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LOT 401:
Manuscript. Eulogy for the Gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Lowenstam, Av Beit Din of Amsterdam. 1815
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Manuscript. Eulogy for the Gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Lowenstam, Av Beit Din of Amsterdam. 1815
Handwritten booklet including a eulogy for the gaon, the pious and modest Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Lowenstam, Av Beit Din of Amsterdam, author of Binyan Ariel.
Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe passed away on 15 Adar 1815, which was when this manuscript was written. We learn the magnitude of the admiration and appreciation Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe had in his community from this eulogy. The writer laments his passing: "... our transgressions did this to us, causing the departure of our gaon and our glory, the crown of our heads, our good badge, the sanctified gem we had among us, our master, teacher and rabbi, the gaon, the holy luminary, whose name befit him, Ya'akov Moshe, son of the righteous and pious master, rabbi and teacher, the great gaon, who was the wonder of our generation, Shaul, Hash-m's chosen one ... the sun has set at midday, the joy of our hearts has been exiled in the day of our rejoicing, the day of our Purim [as he passed away on Shushan Purim] (גלה משוש לבנו ביום שמחתינו, ביום פורינו) became a day of mourning in our distress ..."
[9] leaves, 16x10 cm. Moderate condition. Wear and water stains, slight lack at the ends of the lines on first leaf.
