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Bidding Information
Lot #    17627
Auction End Date    4/24/2007 10:04:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Jekuthiel Judah Gross
Title (Hebrew)    כתב ב'ד מה'ר יקותיאל יהודא גראסס דומ'ץ סיגעט
Author    [Ms.]
City    Sighet (Maramarossziget)
Publication Date    1933
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 210:171mm., light age staining, ink on paper, neat Ashkenazic script, signed, sealed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Affirming the reliability of a Sighet resident, Joseph Rottenberg, and stating his observance of kosher laws by the dayyan, R. Jekuthiel Judah Gross. R. Gross was rabbi in Berbesti from 1916-26, when he was appointed dayyan in Sighet. He served until 1944 and perished in the Holocaust. An erudite Talmudical scholar, his responsa appears in many contemporary works.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Romania
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica