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Bidding Information
Lot #    18869
Auction End Date    10/9/2007 10:09:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Postcard by R. Akiva Sofer
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר עקיבא סופר, בעמ'ס דעת סופר
Author    [Ms.]
City    Jerusalem
Publication Date    1959
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Postcard, 100:147 mm., ink on card, 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 yeshiva of Pressburg. In 1940 he settled in Israel where he reestablished the yeshiva of Pressburg (Jerusalem), acting as its head until his death. His publications are: Da'at Sofer (1963) on Torah, and responsa (2 vols., 1965).
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica