Auction 25 Gemarot with Handwritten Glosses by The Vilan Gaon and other rare and unique items
Jul 3, 2012 (Your local time)
Israel
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LOT 18:

Three Letters from the Gaon Rabbi Wolf Boskowitz, Author of "Seder Mishnah"

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Handwritten and signed letters by the Gaon Rabbi Wolf Halevy Boskowitz, to his friend the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Ber Kornfeld (disciple of the "Noda BeYehuda"), and an ordinance certificate of his disciple and son Rabbi Aharon Kornfeld. Kelin, 1808-1810.
The renowned Gaon Rabbi Wolf Binyamin Boskowitz (1740-1818) was among the greatest rabbis of Hungary. He was the author of "Seder Mishnah" and son of Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi of Kelin, author of "Machatzit HaShekel." He served as the Rabbi of Assad from 1782 and as Rebbe of Prostejov from 1786, where he became very close to Rabbi Moshe Sofer (author of "Hatam Sofer," see "Ishim BeTeshuvot H"S"). Rabbi Boskowitz served as a rabbi and teacher in various towns (Pest, Kelin and Bonyhad).
The letters presented here were written during the studies of his Yeshiva disciple in Kelin, Rabbi Aharon Kornfeld (1795-1882; Rebbe of Yenikoy, Bohemia and author of the book "Tziunim LeDivrei Kabbalah," Prague, 1865).
Three letters. Sizes and conditions vary – one letter in good condition and the other two with tears at folds.

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