Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Record Book – Jewish Orphanage (Radovitz), Founded by Rebbe Yisrael Hager of Radovitz – Safed, Ca. 1919

Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium

Record book of the Jewish orphanage in Safed, founded in 1919 by R. Yisrael Hager of Radovitz. Safed, [ca. 1919].
Title page in calligraphic script, in gold, copper-red and black. Color ornaments (flower garland surrounding part of title; ornamental border). Fine, gilt-decorated leather binding. The title page and binding were made by the artist R. Yosef Tzvi Geiger of Safed.
The following leaves contain information about the founding of the orphanage by the rebbe of Radovitz, its objectives, and lists of the gabbaim and board members appointed by the rebbe.
Further in the booklet are various letters of recommendation.
[7] written pages, dozens of blank leaves. Approx. 28 cm. Elegant leather binding. Fine endpapers. Placed in original slipcase.


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Jewish Communities in Safed and the Galilee – Printed Matter, Letters and Documents
Jewish Communities in Safed and the Galilee – Printed Matter, Letters and Documents