Auction 75
Lot 90:
Document transferring rights by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch ben Aharon Yosef Luria – with two lines handwritten and signed by the famed Chassid Rabbi Moshe Kliers Av Beit Din of Tiberius – Tiberius, 1914.
In the document, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Luria transfers the rights of his father’s estate to his brother, Rabbi Zussia: "ורשות נתונה מאתי להמוכטרים בצפת לעשות שטר מקנה (טאבו) בהממשלה על שם אחי הר’ זוסיא נ"י בלי שום ערעור ופקפוק…" (the document was written in 1914, several years before the country was conquered by the British army).
On the lower part of the document, Rabbeinu added two lines handdwritten and signed by him: "דא היא ח"י ר’ צבי הירש ב"ר אהרן יוסף ואשרתי וקיימתי כדחזו הבעה"ח יום הנ"ל פעה"ק טבריא ת"ו משה קליערס אב"ד דפעה"ק ת"ו".
12X16 cm.
Perforations affecting the text. Fair-good condition.
The Gaon Chassid Rabbi Moshe Kliers (1874-1934) the leader of the Chassidic community of Tiberius, the Rav of the town and the Rosh Yeshiva of Chyei Olam. Married the daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Kostlitz of the family of the Slonim Admorim. Was revered by his contemporaries. Took part in Masa Hamoshavot of the rabbis Maran Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Maran Harav Kook in 1914 and was offered the position of Gaon Av Beit Din of HaEidah HaChareidit as Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld’s successor, which eventually did not fall through. Authored the books Tabur haAretz, Torat HaAretz and Moreshet Moshe.
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