Abe Wintner, who owned the Abe Wintner Judaic Art Co. on Beverly Boulevard opened his store at 7319 Beverly Boulevard in 2010 and filled it with Judaic artworks and ceremonial pieces. Abe’s parents and relatives endured untold hardships during World War II while living in the former Czechoslovakian village, Kosice. Abe was born, while his parents were hiding from the nazis in 1945 in the mountains of Czechoslovakia. Wintner’s father and mother fled their village as the Nazis were advancing in 1943, and lived for approximately one year in the nearby Tatra Mountains.
His father, Eliezer, owned a successful textile business and had considerable wealth. Eliezer Wintner has been credited with saving the lives of over 10,000 Jews who otherwise would likely have perished. He used his money to bribe the Germans and Czech police to allow them to go into the mountains. They survived on very little food.
The Wintner family moved to Belgium, Israel, and later Los Angeles. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Wintner attended a rabbinical school in Baltimore, Ner Israel, where he began collecting antique Judaic art. He saved small increments of money sent by his family for clothing and food and used it to buy antique menorahs, candlesticks, spice boxes, and items used in religious ceremonies. It would turn into a personal desire for collecting artworks that he said represented the strength and resolve of the Jewish people. “It’s the only store specializing in antique Judaica west of New York, ” Wintner said. “I am addicted to it. Some people drink or fool around. This is my addiction — art. Wintner credited his love for art collecting with helping him put the memories of the past somewhat to rest, his store brought a renewed sense of peace to his life.
Abe married Yvonne in 1979 and has 2 children, Dahlia who lives in Raanana, and Yoni living in Los Angeles. Abe has been blessed with 7 grandchildren. Wintner regularly travels to auctions around the country. His collection has grown to include more than 800 pieces, from paintings, drawings, and sculptures to engraved silver and hand-carved wood pieces. Many of the artworks date back 300 to 400 years.
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LOT 31:
Yarmulka of the Rebbe from Deyzh worn on High holidays.
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sales tax: 8.375% On the full lot's price and commission
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Yarmulka of the Rebbe from Deyzh worn on High holidays.
Hand-woven Yarmulka of the Rebbe made by his Rebbetzin (wife). Worn by the Rebbe on high holidays for many years from 1982-2003 in his community. This Yarmulka was given by the Rebbe to the receipient R' David Nechemia before his passing in 2003.
The founder of the dynasty was Rabbi Yechezkel Panet (1783-April 26/27, 1845), the author of the sefer “Mareh Yechezkel.” Rabbi Panet was born in the town of Bielsko-Biała, in Silesia to Rabbi Yosi and Breindel in 1783. He studied in Leipnik under Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim, in Prague under Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishel, Rabbi Shmuel Landau, and Rabbi Elazar Fleklis, as well as in Linsk under Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rabin, the rabbi of Linsk and the father of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz. He also studied with the Vilna Gaon. He studied chassidus under the Chozeh of Lublin, the Maggid of Koznitz, and Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, who became his chief teacher.
Included in this lot is the authentication card/letter of this Yarmulka signed by the recipient & the Rebbe's son Harav Yiscahar Dov the current Deyzh Rebbe of Monroe.
