Tiferet - Auction 48 of the Tiferet Auction House
Rare and exciting collection of precious items, the best of collectibles and Segulah items:
Letters by Chassidic shepherds, pedigreed copies of Tzaddikim, manuscripts by leading rabbis, books printed at the pedigreed printeries of Slavuta and Zhytomyr, artifacts that had belonged to Tzaddikim and first editions.
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LOT 198:
Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Meir Av Beis Din of Ravitch, a disciple of Rabbi Akiva ...
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Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 18%
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Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Meir Av Beis Din of Ravitch, a disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger.
The letter was written on the days of Bein Hametzarimm [appraently in late 18th or early 19th century]. Th eletter was written to "הרב הגאון הגדול המפורסם חריף ובקי נ"י ע"ה [=נר ישראל עמוד הימני] כ"ה מו"ה אלי'" and signed: "הק' מאיר במו"ה יידל ז"ל".
Apparently, the writer is Rabbi Meir ben Rabbi Yidel Bergel Av Beis Din of Ravitsh (see enclosed material).
Most of the letter deals with health matters. Rabbi Meir asks Rabbi Eliyahu to pray for him. He writes that due to his illness, his physicians ordered him to travel to a spa town to breathe fresh air; however, he could not do so: "לא הי' דעתי לזה מטעמים הכמוסים שנוגעים לעניני יראה". He ends the letter with a scholarly comment.
Folding sheet. 21 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases.
