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Bidding Information
Lot #    20809
Auction End Date    6/17/2008 10:03:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Shalom Safrin of Komarno
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מהאדמו'ר מקאמארנא
Author    [Ms. - Hasidim]
City    Jerusalem
Publication Date    1970
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   [1] p., 248:173 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on stationary, signed, dated, and stamped.
          
Detailed
Description
   R. Shalom b. Hayyim Jacob Safrin (1916-1997), Admor of Komarno. A direct descendamnt of R. Isaac Judah Jehiel Safrin (1806–1874), son of R. Alexander Sender (d. 1818), author of Zikhron Devarim (1871), who served as rabbi in Zhidachov, Zhuravno, and Komarno, and founded the Komarno branch of the Zhidachov dynasty.

R. Shalom was an erudite scholar and his novellae and teachings appear in many period periodicals. He wrote many responsa and was the son-in-law of R. Israel Isaac Reizman, Dayan of Jerusalem. He passed on on Erev Sukkot. Three known works, in manuscript, are Nefesh Shalom, Nishmat Shalom, and Ma'aseh Shalom.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
Hasidic:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica