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Bidding Information
Lot #    5959
Auction End Date    10/28/2003 12:58:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Samuel David Ungar
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר ישראל דוד הלוי אונגאר אבדדק'ק נייטרא
Author    [Ms. - Messianic]
City    Nitra
Publication Date    1937
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 290:230 mm., light browning, weak on folds, ink on stationary, typewritten letter, dated, signed with note in ink by the Rabbi.
          
Detailed
Description		    Seeking assistance for the immigration of a disciple to Israel by the Chief Rabbi and Rosh ha-Yeshiva of Nitra. The content expresses the Rabbi's strong Messianic beliefs and desires.

R. Samuel David Ungar (1886-1945) was educated in prominent European Yeshivas and served in the Rabbinate of several major communities. In 1918 he accepted the position in Nitra, where he established a major Yeshiva, and served till his brutal execution by the Nazis. His children re-established the Yeshiva after the Holocaust in Mt. Kisco New York.

          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Slovakia
  
Subject
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica