Auction 48
Rare and Important Items
Dec 2, 2015
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 65:
Letter by Rabbi Shimshon Karelitz Grandfather of the Chazon Ish
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Start price:
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2,000
Auction house commission:
23%
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Handwritten and signed letter by Rabbi "Shimshon Karelitz", to his son Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef and his grandchildren, Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya, author of the Chazon Ish. [Kosava, ca. 1880s].
The letter mentions the father-in-law and brother-in-law of Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef, Rabbi Shaul Katzenelbogen, Av Beit Din of Kobryn, and his son Rabbi Avraham Meir Katzenelbogen [author of Imrei Noam].
The tsaddik Rabbi Shimshon, son of Rabbi Shemaryahu Karelitz, lived in Kosava. He was a descendent of the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimshon Epstein of Königsberg [who was also the grandfather of his mechutan Rabbi Shaul Katzenelbogen], and a descendent of Rabbi Shimshon of Kremenets, brother of the Maharal of Prague.
[1] Leaf, 19 cm. Fair condition, wear damages, professionally restored.
