Auction 3
Rare And Important Items
Oct 26, 2020
United kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOT 174:
TWO ENGLISH LETTERS SIGNED BY LEADING US EUROPEAN WWII SURVIVOR RABBIS.
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Sold for: $750
Start price:
$
400
Estimated price:
$800 - $1,000
Auction house commission: 23%
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TWO ENGLISH LETTERS SIGNED BY LEADING US EUROPEAN WWII SURVIVOR RABBIS.
Two similarly worded English letters confirming the credentials of Rabbi Tzvi Yaakov Abraham as a leading orthodox rabbi in Transylvania and a trustworthy person.
Signed by:
Rabbi Menachem Pollack, of Beis Hamedrash Chevra Bachurim and former Rabbi of Szerencs,
Rabbi Levy Yitzchak Grunwald, of Beis Hamedrash Arugas Habosem and former Rabbi of Tzelem,
Rabbi Eliezer Schonfeld, of Beis Hamedrash Beis David Agudas Achim and
Rabbi Dr Fischer of Beis Hamedrash Benei Yehuda, and two others.
Rabbi Menachem Pollack (1890-1953), disciple of Rabbi Akiva Sofer of Pressburg, Rabbi Mozes Chaim Lietzs-Rosenbaum of Kleinwardein, Rabbi Moshe Grunwald of Chust and Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg of Unsdorf. Son-in-law of I. Rabbi Yitzchak Cahana of Sinver and II. Rabbi Pinchas Billitzer, Rabbi of Szerencs. Succeeded his father-in-law as Rabbi of Szerencs in 1913 and from 1940, Rabbi of Beis Hamedrash Ahavas Yeshurun in New York; subsequently Rabbi at Beis Hamedrash Chevras Bachurim Anshei Ungarn. Author of Chelek Levy and Iyun Menachem.
Rabbi Levy Yitzchak Grunwald (1893-1980), youngest son of Rabbi Moshe of Chust – the Arugas Habosem, and son-in-law of his brother Rabbi Avraham Yosef Grunwald of Ungvar. Rabbi of Orshova, Visk, Paiye and Zehlem, and escaped the Nazi invasion of Austria to New York. There he established a community and Torah institutions named Arugas Habosem. One of the leading post-WWII rabbinical leaders in the US and Vice President of the Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA (Hisachdus Harabanim).
2 letters. Size and condition varies.
