Haim Rabinovici letter, to Leibisch Deligdisch, 1903 October 27 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinovici, Haim, 1861-1942, correspondent.

Contributor:

Deligdisch, Leibisch, correspondent.

Library at the Katz Center Special Collections (University of Pennsylvania)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Poor.

Rabbis--Romania--Iași.

Rabbis.

Jewish lawyers--Ukraine--Stryĭ.

Jewish lawyers.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 20th century.

Postcards.

Correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Rarity Auction House (Spring Valley, New York), auction 59, 2025 November 25, lot 279.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper, 14 cm

Production:

Iași, 1903 October 27.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts.

Language Note:

In Hebrew ; address in German.

Biography/History:

Romanian rabbi, first of Iași (known as the Admor of Iași) and later Bucharest ; author of Sefer Kokhav ha-shaḥar (Seini : Jakob Wieder, 1930).

Summary:

Letter to Leibisch Deligdisch, addressed to Strij in Galicia (today Stryĭ south of Lʹviv) requesting that his represented client not seek collections for a debtor (likely locally in Galicia) due to their poverty, and the requirement from the Bible to show compassion to the poor applies to this case. Deligdisch was a lawyer (mentioned in a suit brought to court in Brody, 1899 July 18, in Gazeta Lwowska, Year 89, No. 161). Addressed ("Rabiner Haim Rabinocivi, Str. de Sus, Jassi, Romania, No. 160") ; stamped ("HAIM RABINOVICI RABIN A IASI, חיים ראבינאוויטש דומ"ץ פה יאס").

Cited as:

Haim Rabinovici Letter, to Leibisch Deligdisch (Misc Mss Box ** Folder **). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1606149517