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 178:
COLLECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY RABBI EFRAYIM ELIEZER HACOHEN YOLLES OF SAMBOR, RABBI OF PHILADELPHIA, TO ...
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Sold for: $550
Start price:
$
400
Estimated price:
$700 - $1,000
Auction house commission: 23%
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COLLECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY RABBI EFRAYIM ELIEZER HACOHEN YOLLES OF SAMBOR, RABBI OF PHILADELPHIA, TO THE WRITER AND HISTORIAN CHAIM BLOCH.
A collection of 20 interesting letters, on various subjects.
Rabbi Efrayim Eliezar HaCohen Yolles (1891-1989), son and disciple of Rabbi Shalom – Rabbi of Stryj, received rabbinical ordination form Rabbi David Horowitz of Stanislawow and Rabbi Nassan Lewin of Rzeszow. Dayan in Stryj (1916), Rabbi of Kerem Yisrael in Philadelphia (1921) and Rabbi of Philadelphia (1948). Author of Divrei Efrayim Eliezer.
Chaim Bloch (1881-1973), born in Galicia and emigrated to Vienna. Served as Austro-Hungarian Army Chaplain in WWI. Returned to Vienna and published and edited a number of Jewish historical works and translations. Escaped to America after the Nazi invasion.
20 letters. Various sizes, very good condition.
