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Nov 13, 2024
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LOT 31:
Sneh Stone Direct from Mount Sinai
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Sold for: $280 (₪1,053)
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
347.20 (₪1,305.47)
Calculated by rate set by auction house at the auction day
Start price:
$
120
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 24%
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Sneh Stone Direct from Mount Sinai
Large sneh stone from Mount Sinai with a maximum length of approximately 10 cm.
This type of stone was shown to the great gaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, who said "... He brought with him small pieces of stone from Mount Sinai. The author of Arvei Nachal and Megaleh Amukot, and R' Ya'akov Emden, attest that each and every piece, even small ones, depict the bush [sneh] in which Hashem appeared to Moshe Rabbeinu, and this strengthens one's faith."
What is special about these stones is that when they are broken, each part depicts the complete bush.
The booklet HaTziyur HaEloki shel HaSneh al Avnei Har Sinai states, "I heard from Rabbi Naftali Teik of Petach Tikvah, who has been researching the topic of the sneh for many years now, that he took the stones of Mount Sinai to the university in Jerusalem's pathological institute, where they were ground into powder and examined under an electron microscope to provide magnification. The sneh was still depicted on the crumbs, and even on the dust."
