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Lot #    21137
Auction End Date    8/12/2008 10:17:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Jacob Shapiro of Volozhyn
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר יעקב שפירא אב'ד ור'מ וולאזין
Author    [Ms.]
City    Volozhyn
Publication Date    1931
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   [1] p., 274:214 mm., light age staining, ink on stationary, signed by the rabbi.
          
Detailed
Description
   R. Jacob b. Raphael Shapiro (1873-1936) rabbi and rosh yeshiva of of Volozhyn. He served as Rosh Yeshiva of this illustrious institution during the two world wars, replacing his father upon his passing. R. Jacob in turn was replaced by his son in law, R. Hayyim Walkin who perished in the Holocaust. Some of his novellae was published posthumously by a grandchild (Tel Aviv 1953).
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica