Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
Letter from the Chafetz Chaim – Blessings for "An Abundance of Happiness and Good Health, Livelihood and Much Success" and Passover Wishes – Nissan 1933 – The Chafetz Chaim's Final Year
Opening: $5,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
Letter signed by R. "Yisrael Meir HaKohen", author of Chafetz Chaim. Radin (Radun), Nissan 1933.
Lengthy letter (in Yiddish) from the Radin yeshiva, addressed to a family of philanthropists in Philadelphia, United States. Typewritten, with the handwritten signature of the Chafetz Chaim. The Chafetz Chaim thanks them for their support of the yeshiva in its difficult times, and blesses them " May the Eternal one give you an abundance of happiness and good health, livelihood and much success in all your endeavors… Blessing you with a kosher and joyous festival – Yisrael Meir HaKohen".
R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin (1837-1933; Otzar HaRabbanim 12262), leader of the Jewish people, was widely known by the name of his first book, the Chafetz Chaim. He was the dean of the Radin yeshiva and authored many halachic and ethical works: Mishnah Berurah, Shemirat HaLashon, Ahavat Chessed and dozens more. This letter was written in the final six months of his life, when he was over 90 years old.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Small open tear to corner.
Lengthy letter (in Yiddish) from the Radin yeshiva, addressed to a family of philanthropists in Philadelphia, United States. Typewritten, with the handwritten signature of the Chafetz Chaim. The Chafetz Chaim thanks them for their support of the yeshiva in its difficult times, and blesses them " May the Eternal one give you an abundance of happiness and good health, livelihood and much success in all your endeavors… Blessing you with a kosher and joyous festival – Yisrael Meir HaKohen".
R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin (1837-1933; Otzar HaRabbanim 12262), leader of the Jewish people, was widely known by the name of his first book, the Chafetz Chaim. He was the dean of the Radin yeshiva and authored many halachic and ethical works: Mishnah Berurah, Shemirat HaLashon, Ahavat Chessed and dozens more. This letter was written in the final six months of his life, when he was over 90 years old.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Small open tear to corner.
Rabbinic Manuscripts and Letters
Rabbinic Manuscripts and Letters