Auction 98 Auction of Fine Judaica
By Kestenbaum & Company
Jun 16, 2022
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
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LOT 20:

MALBIM, MEIR LEIBUSH
(Weiser, 1809-79). Autograph Legal Opinion ...

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MALBIM, MEIR LEIBUSH
(Weiser, 1809-79). Autograph Legal Opinion Signed.


Written in Hebrew, yet interestingly, dated according to the secular calendar. Stating that a particular woman who stole and subsequently ran away should be forcibly returned to her family home. Makes mention of the police, and of the town of Kalarash (today, Călăraşi, Moldova, home of the SKVERER REBBE 1927-33).
One page.


Budapest: "5th August [Hebrew], [1]858"

R. Meir Leibish Malbim known by the acronym "Malbim" (Meir Leibish Ben Yechiel Michel) is famed for his exceptional commentary to Tanach. His service as Chief Rabbi of Bucharest, Rumania, was often strained however due to inter-community dispute.


הערה: הקטלוג העברית מיועד להנגיש את המכירה לציבור הישראלי הרחב. עם זאת, הטקסט בעברית עלול לחסר מידע חיוני על הפריט. על כל מציע לעיין בתיאור הפריט באנגלית לפני ההצעה. לא ניתן לבטל רכישה לאחר המכירה על סמך תיאור פריט שחיסר מידע בעברית.

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