Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Passport Photograph of the Chazon Ish in Youth
Opening: $600
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Passport photograph of Rabbi Avraham Yishayau Karelitz, author of Chazon Ish, taken in his youth. [C. 1900].
This photograph was given by the Chazon Ish to his cousin Rabbi Meir Yona Lieberman (1901-2004), whose mother, Liba Leiberman, was sister of Rabbanit Rasha Le’ah Karelitz, mother of the Chazon Ish. On the back of the pgotograph, an inscription: "Chazon-Ish" in the handwriting of Rabbi Meir Yona Lieberman.
5.6X4.2 cm. Good condition.
This photograph was given by the Chazon Ish to his cousin Rabbi Meir Yona Lieberman (1901-2004), whose mother, Liba Leiberman, was sister of Rabbanit Rasha Le’ah Karelitz, mother of the Chazon Ish. On the back of the pgotograph, an inscription: "Chazon-Ish" in the handwriting of Rabbi Meir Yona Lieberman.
5.6X4.2 cm. Good condition.
Chazon Ish
Chazon Ish