A pair of pants coming up for auction are being described as “holy” — and not just because they’re a little torn.
Rather, the pants once belonged to the late Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, an Israeli haredi Orthodox leader considered by his followers to be the leading Jewish authority of his generation. Kanievsky died last year at age 94, and now anyone can be the owner of his trousers – provided they can afford them. The starting bid is $3,200.
The bidding at the Prime Judaica auction house in the heavily haredi New Jersey city of Lakewood begins March 1. The item is listed in Hebrew as “Holy pants from the Prince of Torah, our leader Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky.”
Included on the auction house page is a letter written and signed by Gedalyahu Konigsberg, who identifies himself as a grandson of, and former aide to, Chaim Kanievsky.
“I, the undersigned, testify that these black pants… of the Shai Shaul company, with a rip on the bottom, were worn by my elder, the esteemed Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed righteous memory, for a long period of time,” reads the letter signed by Konigsberg. “I merited to see him wearing this with my own eyes.”
On the website of an online retailer, Shai Shaul pants run from roughly $13.50 to $16.25.
Letters and legal rulings written by Kanievsky have gone to auction for hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars and started going up for sale during his lifetime.
5 comments:
The pants company has a tremendous chance to make a huge profit here. Just put them in stores with the advert: Wear the same type of pants as the Sar HaTorah, only $150 a pair!
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Don't laugh.
It's advertised as the "most mehudar Pants".
The Kanievski crime family at its best.
will they auction off his gatches too?
Yes! You too can become a "Saar Hatorah", if you would be the proud owner of a pair of Shai Shaul pants.
Better yet, just send me $18 and I will wear a pair of Shai Shaul pants for 40 days.
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