Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Shas "Hagadol She’Ba’Gdolim" - London, 1919 - Copy of the Rebbe of Husiatyn

Opening: $250
Sold for: $400
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Shas HaGadol She’Ba’Gdolim, Tractate Berachot, with commentaries and many additions, published by Rabbi Yosef Shapetshnik. London, [1919].
Volume designed in an exceptionally large format. Five title pages. With various additions to the "Seder Hadaf", besides the regular commentaries, such as the “Rishon Le'Zion” commentary by the author of “Or HaChaim”, the “Tirat Kesef” commentary by Rabbi Chaim Avraham Guttenyu, compilations from various books, etc. Other additions are found at the end of the volume.
Stamps (German) of Rabbi Moshe Shimshon Wasserman Av Bet Din of Darmstadt [and other German cities, author of the “She'elat Moshe” responsa]. Dedication in his handwriting on the leaf before the first title page: “I have given this gift in honor of the Rebbe of Husyityn, the holy Moshe Shimon Wasserman Rabbi of Darmstadt”. The book was given as a gift to the Rebbe Yisrael Freidman of Husiatyn (1858-1949), who resided in Vienna, Austria together with many of the Ruzin rebbes from World War I until he moved to Palestine shortly before the Holocaust.
Volume in an especially large format. [6], 13 leaves, 27-36 pages, 13-17 leaves, 37-42 pages, 18-26 leaves, 43-54 pages, 27-64 leaves, 55-100 pages. 50 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Stamps. Damages on the binding.
No other tractates of this Talmud were printed.
Chassidism – Manuscripts and Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Chassidism – Manuscripts and Glosses, Signatures and Dedications