Auction 57
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Sep 12, 2017
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 320:
Letters from R. Elazar Rubin, Rabbi of Nisko and his Brother-in-Law Rabbi Avigdor Halberstam of Nowy Wiśnicz
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Letters from R. Elazar Rubin, Rabbi of Nisko and his Brother-in-Law Rabbi Avigdor Halberstam of Nowy Wiśnicz
Postcard with a letter on each side. The front contains a handwritten, signed letter from Rebbe Avigdor Halberstam, and the reverse contains a letter from his brother-in-law, Rebbe Elazar Rubin. Nowy Wiśnicz, [ca. 1910].
The letters refer to the purchase of holy books.
Rebbe Elazar Rubin, was the seventh son of Rebbe Naftali Rubin. He succeeded his father-in-law, R. Shalom Halberstam (son of Rebbe Baruch of Gorlice) as rabbi of Nisko, near Rudnik.
His brother-in-law, Rebbe Avigdor Halberstam, (passed away 1914), was the son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Frysztak, and a scion of Shineva-Sanz. His brother was R. Chuna Halberstam of Kolaczyce. He married his cousin, the daughter of his great-uncle R. Naftali Rubin of Nowy Wiśnicz, son-in-law of R. Yechezkel of Shineva (Sieniawa). All his descendants perished during the Holocaust.
Postcard, 14X9 cm. Good condition.
