The Jerusalem of Gold auction house recently auctioned off a pair of eyeglasses said to have belonged to the Chazon Ish, who was niftar in 1953.
Matzav.com has learned that the glasses were purchased by three optical stores in three different cities that partnered to by the glasses, which the auction house called “Shabbos spectacles” that were designed to be worn “very close to the head in order to solve the problem of going out with them on Shabbos.”
The three stores that bought the glasses are Vista Optical Israel, located at Eli Hakohein 18 in Yerushalayim; Greater Optics, located at 4820 14th Avenue in Boro Park, Brooklyn; and Gefen Optical, located at 6780 Route 9 in Lakewood, NJ.
Matzav.com spoke to Yaakov Fuchs of Greater Optics, who was excited about the purchase and told Matzav.com that “the glasses will soon be displayed for public view in all three locations at different times.”
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