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Bidding Information
Lot #    21383
Auction End Date    8/12/2008 12:20:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by the Admor of Sambor
Title (Hebrew)    ëúá îä'ø àôøéí àìéòæø éàìòñ, àãîå'ø îñàîáåø
Author    [Ms. - Hasidim]
City    Philadelphia
Publication Date    1976
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 280:217 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on stationary, neat Ashkanazic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Ephraim Eliezer b. Sholom Yolles (1891-1988), Admor of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of Philadelphia. R. Yolles was an erudite scholar and prolific writer of responsa. He authored several volumes of responsa and novellae and was a regular contributor to period rabbinic periodicals. While maintaining the Toras HaNigleh v’haNistar of his parents and teachers, he did not establish a Hasidic court in America. For much of his life, he was the Chief Rabbi of Philadelphia and chaired major rabbinic organizations.

He maintained a close relationship with R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitch Rebbe. After his passing, R. Yolles was instrumental in R. Menachem Mendal accepting the leadership of Habad, and remained very close to him for the rest of his life.
          
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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America-South America:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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Kind of Judaica