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Bidding Information
Lot #    13560
Auction End Date    3/7/2006 11:03:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Jacob Landau, Chief Rabbi Bnai Brak
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר יעקב לנדא אב'ד בני ברק
Author    [Ms.]
City    [Bnai Brak]
Publication Date    1943
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 307:205 mm., light age staining, creased on folds, Ashkenazic script, ink on paper, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Fascinating letter by the Chief Rabbi of Bnai Brak to a prospective litigant in his court, admonishing him to settle as a trial would not become his stature. R. Jacob b. Moses Judah Leib Landau (1893-1986) was born in Molodechno, Kurenets, White Russia. He emigrated to Erez Israel in 1934 and served Bnai Brak till his passing.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Israel:    Checked
  
Subject
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica