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Welcome to our Spring K2 Judaica Auction (Kestenbaum Sale number 93) consisting of 226 lots. The subject matter of the auction is divided as follows:
Manuscripts: Lots 1-21
Including ten lots of Pinkas community records (all American), Lots 12-21
Autograph Letters by Rabbinic & Chassidic leaders: Lots 22-77
Americana - Printed Books, Manuscripts & Autograph Letters: Lots 78-96.
Cook-Books (Lots 107-123)
Holocaust-era (Lots 132-151)
Land (and State) of Israel: Lots 152-169
Graphic Art: Lots 188-209.
Including artwork by Yohanan Simon, Chagall, Pilichowski, Abel Pann and Reuven Rubin. Also a magnificent livre-d'artiste by Joseph Budko, issued entirely on vellum, one of just five copies (lot 188)
Ceremonial and Folk Objects: Lots 210-226
Included in the auction are items that relate to Jewish history in: Argentina, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia and Spain.
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LOT 35:
FRIEDMAN, YISROEL
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Estimated price:
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3,000 - $5,000
Auction house commission: 25%
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FRIEDMAN, YISROEL
(Grand Rebbe of Tchortkov, 1854-1934). Secretarial Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to “The Residents of Boro Park, New York.”
A letter of thanks for financial contribution, along with blessings.
One page, with integral blank. 4to.
Vienna: Thursday of Parshath Beshalach 1928
Son of the first Rebbe of Chortkov, R. Duvid Moshe (1828–1903) and son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov of Sadigura (1820–83); each, the sons of R. Yisroel of Ruzhyn. Among the founders of Agudath Israel, he was a remarkable Chassidic leader with thousands of followers including many Torah giants such as Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, and Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarnow. His court in Chortkov, Galicia, was destroyed during World War I and he relocated to Vienna.
