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Lot #    14128
Auction End Date    4/25/2006 11:34:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Looking for help in getting the position!
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מפרשבורג
Author    [Ms.] Wolf [Pollak?]
City    Pressburg (Bratislava)
Publication Date    1895
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [4] pp., 215:137 mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    A student of the Yeshiva in Pressburg of R. Simcha Bunem Sofer, the Shevet Sofer, writes to his uncle, R. Menahem Pollak, the rabbi of his hometown asking for his assistance and guidance in filling a rabbinical vacancy which job requirements include fluency in German. The young student, who signs his name Wolf, writes "if necessary I will try to obtain permission from my esteemed teacher, the Rabbi of Pressburg, to sit for a photograph."
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica