Auction 68
Lot 67:
Official printed document, with several headings: "שאלו שלום ירושלים. תנו כבוד לתורה, הבו גודל להגאון מווילנא. עוררו תחיה לבן ילידיו, חושו עזרה וסעד" – referring to his descendant Rabbi Eliyahu Landau, who dealt with printing his grandfather’s works and in this document introduces warm recommendations by leading rabbis from all over the world for supporting him and his work.
The rabbis that are signed:
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook when he was in New York
The Gaon Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld
The Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky.
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the USA and Canada (by the manager Rabbi Yeshaya Karlinsky)
The Or Same’ach of Dvinsk
The Gaon Rabbi Moshe Shimon Zivitz of Pittsburgh
Rabbi Meir Berlin
The Gaon Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik Av Beit Din of Brisk
The Gaon Rabbi Chaim bewrlin
Th eGaon Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim Meisel of Lodz
Americana!
The year of printing does not appear. However, the date of the last approbation that was given indicates it was printed in ca. 1925. The place of printing also does not appear. However, a comparison to a similar item indicated that it was apparently printed in New York by Accommodating Press.
Extremely Rare!
This item does not appear in the Epherma Collection of the National Library as well as the Bibliography of the Hebrew book. It has never been seen in auctions.
43X28 cm. The leaf is folded meticulously. Two small perforations, one of them affecting the text. Good overall condition – see pictures.
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