bialobzhegh and (II) Rabbi Yaakov Moshe of Komarno. Disciple of many chassidic leaders of his time, but principally of Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Sieniawa. Appointed Rosh Beth Din of Munkacz (1904) and succeeded his father as Rabbi and Rebbe of Munkacz and Nassi of Kollel Munkacz in Yerushalayim in 1914. He also headed a large Yeshiva. Author of numerous rabbinic and chassidic works including Minchas Elazar.
Rabbi Dov Ber Ehrman of Kleinwardein, author of Devarim Areivim and Pe’er Vechavod – collections of authentic chassidic stories.
1 side. 22.5 x 24 cm. Condition generally good, but with one tear stuck together with tape underneath.
