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Lot #    22177
Auction End Date    12/23/2008 10:46:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    R. Samuel Rapoport
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר שמואל ראפאפארט
Author    [Ms.]
City    Springfield, Mass
Publication Date    1920
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [2] pp., 277:214 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, ink on stationary, neat Ashkenazic script, signed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Addressed to R. Avroham Yitzchok HaKohen Kook by R. Samuel Rapoport, Chief Rabbi of Springfield, MA from 1900 until he moved to Israel in 1924 was a founding member of the Agudath HaRabonim. R. Rapoport was considered a pioneer in Western Massachusetts after forming the fist organized public study of Talmud and Code of Jewish Law in Springfield. The Rabbi passed-on on the 24 of Shevat and was laid to rest in Israel.
          
Reference
Description		    kevarim.com
        
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
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America-South America:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
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Kind of Judaica