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Bidding Information
Lot #    22970
Auction End Date    3/3/2009 11:29:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Nathanael Fried
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר נתנאל פריד, במ'ס פני מבין
Author    [Ms.]
City    Kisvarda (Kleinvardein)
Publication Date    1914
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   Postcard, light age staining, ink on card, neat Ashkenazic script, signed, and dated.
          
Detailed
Description
   Letter by R. Nathanael b. Jehiel haKohen Fried (1857-1916) rabbi of Balmazujvaros. Orphaned at age two he was raised by his uncle, R. Issachar Ber Friedman. He was ordained by the Pnei Arye in Madd and several other contemporary notables as a teenager. After his marriage to the daughter of R. Itzik Fried in Kisvarda he established a yeshiva there that attracted many students. He was appointed rabbi in 1894 and served until his passing. A noted scholar he wrote Pnei Meiven several volumes of novellae and responsa.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Hungary
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica