Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Aliyot Eliyahu, on the Gaon of Vilna - Copy of Rebbe Elisha Halberstam Rabbi of Gorlitz
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Aliyot Eliyahu, biography and traditions of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Yehoshua Heschel Levin. Vilna, 1874.
On the verso of the title page and on other pages, stamp of Rebbe "Elisha Halberstam Rabbi of Gorlitz and the region".
On the verso of the title page and on other pages, numerous signatures of "David Halberstam". Ownership inscription: "This book belongs to David Halberstam son of the rabbi of Gorlitz". Various marginal inscriptions.
It is worth noting the interesting phenomenon of a Chassidic rebbe owning a biography of the Gaon of Vilna. It may be connected to the reverence in which his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, held the Gaon of Vilna, as related: "The rebbe of Sanz once acclaimed effusively R. E. of Vilna, his preeminence and genius…" (Toldot HaTanya, Munkacs 1943).
Rebbe Elisha Halberstam (1860-perished in Siberia 1941), leading Galician rebbe. Reputedly, his features resembled those of his grandfather the Divrei Chaim, and he was renowned for his adherence to truth. He was the son of Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz), and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornostaipil - he married his daughter Yocheved (whose grandfather the Divrei Chaim dubbed "my intelligent granddaughter"). He served as rabbi of Crasna, and following his father's passing in 1906, he succeeded him as rabbi of Gorlitz (Gorlice). He first refused to serve as rebbe, and only following the passing of his brother R. Tzvi Hirsh of Rudnik in 1918, did he agree to assume the mantle of leadership, eventually acceding to the pleads of his Chassidim to accept Kvittlach, although he wasn't at ease with it. With the outbreak of WWII, he was exiled to Siberia, were he continued observing the Torah with exceptional devotion, until the slave labor and freezing conditions overcame him, and his soul ascended to Heaven during the Passover Seder night, while reciting the piyyut Vayehi BaChatzi HaLayla. His composition Imrei Noam was lost in the Siberian wasteland. His son, R. David Moshe Halberstam of Dinov (1890-1971) was the son-in-law of R. Yosef Shapiro of Dinov - descendant of the Bnei Yissaschar. Following the Holocaust, he immigrated to the United States.
48 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Ink stains and dampstains. Wear. Tears. Old binding, partially detached.
On the verso of the title page and on other pages, stamp of Rebbe "Elisha Halberstam Rabbi of Gorlitz and the region".
On the verso of the title page and on other pages, numerous signatures of "David Halberstam". Ownership inscription: "This book belongs to David Halberstam son of the rabbi of Gorlitz". Various marginal inscriptions.
It is worth noting the interesting phenomenon of a Chassidic rebbe owning a biography of the Gaon of Vilna. It may be connected to the reverence in which his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, held the Gaon of Vilna, as related: "The rebbe of Sanz once acclaimed effusively R. E. of Vilna, his preeminence and genius…" (Toldot HaTanya, Munkacs 1943).
Rebbe Elisha Halberstam (1860-perished in Siberia 1941), leading Galician rebbe. Reputedly, his features resembled those of his grandfather the Divrei Chaim, and he was renowned for his adherence to truth. He was the son of Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz), and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornostaipil - he married his daughter Yocheved (whose grandfather the Divrei Chaim dubbed "my intelligent granddaughter"). He served as rabbi of Crasna, and following his father's passing in 1906, he succeeded him as rabbi of Gorlitz (Gorlice). He first refused to serve as rebbe, and only following the passing of his brother R. Tzvi Hirsh of Rudnik in 1918, did he agree to assume the mantle of leadership, eventually acceding to the pleads of his Chassidim to accept Kvittlach, although he wasn't at ease with it. With the outbreak of WWII, he was exiled to Siberia, were he continued observing the Torah with exceptional devotion, until the slave labor and freezing conditions overcame him, and his soul ascended to Heaven during the Passover Seder night, while reciting the piyyut Vayehi BaChatzi HaLayla. His composition Imrei Noam was lost in the Siberian wasteland. His son, R. David Moshe Halberstam of Dinov (1890-1971) was the son-in-law of R. Yosef Shapiro of Dinov - descendant of the Bnei Yissaschar. Following the Holocaust, he immigrated to the United States.
48 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Ink stains and dampstains. Wear. Tears. Old binding, partially detached.
Chassidism - Important Ownership, Signatures and Dedications
Chassidism - Important Ownership, Signatures and Dedications