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Rare and Unique items from the Greatest Generations
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Rare and Unique items from the Greatest Generations
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LOT 19:
Two rare books of Safed, copy of Hagaon Samuel Salant with dedication from author Rabbi Shmuel Heller the Rabbi of Safed
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Sold for: $1,400
Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$1,500 - $2,000
Buyer's Premium: 22%
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sales tax: 8.38% On lot's price, no sales tax on commission
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Two rare books of Safed, copy of Hagaon Samuel Salant with dedication from author Rabbi Shmuel Heller the Rabbi of Safed
Rabbi Shmuel Heller was a student of Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch and eventually replaced him as the leading rabbi of Safed. He was renown as a doctor and healer and was respected by both Jews and Arabs alike. Shmuel Horowitz a famous Breslov Chasid was a descendant of his. He is buried in the Tzfat Cemetery behind the kever of the holy Ari.
RABBI SHMUEL SALANT (1816– 1909) was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar who followed the customs of the Gaon of Vilna. From 1841 until his passing in 1909 he served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.
