Auction 70
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mar 31, 2020
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 362:
Letter from Rebbe Shimon Shlomo (the First) of Bender - Invitation to his Daughter’s Wedding
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Letter from Rebbe Shimon Shlomo (the First) of Bender - Invitation to his Daughter’s Wedding
Letter signed by Rebbe "Shimon Shlomo son of the Rabbi of Bender". Bender (Bendery, Bessarabia), Av 1857.
Written by a scribe and signed by the Rebbe himself. Invitation to his daughter Malka’s wedding, sent to a relative, "renowned tzaddik… R. Yochanan" (apparently, a rebbe of the Chernobyl dynasty, maternal relative of Rebbe Shimon Shlomo. The latter’s mother was the daughter of R. Avraham of Korostýšiv, son-in-law of R. Nachum of Chernobyl).
Rebbe Shimon Shlomo Wertheim (1805-1864), author of Or HaShemesh. Son and successor of Rebbe Aryeh Leib of Bender (1772-1854), and grandson of the Maggid of Savran, R. Shimon Shlomo (died 1802), disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. R. Aryeh Leib of Bender took the family name Wertheim, since his family descended from the Court Jew, R. Shimshon Wertheimer of Vienna (1658-1724). R. Shimon Shlomo of Bender was a close disciple of his uncle Rebbe Moshe Tzvi Gutterman of Savran, who was well-known for his knowledge of kabbalah. On the title page of the manuscript of Rebbe Shimon Shlomo’s book Or HaShemesh, his son R. Yitzchak of Bender writes about him: "The illustrious kabbalist… as he received from his uncle and teacher R. M.Tz.". Rebbe Shimon Shlomo was renowned for the wonders he performed for the Jewish People. In his book Or HaShemesh (Parashat VaYakhel), he writes that "in every generation, tzaddikim intend wondrous yichudim and these bring abundant blessing in all the spheres…". His descendants continued the Bender dynasty until the Holocaust.
The first marriage of his daughter Malka was to R. "Mordechai Motel son of Hodl" (see: Or HaShemesh, Savran-Bender Holy Dynasty, p. 51), and her second marriage was to her relative Rebbe David Gutterman of Savran (Shem UShe’erit, Tel Aviv 1943, p. 68).
[1] leaf. Approx. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains. Wear and folding marks. Filing holes.
