Auction 68
Lot 166:
Original document of the Charity Fund of Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the Rav of Jerusalem, with the handwritten signatures of many of the leading Rabbis of Jerusalem – Rabbi Yechiel Michl Tukchinsky, Rabbi Ben Zion Avraham Shapira, Rabbi Akiva Porush and more – Jerusalem, 1908.
The fascinating document lists the names of approx. twenty widows of great rabbis. Alongside the names are the signatures of rabbis – usually, the widows’ sons, indicating they received the Chalukah for the widow. On some of the lines, the widows themselves signed; yot, mostly their sons did "מפני הכבוד"…
The unique document is signed by the following rabbis:
Rabbi Yechiel Michl Tukchinsky – Rosh Yeshiva of Etz Chaim and author of the Luchot.
Rabbi Ben Zion Avraham Shapira, the famed Kabbalist, disciple of the Minchat Elazar of Munkatch and an expert on the times of the day who corresponded with the Chazon Ish on this subject.
The Kabbalist Rabbi Akiva Porush author of Mishnat Rabbi Akiva and a disciple of Rabbi Hirsch Michl author of Tzitz Hakodesh.
Rabbi nachum Rogznitzky of Etz Chaim.
Rabbi Hillel Rivlin the second, the grandson of the Gaon Rabbi Hillel Rivlin author of Kol Hator, a disciple of HaGra.
A leaf bearing the official logo of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Written on both sides.
14X21 cm.
Good condition.
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