Israel - Judaica - Postcard (1) - 1910-1910
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One circa 1910 photocard from Israel depicting Rabbi Mordechai Rubin, chief associate of the Chafetz Chaim, in fair condition.
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Photo card approx. 1910 – Portrait of Rabbi Mordechai Rubin, Chief Rabbi of Israel Meir HaKohen ("the Chafetz Chaim")
Rare Jewish photo card from circa 1910 featuring a portrait of Rabbi Mordechai (Mordechaj) Rubin, a leading student and close associate of the renowned Halachic authority Israel Meir HaKohen Kagan (1838–1933), worldwide known as the Chafetz Chaim. Rubin served for many years as his right hand and trusted aide in Radin (present-day Belarus) and played an important role within his study house and community.
The image shows the rabbi with a long white beard and traditional head covering. Beneath the portrait lies a Hebrew inscription in a decorative frame, as was customary on religious commemoration and devotional photo cards from the early twentieth century.
Translation of the Hebrew text:
"Rabbi of all inhabitants of the diaspora, the great scholar, the righteous, our teacher and rabbi, Israel Meïr HaKohen, author of Chafetz Chaim and Likkutei Halachot. He departed (passed away) in the month of Cheshvan in the year 5694 (1933). May his soul be bound up in the bundle of the living."
The Chafetz Chaim is regarded as one of the most influential rabbis of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He gained worldwide fame through his authoritative Halachic works, including:
- Chafetz Chaim, on the Jewish laws concerning lashon hara (slander) and careful speech;
- Mishnah Berurah, one of the most widely consulted commentaries on the Orach Chaim portion of the Shulchan Aruch;
- Likkutei Halachot, an important Halachic study.
His influence endures to this day throughout the Orthodox Jewish world. Photo cards bearing his portrait were issued as mementos and honor cards and found their way to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and beyond.
Specifications
Type: Photo card
Dating: ca. 1910
Subject: Portrait of a prominent East European rabbi
Text: Hebrew
Origin: Eastern Europe (probably Poland/Lithuania, Radin region)
Note: Early religious portrait photography with a printed Hebrew caption; a sought-after collectible in Judaica, rabbinic photography, and Jewish history.
Photo card approx. 1910 – Portrait of Rabbi Mordechai Rubin, Chief Rabbi of Israel Meir HaKohen ("the Chafetz Chaim")
Rare Jewish photo card from circa 1910 featuring a portrait of Rabbi Mordechai (Mordechaj) Rubin, a leading student and close associate of the renowned Halachic authority Israel Meir HaKohen Kagan (1838–1933), worldwide known as the Chafetz Chaim. Rubin served for many years as his right hand and trusted aide in Radin (present-day Belarus) and played an important role within his study house and community.
The image shows the rabbi with a long white beard and traditional head covering. Beneath the portrait lies a Hebrew inscription in a decorative frame, as was customary on religious commemoration and devotional photo cards from the early twentieth century.
Translation of the Hebrew text:
"Rabbi of all inhabitants of the diaspora, the great scholar, the righteous, our teacher and rabbi, Israel Meïr HaKohen, author of Chafetz Chaim and Likkutei Halachot. He departed (passed away) in the month of Cheshvan in the year 5694 (1933). May his soul be bound up in the bundle of the living."
The Chafetz Chaim is regarded as one of the most influential rabbis of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He gained worldwide fame through his authoritative Halachic works, including:
- Chafetz Chaim, on the Jewish laws concerning lashon hara (slander) and careful speech;
- Mishnah Berurah, one of the most widely consulted commentaries on the Orach Chaim portion of the Shulchan Aruch;
- Likkutei Halachot, an important Halachic study.
His influence endures to this day throughout the Orthodox Jewish world. Photo cards bearing his portrait were issued as mementos and honor cards and found their way to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and beyond.
Specifications
Type: Photo card
Dating: ca. 1910
Subject: Portrait of a prominent East European rabbi
Text: Hebrew
Origin: Eastern Europe (probably Poland/Lithuania, Radin region)
Note: Early religious portrait photography with a printed Hebrew caption; a sought-after collectible in Judaica, rabbinic photography, and Jewish history.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Israel
Theme detail/city
Judaica
Year - youngest item
1910
Year - oldest item
1910
Condition
Fair
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