Auction 24 Tiferet 24 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Mar 17, 2021
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 58:

'ULekachtem Lachem'! Special enevlope from Maran the Steipler with money for buying an Atrog for him and a ...


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$ 1,000
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Auction took place on Mar 17, 2021 at Tiferet Auctions
tags: Amulets

'ULekachtem Lachem'! Special enevlope from Maran the Steipler with money for buying an Atrog for him and a special letter of blessing written by his holy hand. Late 1970s. 


A unique and surprising item! An enevlope with three hundred Israeli Lirot [issued in 1973] on which it is written: For the Rav A. Horowitz, by the holy hand of Maran the Steipler the great Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky author of 'Kehilos Yaakov' himself. The envelope was delivered to his old and close disciple Rabbi Avraham Horowitz author of Sifrei 'Orchos Rabbeinu' the son of the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Av Beis Din of Düsseldorf  and the son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Yehusa Leib Auerbach the Rosh Yeshiva of 'Sha'ar HaShamayim' Kabbalist yeshiva. 

Inside the envelope, three contemporary banknotes [issued in, Israeli Lirot, 100 Lira per banknote. 

With the money, a Pitka Ila'ah written by his holy hand with blessings 'three hundred for an Etrog as is customary and may he be blessed with Kesiva VeChasima Tovah in all matters'. The note indicates his holy custom of making an effort to buy an Etrog even before Rosh HaShana so as to increase Torah and glorify it. 


[1] postal envelope. [1] wonderous note of blessing. [3] nabknotes. Very good general condition.  


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