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Bidding Information
Lot #    18208
Auction End Date    6/12/2007 11:44:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Osef Mikhtavim
Title (Hebrew)    אוסף מכתבים ודברים
Author    [Holocaust - Hasidim] R. Abraham M. Alter of Gur
City    Augsburg
Publisher    Hasidei Gur
Publication Date    1947
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   111, [1] pp., 155:110 mm., wide margins, usual age staining. A very good copy bound in the original paper wrappers, several tears.
          
Detailed
Description
   Printed by Hasidim of Gur in the liberation camps of Landsberg for the use of Holocaust survivors in Germany. R. Israel b. Abraham Mordecai Alter (1892–1977), Admor of Gur and referred to as the Bet Yisrael. A noted scholar of great personal charm, he had an influence far beyond the immediate circle of his followers. As head of the various Gur institutions and yeshivot he did much to enhance the reputation and influence of Gur Hasidism. Thousands of visitors traveled to his court in Jerusalem each year to see him and receive his blessing.
          
Paragraph 2    ... יצא לאור פעם שנית ע"י אברכי ובחורי חסידי גור ... הנמצאים כעת במחנה לנדסברג עם הוספת שלשה מכתבים שכתב ... מרן שליט"א מגור בירושלים ...
          
Reference
Description
   CD-EPI 0110161
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Germany:    Checked
  
Subject
Hasidic:    Checked
Other:    Holocaust
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica