Auction 2
Books, Manuscripts, Letters. No credit card fees
May 18, 2020
United kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOT 182:
SEMICHA DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY RABBI BARUCH YITZCHAK LIPSCHITZ IN A FINE CALIGRAPHIC HAND, WITH ADDITIONS BY ...
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Sold for: $1,500
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Estimated price:
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SEMICHA DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY RABBI BARUCH YITZCHAK LIPSCHITZ IN A FINE CALIGRAPHIC HAND, WITH ADDITIONS BY RABBI EZRIEL HILDESHEIMER. RARE.
Rabbinical authorisation issued by Rabbi Baruch Yitzchak Lipschitz for his son, Rabbi Zecharia Lipschitz in 1872. Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer adds a few lines: ‘Although I have always sought to avoid issuing rabbinical authorisations, I have made an exception in this case, knowing of the qualities of the above-named,
harabani hamuflag R. Zecharia ...’ followed by his signature.
Rabbi Baruch Yitzchak Lipschitz (1812-1878), son of Rabbi Yisrael Lipschitz, author of the classic Mishna commentary
Tifferes Yisrael. Rabbi of Landsberg and the State of Mecklenburg, before moving to Hamburg (1859), where he studied Torah constantly and gained a great reputation through his
derashos and
shiurim and was greatly revered. Author of
Misgeres Zahav and of notes published together with his father’s Mishna commentary.
Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899), disciple of Rabbi Yakov Ettlinger - the
Aruch La’ner. Rabbi of Eisenstadt (1851), where he established a Rabbinical Training College. In 1869 he was appointed Rabbi of the
Adas Yisroel community in Berlin, where he established the Rabbiner Seminar and many welfare organisations and activities.
1 side. 21 x 35 cm. Excellent condition.
