The auction commences with a first edition of the Segulah-book "Raziel HaMalach" (Lot 1); followed by books that were owned by significant rabbis:
R. Shlomo Ganzfried (Lot 5); The Aruch Hashulchan (Lot 6); R. Meir Shapira of Lublin (Lot 68).
The auction contains many excellent offerings of Autograph Letters including:
The first Rebbe of Sadigura, R. Avraham Ya'akov (Lot 13); The Chofetz Chaim (Lots 17-20); The Ohr Same’ach (Lot 41); The Kesav Sofer (Lot 58); Reb Chaim Brisker (Lot 59); The Lubavitcher Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka and her sister (Lots 50-51); and dozens more of such letters.
Autograph manuscripts of note are those from R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov (Lot 9A); The Tiferes Yisroel (Lot 40); and a 14th-century Ramba'n manuscript (Lot 9).
As per annual tradition, this pre-Pesach auction features a wide selection of Passover Hagadot:
The rare, the exotic and the curious; with examples from 1545 through until 2008.
Among particularly Early examples: Lot 87 (Venice, 1545); Lot 88 (Riva di Trento, 1561) and Lot 95 (Salonika, 1569).
Beautifully illustrated Hagadoth include: Lot 93 (Venice, 1740); Lot 85 (India, 1874) and Lot 115 (The Avner Moriah Hagadah).
Historically significant Hagadoth include Lot 72 (American/Canadian/Anglo-related) and many examples from Germany, India, Jerusalem; as well as first edition Hagadah commentaries by the Vilna Gaon (Lot 96), R. Ya'akov Emden (Lot 78); and ending with several facsimile editions.
|
LOTE 28:
HERZOG, YITZCHAK (ISAAC) HALEVI. (Chief Rabbi of Israel ...
más...
|
|
|
Vendido por: $300
Precio inicial:
$
300
Precio estimado :
$500 - $700
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
IVA: 8.875%
IVA sobre el precio total del lote y la comisión
|
HERZOG, YITZCHAK (ISAAC) HALEVI. (Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1888-1959).
Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880-1953).
Jerusalem, 21st Av, 1941.
Born in Lomza, Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog (1888-1959) moved as child with his family to England, settling in Leeds. After receiving an extensive Talmud education from his father, Rabbi Yoel Leib Herzog, he attended the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of London, where he received a doctorate. His topic of study was the chemistry and identity of the marine creature responsible for producing the tekhelet dye required by the Torah for tzitzit.
In 1919 R. Herzog was appointed Chief Rabbi of Ireland. After the death of Rav Kook in 1935, R. Herzog was appointed Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel, a position he held until his death.
Acclaimed for his deep learning - perhaps uniquely so among Gedolei Yisrael - R. Herzog published a 2-volume English-language study on Halacha entitled “The Main Institutions of Jewish Law.” He stood at the helm of world Jewry both during the Holocaust and through the struggles leading up to and following the establishment of the State of Israel.
Chief Rabbi Herzog’s grandson (and namesake) is the current President of the State of Israel.
