Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Letters Sent to Isaac Samuel Reggio (Yashar) - Members of "Chochmat Israel", Rabbis and Members of the Jewish Enlightenment Movement – Europe, First Half of the 19th Century
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Approx. 45 handwritten letters, sent to Isaac Samuel Reggio (Yashar) and an additional letter to his father Avraham Chai Reggio, by rabbis, scholars, commentators and intellectuals of the Jewish Enlightenment movement and the "Chochmat Israel" movement. [Europe, ca. first half of 19th century]. Hebrew and some Yiddish.
Isaac Samuel Reggio ("The Yashar from Gorizia", 1784-1855) served as rabbi of Gorizia; philosopher, scholar of Judaism, biblical commentator and author, one of the heads of "Chochmat Israel" movement and a close friend of Shadal.
The collection includes:
• Letter from Rabbi Naftali Benet, son of Rabbi Mordechai Benet (Av Beit Din and head of Nikolsburg Yeshiva, chief rabbi of Moravia). • Letter from Rabbi Leopold Löw, Av Beit Din of Szeged. • Letter from Yehoshua Höschel Schorr. • Letter from Adam Hacohen Lebensohn. • 3 Letters from Meir Halevi Letteris (signed "MAHAL"). • 6 letters from Nachman Yitzchak Fishman Hacohen of Lvov. • 10 letters from Itzek (Yitzchak) Blumenfeld of Brody. • 2 letters from Shlomo Zalman ben Gottlieb (Solomon Gottlieb) Stern ("Kochav Tov"). • Letter and a poem handwritten by Alexander Halevi Langbank from Yaroslav. • 4 letters from Avraham Mendel Mehr (Mendel Mor). • 3 letters from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chen Tov (Edelman) "of Lithuania". • A letter and a poem handwritten by Menachem Mendel Rosenthal of Varaždin. • Several letters from Ya'akov Bodek of Lvov, Ya'akov Goldenberg, Hirsch (Herman) Wassertrilling, Shimon Santo, Mordechai Motl Brahn, Yisrael Yaakov Stern of Belgrade, Leib Eisler and an additional segment of a letter by an unknown writer. • Letter from Rabbi Avraham Ben Yosef Yisrael of Brody (author of "Devar Hamelech") which he sent to Yashar's father, Avraham Chai Reggio, Av Beit Din of Gorizia.
Enclosed: letter sent by Silvio Michlstädter from Trieste to Abraham Kahana in Kiev in 1913, concerning letters by Yashar.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Most letters are folded. Tears and minor blemishes to several letters. Some stains.
Provenance:
1. The Ben Zion Kahana Collection.
2. Sold at "Kedem", Auction 60 (March 2018), item 239.
Isaac Samuel Reggio ("The Yashar from Gorizia", 1784-1855) served as rabbi of Gorizia; philosopher, scholar of Judaism, biblical commentator and author, one of the heads of "Chochmat Israel" movement and a close friend of Shadal.
The collection includes:
• Letter from Rabbi Naftali Benet, son of Rabbi Mordechai Benet (Av Beit Din and head of Nikolsburg Yeshiva, chief rabbi of Moravia). • Letter from Rabbi Leopold Löw, Av Beit Din of Szeged. • Letter from Yehoshua Höschel Schorr. • Letter from Adam Hacohen Lebensohn. • 3 Letters from Meir Halevi Letteris (signed "MAHAL"). • 6 letters from Nachman Yitzchak Fishman Hacohen of Lvov. • 10 letters from Itzek (Yitzchak) Blumenfeld of Brody. • 2 letters from Shlomo Zalman ben Gottlieb (Solomon Gottlieb) Stern ("Kochav Tov"). • Letter and a poem handwritten by Alexander Halevi Langbank from Yaroslav. • 4 letters from Avraham Mendel Mehr (Mendel Mor). • 3 letters from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chen Tov (Edelman) "of Lithuania". • A letter and a poem handwritten by Menachem Mendel Rosenthal of Varaždin. • Several letters from Ya'akov Bodek of Lvov, Ya'akov Goldenberg, Hirsch (Herman) Wassertrilling, Shimon Santo, Mordechai Motl Brahn, Yisrael Yaakov Stern of Belgrade, Leib Eisler and an additional segment of a letter by an unknown writer. • Letter from Rabbi Avraham Ben Yosef Yisrael of Brody (author of "Devar Hamelech") which he sent to Yashar's father, Avraham Chai Reggio, Av Beit Din of Gorizia.
Enclosed: letter sent by Silvio Michlstädter from Trieste to Abraham Kahana in Kiev in 1913, concerning letters by Yashar.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Most letters are folded. Tears and minor blemishes to several letters. Some stains.
Provenance:
1. The Ben Zion Kahana Collection.
2. Sold at "Kedem", Auction 60 (March 2018), item 239.
Manuscripts, Autographs
Manuscripts, Autographs