Rare & unique items, Collections, the Divrei Chaim and his family, Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Chassidut, Slavuta and Zhitomir, glosses of the great sages of the generation, Early Seforim.
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Mar 25, 2025
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LOT 101:
Responsa from the Gaon Rabbi Michael Bachrach, Av Beis Din of Prague, to the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Landau of Prague: "B''h, I'm not an unborn child" . A responsum regarding the case of an agunah, in which both great scholars agree to permit her remarriage but for different halachic reasons, in the ...
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LOT 102:
Fabulous Early Letter Entirely in the Holy Handwriting & Signature of the Great Rabbi Akiva Eiger – 1798. . A highly important and early letter, entirely in the handwriting of our master, the Gaon Hageonim Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Av Beit Din of Märkisch-Friedland and Posen. The letter is addressed to ...
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$900
LOT 103:
Long and wondrous letter of Torah insights from Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Assad Ab''d Szerdahely to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman Ab''d Mako. 1857. . A remarkable and lengthy halachic and pilpul letter, spanning three densely packed sides, written by the esteemed Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Assad. The letter is ...
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$1,300
LOT 104:
Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Av Beit Din of Mako regarding a Shidduch for his son. 1863. . A lengthy letter from the renowned gaon, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullman, Av Beit Din of Mako and author of Yeriot Shlomo, regarding a proposed match for his son. Sent to R. Moshe Yosef ...
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450
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$1,900
LOT 105:
A complete composition on the Torah & Sha''s by the esteemed Rabbi Mordechai Ephraim Fishel Sofer AB''D Csúsz and & Rava''d Budapest. The entire work is handwritten by his holy hand and has never been published. . A volume of discourses and Torah novellae by Rabbi Mordechai Ephraim Fishel Sofer ...
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1,600
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$700
LOT 106:
Treatise by the Gaon Rabbi Yonasan Steif – A Response to the Authorities Regarding Jewish Ritual Slaughter. 1943. Historic! . A lengthy essay, entirely handwritten by the esteemed gaon Rabbi Yonasan Steif, Av Beit Din of Budapest. This was written in response to inquiries from the Hungarian ...
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LOT 107:
Very Rare Letter from the Righteous Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak HaLevi Fleischer, Ab''d Pilz, to the Holy Rebbi Alter Meir David Yechiel of Wolbrom – 1874. Letters from him are extremely rare and have never appeared in a public auction. Pilica, 1874. Of particular note is the line of honorary ...
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LOT 108:
Rare Letter from the Holy Brothers, Rebbi Yitzchak David and Rebbi Eliezer Menachem Mendel Biderman of Lelov, to Their Nephew, the Holy Rebbi Alter Meir David Yechiel Rothenberg of Wolbrom. . A long and special family letter from the holy brothers, the esteemed Holy Rebbi Yitzchak David ...
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$95,000
LOT 109:
Letter of Blessings for a Speedy Recovery – Entirely in the Holy Handwriting of Maran the Divrei Chaim of Sanz ''we eagerly anticipate that you will recover from your illness, be healthy & whole with God’s help, & walk upon the earth for many long days''. . A unique & special letter ...
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35,000
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$19,000
LOT 110:
An emotional letter from the Holy Rebbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova regarding a married couple. . A significant letter from the Holy Tzadik Rebbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinov concerning a dispute between a couple and how to resolve matters between them according to the ...
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6,000
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$480
LOT 111:
Certification for a Shochet in the Holy Handwriting of Rabbi Aaron Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Biala-Bilitz, 1909. Very Rare! . A certification for the shochet, R. Nachman Einhorn, entirely handwritten by the Holy Rabbi Aaron Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Biala-Bilitz. Dated Parashat Beshalach ...
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300
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$1,100
LOT 112:
Letter from the Holy Rabbi Aharon Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Bielsko-Biała, & his family. Extremely rare! . A long and warm family letter filled with abundant blessings In the Holy handwriting & signature of Rabbi Aharon Halberstam, Av Beit Din of Bielitz-Biala, his wife, Rebbetzin Devorah ...
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LOT 113:
Shana Tova Letter from the Holy Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam Ab''d Piekło, & his son, Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Halberstam, Ab''d Piekło. Rare! . A handwritten Rosh Hashanah letter, bearing the signatures of both father and son—the holy Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam, Av Beis Din of Glusk and Piekło ...
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LOT 114:
Shana Tova Letter from the Holy Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam Ab''d Piekło, 1923. Rare! . A handwritten Rosh Hashanah letter, in the holy hand, the signature & stamp of the holy Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam, Av Beis Din of Glusk and Piekło. Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam was the son of the ...
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$7,500
LOT 115:
Unique letter from the holy Rebbi Pinchas Menachem Yustman, the Siftei Tzadik of Pilz, explaining his refusal to accept the leadership of the Chassidim after the passing of the Sfas Emes. . Background of this extraordinary letter: After the passing of the holy Rebbi, the Sfas Emes of Gur, many ...
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2,500
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LOT 116:
Kodesh Hakodoshim! Mazel Tov letter by the Holy Rebbe Ahron Rokeach of Belz. Fully in his Holy handwriting in the lifetime of his Holy father. . A Most Rare and Unknown Letter, Entirely in the Holy Handwriting and Signature of the Rebbe. Mazel Tov and Blessings in the Name of His Holy Father. ...
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20,000
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$200
LOT 117:
Torah Insights in the Handwriting of the Brilliant Gaon of Zolkiew, the Righteous and Holy Rabbi Itzikel Rubin-Glickman, Ab''d Sosnowiec. . Two pages of original Chiddushei Torah on Tractate Kiddushin. Maran Maharid of Belz repeatedly urged Rabbi Itzikel to record his Torah insights in writing ...
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$600
LOT 118:
Letter with Signatures of 11 Leading Rabbis – Including Signature of Rabbi Mordechai Rokeach of Belz, the "Bilgoray Rav" – Jerusalem 1945 . Letter with signatures of prominent Rabbis and Rebbes in Jerusalem – thanking him for his donation to the Tomche Achim mutual aid society, which provided ...
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$280
LOT 119:
Letter from the Holy Rebbi Yehoshua Asher Halevi Sternfeld-Horowitz of Porisov-Warsaw. . A rare handwritten letter! He has never before appeared in a public auction. Warsaw, 1927. The holy Rebbi Yehoshua Asher Halevi was born in Lublin in the year 1867 to his father, Rabbi Mordechai Ze’ev ...
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250
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LOT 120:
Two letters from the great Gaon Rabbi Shabtai HaKohen Rappaport, Av Beit Din of Włodzisław and Pińczów Hy''d. . Letters by him are extremely rare and has only appeared once at a public auction. Rabbi Shabtai HaKohen Rappaport was the son of the wealthy Rabbi Avraham Abele HaKohen of Biała ...
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200
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$1,100
LOT 121:
Letter by the Wonder-Worker Rabbi David Karliner to the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant. 1897. . About a man haling from Karlin named Chaim, who was tragically killed in Jaffa. He had ten gold liras deposited with Rabbi Zalman in Jerusalem. Rabbi David requests the esteemed Rabbi Shmuel to use his ...
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800
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$7,500
LOT 122:
''May he be blessed by the Almighty with life, peace, and all good, and merit to witness the salvation of Israel and the uplifting of the Torah's honor soon''. Letter of Maran the Holy Chafetz Chaim with special blessings. 1931. . A moving letter regarding the dire state of the Radin Yeshiva ...
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4,500
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$3,200
LOT 123:
Long handwritten letter with Divrei Torah & Mussar, entirely in the handwriting and signature of Maran Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman, Rosh Yeshivas Baranovich, during his journey to England. . An interesting and significant letter written in Birmingham, England, during Rabbi Wasserman's journey on ...
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$1,600
LOT 124:
Remarkable Letter by Rabbi Aharon Kotler Rosh Yeshivas Kletzk , During His Fundraising Journey in Europe, 1932. . Paris, 1932. Entirely handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Kotler. "Behold, the situation of our holy yeshiva is extremely dire, as all sources of income have been ...
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700
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$2,400
LOT 125:
Lengthy Letter with Torah Insights from Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Kletsk – 1934. . A significant and lengthy letter regarding yeshiva matters and Torah insights. Kletsk, Erev Shabbat Parshat Vayechi, 1934 "To my dear and honored friend, the renowned Gaon, an extraordinary scholar ...
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700
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$750
LOT 126:
Rare Letter from Rabbi Yisrael Gershon Soloveitchik, the Eldest Son of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, Regarding His Son’s Rescue on the Eve of the Holocaust – 1939. . A rare and historic letter from Rabbi Yisrael Gershon Soloveitchik, written on the eve of the Holocaust, regarding an attempt to rescue ...
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360
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$900
LOT 127:
Rare Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Halevi Soloveitchik, Son of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk – 1938. . A letter from the esteemed Gaon Rabbi Moshe Halevi Soloveitchik to Rebbe Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion Rottenberg-Halberstam, regarding the acceptance of his son into the yeshiva and New Year's ...
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400
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$1,800
LOT 128:
Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky to the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Heller. 1934. . A nice letter from the renowned Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Abramsky to the illustrious Rabbi Chaim Heller. London, 11 Nissan, 1934. "Honorable and dear friend, our great Gaon, Rabbi Chaim Heller, Shlita, Due ...
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400
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$900
LOT 129:
Collection of Letters from the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Jofen, Rosh Yeshiva of Novardok, Białystok, 1932–1937. London, 1932. . A rare and important collection of five letters from the renowned Gaon Rabbi Avraham Jofen, Rosh Yeshiva of Novardok. One of the letters includes a lengthy Torah discourse. ...
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$200
LOT 130:
Two letters from "The Chasam Sofer of America, " Rabbi Hillel Klein. New York, 1922–1924. . Rabbi Hillel haKohen Klein was born 1844 in Baracska, Bars County, Hungary (now Bardonovo, Slovakia), to son of Zeev Tzvi, who was Talmid of Maran the Chatam Sofer of Pressburg. Rabbi Hillel was Talmid ...
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LOT 131:
Historic letter of admonition by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzeilem to the Agudas HaAdmorim. 1941. . A special letter from the holy Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Zelem, to the Admor Rebbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion Halberstam-Rotenberg of Sanz-Widislaw, who ...
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$1,700
LOT 132:
Decisions of the Special Rabbinical Court for Agunot in Hungary, 1946), with Signatures of the Vayechi Yosef of Pupa and Rabbis from Kapish, Shopron, Sarvar, Csenger, Dorog, and More. Historic Holocaust Survivor Archive. . Historic rulings of the Special Rabbinical Court regarding the release ...
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$1,000
LOT 133:
Proofreading Pg. of the Sefer "Min Hameitzar" with many handwritten corrections by the author Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl of Nitra. . The author added many new paragraphs, changed the layout, as well as erased some parts. Written with the essence of his pure heart's blood and printed with ...
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LOT 134:
Autograph Manuscript from the Sefer Min HaMeitzar by Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl – Copy of a Terrifying Letter Written in 1943. . Handwritten manuscript from the renowned sefer Min HaMeitzar, authored by the great genius Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl. As is well known, after the war, the ...
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$750
LOT 135:
Psak Din with the Signatures of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant – Jerusalem, 1880. . A legal document and testimony regarding a woman who forced her elderly husband to sign over his assets to her against his true will. Jerusalem, 1880. With the original signatures and stamp of the holy Gaon ...
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300
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$400
LOT 136:
Important Collection of Letters from the Rabbis of Jerusalem, 1898–1940. . 1. Bill of Sale from the Austro-Hungarian Kolel, Jerusalem, 1898. Includes the stamp of the Kolel and signatures of the great rabbis: Rabbi Moshe Nachum Wallenstein (Av Beit Din) Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Rabbi ...
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LOT 137:
A Significant Collection of Letters from Leading Rabbinic Figures: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis, Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, and Others. . 1. Recommendation Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Av Beit Din of Slutsk, 1909. ...
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$800
LOT 138:
Large & Important Collection of Letters from Rebbes and Rabbis of Eretz Israel, 1936-1956. . 1. Letter from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer. Jerusalem, 1936. 2. Postcard with New Year’s blessings from the Rebbe Pinchas Menachem Alter, the "Pnei Menachem" of Gur. Jerusalem, 1972. 3. Letter ...
