Mizrach. Handpainted on paper, depicting holy sites and verses, dedicated in memory of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Yadler. Jerusalem, c. [1917].
26×40 cm. Nice wood frame, 58×44 cm.
Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Yadler (1843-1917) was born in Vilna but moved as a young man to Eretz Yisrael. He was an outstanding Torah scholar and gave a Torah lecture to many listeners in the Churvat Rabbi Yehudah HaChassid in Jerusalem. He was renowned for his Tiferet Zion – his monumental treatise on Midrash Rabbah. His father was the “Jerusalem Maggid,” Rabbi Ben Tzion Yadler.
Water stains, restored tears, faded. Moderate-fine condition.