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Bidding Information
Lot #    14531
Auction End Date    6/13/2006 10:41:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Akiva Sofer
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר עקיבא סופר, בעמ'ס דעת סופר
Author    [Ms.]
City    Pressburg (Bratislava)
Publication Date    1925
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] f., 144:230 mm., ink on stationary, neat Ashkenazic script, light age staining, creased on folds, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Akiva Sofer (1878–1959), son of R. Simhah Sofer, succeeded his father as rabbi and rosh yeshivah of Pressburg. In 1940 he settled in Israel where he reestablished the yeshivah of Pressburg (Jerusalem), acting as its head until his death. His publications are: Da'at Sofer (1963) on Torah, and responsa (2 vols., 1965).
          
Reference
Description		    EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica