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Bidding Information
Lot #    22971
Auction End Date    3/3/2009 11:30:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Chaskel Shraga Lipshitz-Halberstam
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מהאדמו'ר מסטראפקוב
Author    [Ms. - Hasidic]
City    Jerusalem
Publication Date    1951
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 215:135 mm., light age staining, ink on stationary, signed, dated, and stamped.
          
Detailed
Description		    Addressed to the Hamodia requesting that they print daily portions of his work on Shevu'ot (seventh year of fallow fields), without charge, so that the readership will know how to observe this important precept. He also requests that the readers be advised not to discard the paper in the trash as it contains holy literature.

R. Chaskel Shraga Lipshitz-Halberstam (1908-1994), Admor of Stropkov. The Rebbe was born in Stropkov into an illustrious hasidic dynasty. A full biography of this erudite, pious scholar and Rebbe appears in Wedner col.551-555. Many wonderful stories are told of his survival in Auschwitz and efforts on behalf of Jewry during his fruitful life. He wrote Divre Chaskel Shraga (Jerusalem 1955) and many responsa in period rabbinical journals.

          
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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Israel:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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Kind of Judaica