Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Feb 18, 2021
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 91:
LANDAU, MENACHEM MENDEL
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Sold for: $900
Start price:
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900
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
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LANDAU, MENACHEM MENDEL
(Grand Rebbe of Strikov, 1859-1936). Letter Signed on plain paper, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Moshe Blau.
Asking for assistance to be extended to Rabbi Shlomo Nachum Sandberg, to whose excellent character the Rebbe attests.
One page, two punch-holes. 8vo.
Zgierz, Poland: Thursday of Parshath Chayei Sarah 1934
R. Menachem Mendel was the son of R. Dov Berish of Biala (1820-76) and grandson of R. Avraham of Tshechanov (1784–1875). After his father’s passing, R. Menachem Mendel associated with the Chasidic court of Alexander. When in 1910, R.Yerachmiel Yisrael Danziger, the Yismach Yisrael, Admor of Alexander, died without a son to succeed him, R. Menachem Mendel established the Chasidic court of Strikov. Brother of R. Amram Blau, the founder of Neturei Karta, R. Moshe Blau (1885-1946) was head of the Agudath Israel in Jerusalem.
