Auction 12
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
By Kedem
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Oct 21, 2010
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 473:
Letter by The Wurzburg Rabbi
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Sold for: $340
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Buyer's Premium: 23%
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Letter by The Wurzburg Rabbi
A letter by Rabbi Yitchak Dov HaLevi Bamberger Rabbi of Wurzburg, to Rabbi Zvi Binyamin Auerbach Rabbi of Halberstadt. Wurzburg, 1863.
In the letter written in Yiddish-Deitsch and Hebrew, Rabbi Yoseph Gavriel Adler is mentioned. On the reverse side of the letter, writings of Torah novella in the tiny and pearly handwriting of Rabbi Zvi Binyamin.
Rabbi Yitzhak Dov Ha-Levi Bamberger, (1808-1879, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 11282), was appointed in 1840 to the Wurzburg Rabbinate. Many of the German rabbis were his disciples. He was considered one of the Torah giants of his generation, the generation of the K'tav Sofer and Rabbi Shimshon Rafael Hirsch and the Aruch LaNer. He wrote dozens of important works on halacha and on the Talmud (Yad HaLevi, Netia Shel Simcha, Melechet Shamayim etc.). His descendants: the rabbinical chain of the House of Bamberger, who served in the rabbinate of various cities in Germany.
Letter recipient: Rabbi Zvi Binyamin Auerbach (1808-1872), author of Nachal Eshkol, see Item 314 about him.
23 cm. Thin and greenish stationary. Fair condition, damage to margins and tiny moth holes.
