Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Seal of Rabbi Ya'akov Yantshi Kalich of Ustrzyki, Descendant of "Bnei Yisachar" – Safed
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
Including buyer's premium
Copper-seal for wax-stamps. Safed, 19th century.
The seal bears the writing: "Ya'akov Yantshi ben Harav Z. Kalich". Decorated in the center with a vegetal design.
Rabbi Ya'akov Yantshi moved to Safed from Ustrzyki Dolne (Poland) with his parents, Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Kalich and his wife Freide. Died in Safed in 1897. His parents died in Safed in 1883 and 1909. Freide was the daughter of Rabbi Ya'akov Uri of Turka, from his second marriage with the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Shoenfeld, son-in-law of the Rebbe Zvi Elimelech Medinov author of "Bnei Yisachar". Rabbi Shmuel Zenvil was the son of Rabbi Yesha'ayahu Shlomo Zalman Kalich of Ustrzyki and Ester Roize of Ustrzyki and Litovisk.
See enclosed material.
Diameter of seal: 1.8 cm. Height: 4 cm. Good condition.
The seal bears the writing: "Ya'akov Yantshi ben Harav Z. Kalich". Decorated in the center with a vegetal design.
Rabbi Ya'akov Yantshi moved to Safed from Ustrzyki Dolne (Poland) with his parents, Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Kalich and his wife Freide. Died in Safed in 1897. His parents died in Safed in 1883 and 1909. Freide was the daughter of Rabbi Ya'akov Uri of Turka, from his second marriage with the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Shoenfeld, son-in-law of the Rebbe Zvi Elimelech Medinov author of "Bnei Yisachar". Rabbi Shmuel Zenvil was the son of Rabbi Yesha'ayahu Shlomo Zalman Kalich of Ustrzyki and Ester Roize of Ustrzyki and Litovisk.
See enclosed material.
Diameter of seal: 1.8 cm. Height: 4 cm. Good condition.
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