Auction 92
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Feb 18, 2021
USA
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, Suite 1108 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
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LOT 99:
ORENSTEIN, YA’AKOV MESHULAM
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Sold for: $3,200
Start price:
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1,700
Estimated price:
$2,000 - $3,000
Auction house commission: 25%
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ORENSTEIN, YA’AKOV MESHULAM
(The Yeshu’os Ya’akov, 1775-1839). Document Signed (twice), written in Hebrew and German.
A legal document in which the rabbi pledges to repay all debts incurred by his son, R. Modechai Ze’ev Orenstein, following his marriage. Various additional signatures.
One page. Tall folio.
Lemberg: 1811
R. Ya‘akov Meshulam Orenstein was a prominent rabbi in Lvov, one of Poland’s most important communities. He maintained strong ties with the great Torah luminaries of his time and exercised much influence over the Galician rabbinic elite.
