Auction 2
Books, Manuscripts, Letters. No credit card fees
May 18, 2020
(your local time)
United kingdom
105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOT 85:
RABBI ELAZAR SHAPIRA, RABBI OF BEREGKOVESD (KIVIASHD), HALACHIC LETTER TO RABBI YEHOSHUA BUKSBAUM OF GALANTA. ...
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Sold for: $1,700
Start price:
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Estimated price:
$400 - $600
Auction house commission: 23%
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RABBI ELAZAR SHAPIRA, RABBI OF BEREGKOVESD (KIVIASHD), HALACHIC LETTER TO RABBI YEHOSHUA BUKSBAUM OF GALANTA. HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER.
Letter dated 1932, discussing halachic questions regarding the
Mikva in Beregkovesd. Rabbi Shapira writes that he has raised this before Rabbi Shmuel Engel of Radomishl but he declined to issue his ruling and told him that the Rebbe of Koloshitz had also recently refrained from becoming involved in questions regarding Mikvaos.
Rabbi Elazar Shapira (1888-1973), son of Rabbi Mordechai of Bircz, a descendant of the Bnei Yissaschar of Dinov. Son-in-law of (I) Rabbi Chayim Zeida Hager of Radowitz and (II) Rabbi Yosef Eichenstein of Tarnopol. Rabbi of Beregkovesd (1920), and after WWII Rabbi of Kiviashd Beth Hamedrash in New York.
Rabbi Yehoshua Buksbaum (1877-1944), disciple of Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman of Papa and of Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg of Unsdorf. Rabbi of Magendorf (1910) and Galanta (1922), where he headed a large and famous Yeshiva. Author of Or
Penei Yehoshua.
2 sides. 14.5 x 23 cm. Excellent condition.