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LOT 139:
Collection of Letters from Rabbis of the USA and New York . 1. A Long and Strongly Worded Letter from the Famous Gaon Rabbi Eliezer Silver, Av Beit Din of Cincinnati, Regarding Leniencies in the Laws of Shabbat. 1943. He concludes: "Heaven forbid to entertain any leniency in this matter, and ...
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$700
LOT 140:
Important Collection of Letters from Rebbes of the United States and Canada, 1956–1974. . 1. Important letter from Rebbe Yerucham Leiner of Radzin regarding the Nusach Hatefilah, addressed to Rabbi David Tzvi Hillman. Brooklyn, 1956. 2. Letter from Rebbe Yochanan Twersky of Tolna regarding ...
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$4,000
LOT 141:
"And I pray for you that the Almighty will assist you in all your matters, and that you should merit to be inscribed for a good and blessed year." New Year's blessing letter from the Holy Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, to Rabbi Alexander Chaim Ashkenazi. 1964. . A warm letter of blessing ...
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4,000
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$1,300
LOT 142:
''May it be the will of Heaven, and may he be blessed with a Gmar Chatima Tova a good and blessed year." A Shana Tova letter, entirely in the holy handwriting of Rebbi Chai Yitzchak Twersky of Rahmastrivka, to the esteemed Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Neiman, Av Beit Din of Belz in Montreal. . A warm ...
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1,200
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$1,500
LOT 143:
Highly Rare Letter from the Renowned Gaon and Chassid, Rabbi Itche Masmid, HY"D, During His Mission in England, With interesting revelations, 1937. . A long and special letter from the famous Gaon, Chassid, and Tzaddik, Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, known as Rabbi Itche Der Matmid, written ...
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600
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$1,200
LOT 144:
Letter Of Blessing for a Speedy Recovery from the Rebbe Rayatz to his Cousin. – 1945. . "...Peace and Blessings! Thank God for the improvement in the health of your esteemed wife, the Rebbetzin, may she live. May the Almighty send a complete recovery and strengthen the health of my dear ...
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500
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$1,100
LOT 145:
Important Letter from the Rebbe with Corrections in his holy hand & a Handwritten Blessing for a "Speedy Recovery" – 1953. . An important letter from the Rebbe to his mechutan, Rebbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion Halberstam-Rotenberg. Fifth Night of Chanukah, 1953. The letter discusses the ...
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500
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$900
LOT 146:
Shana Tova letter by the Rebbe with additions in his Holy hand. 1959. . . A Shana Tova letter by the Rebbe with correction in his hand & the addition of the word 'bekavod'.
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500
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$3,800
LOT 147:
A one-hundred-dollar bill received from the Rebbe on the occasion of publishing Seforim. 1976. . Received from the Rebbe's Holy hands, Given to the esteemed Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Goldberger Shlit''a, who at the time inscribed on the bill: "I received [this] from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Shevat ...
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1,000
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$350
LOT 148:
A Collection of Rare Receipts from Institutions in the Land of Israel, 1927–1943. . 1. Receipt from the Zion Orphanage for Torah and Craftsmanship – Jerusalem, 1927. Signed by Rabbi Avraham Yohanan Blumenthal and Rabbi Chaim HaKohen Kook. 2. Certificate from the Diskin Orphan Home – Jerusalem ...
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LOT 149:
Collection of Letters from the Family of the Admor Rebbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion Rottenberg-Halberstam . 1-2. A long letter from his brother-in-law, the scholar Rabbi Mordechai Kalonymus of Pakszewnica, 1925. 3. A letter containing Chabad Chassidic teachings from his nephew, Rabbi Shmuel ...
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LOT 150:
The Kiddush Cup of the Admor Rebbi David Twersky of Rachmastrivka, Israel. . A impressive silver cup and tray. Attached is a certificate from the hoiz bochur (attendant) testifying that the Admor shlit”a used them for an extended period during Tishen and on Shabbat. Rebbi David Twersky was ...
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