Auction 5
Books, Manuscripts, Letters.
Mar 8, 2021
United Kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
Terms of sale
View demo
No Credit Card Fees
The auction has ended
|
LOT 45:
INTERESTING LETTER TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE FROM LEADERS OF KOLLEL POLIN IN YERUSHALAYIM ACKNOWLEDGING HIS ...
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $120
Start price:
$
100
Estimated price:
$300 - $600
Auction house commission: 23%
|
INTERESTING LETTER TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE FROM LEADERS OF KOLLEL POLIN IN YERUSHALAYIM ACKNOWLEDGING HIS SUPPORT. 1851.
Letter dated 1870 thanking for the sum of £503 received but complaining about delays in the transfer of funds through the bankers in Beirut, leading to a significant reduction in the funds actually received.
The letter is signed by the leaders of Kollel Polin:
Rabbi Fishel Levy, Rabbi Yosef Shaul HaLevy Landau, Rabbi David Tevye of Lomzhe, and a rare seal of the Kollel.
Rabbi David Yellen – Tevye (1803-1863), leading Torah scholar, businessman and communal activist. Born in Lomzhe, where he was a successful businessman. In 1834, he closed his business and emigrated to Eretz Yisrael, and joined the Lithuanian community in Yerushalayim. Active in communal affairs, a founder of Yeshivas Etz Chaim and leading member of Kollel Polin – Warsaw.
1 side. 21.5 x 27 cm. Very good condition.
