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Lot 170

Collection of Books – Dedications and Signatures of Hungarian and Romanian Rabbis

Collection of books with dedications, signatures and stamps of Hungarian and Romanian rabbis:


• Midrash Tanchuma. Warsaw, 1849. Signature and stamps of R. Shalom Schnitzler (signature from when he was in Püspökladány, and stamps from when he was Rabbi of Békéscsaba). Signatures of "Yitzchak Binyamin Mendelowitz".


• Responsa Koach Shor by R. Yitzchak Schorr, Rabbi of Gwoździec. Kolomyia, 1888. Handwritten dedication stamped by the publisher of the book, grandson of the author, R. "Avner Katvan, Rabbi of Râmnicu Sărat and the region".


• Imrei David, novellae on Tractate Chullin by R. David Schick. Munkacs, 1890. Dedication of R. Bentzion Wesel, Rabbi of Kronstadt, to R. Yisrael Dov Stein of Ratzfert (Újfehértó); self-dedication, signature and stamp handwritten by R. Yisrael Dov Stein; stamps of his grandson R. "Shalom Kraus" [Rabbi of Odoreu]; dedication by an unknown writer to R. Gershon Menachem Kahn [rabbi in Sfântu Gheorghe, perished in the Holocaust]; and additional inscriptions.


• Imrei Esh, novellae on the Torah by R. Meir Eisenstadt. Munkacs, 1901. Dedication signed by R. "Yisrael Amsel", a disciple of the Kedushat Yom Tov. Signature of R. "Mordechai Amsel".


• Shevil HaMidrash Rabbah by R. Yeshayah Menachem Mendel Eisenschmidt. Piotrków, 1905. Dedication of the book as a bar mitzvah gift handwritten, signed and stamped by R. "Shimon Ehrenfeld, Rabbi of Michalovce and the region" [son of R. David Tzvi Ehrenfeld, son-in-law of the Chatam Sofer]. Signature of R. "Yissachar Ber HaLevi Rottenberg, Rabbi of Wodzisław".


• Kulam Ahuvim, practices from R. Chaim Vital, by R. David Elimelech Weiss. Sighetu Marmației, 1906. Dedication as bar mitzvah gift from "Chaim Adler Katz of Dubove".


• Pe'er VeKavod, Part I, by R. Dov Ber Ehrman. Munkacs, [1912]. Dedication of author R. Dov Herman.


• Kedushat Aharon on the Torah by Rebbe Aharon Friedman of Sadigura. Warsaw, 1913. Stamps of R. "Shmuel Ze'ev Kleinman, shochet and posek of Seini and the region"; self-dedication on receiving the book as mishloach manot in 1924.


• Kohelet Asher, novellae on the Talmud and responsa by R. Asher Zelig Landau. Cracow, [1922-1923]. Dedication of author. Stamp of "Elazar Leizer Landau, here in Oświęcim".


• Be'er Mordechai, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah, by R. Mordechai Vorhand. Galanta, 1927. Stamp of author R. "Mordechai Vorhand, head of Beit Din of the Orthodox community of Nitra and Rabbi of Močenok and the region". Dedication of son of author R. Yehoshua Eliezer.


• Divrei Torah, second series, by Rebbe Chaim Elazar Shapiro of Munkacs. Munkacs, 1929. Stamp of R. "Chaim Yaakov Moshe Krauss, Rabbi of Ragendorf (Rajka) and the region".


• Mesilot Chaim on the Torah, by R. Chaim Menachem Ginzburg. Satmar, 1936. Dedication by the author.


• Yedei Sofer, pilpul and comments on various matters by R. Yehudah Tzvi Lustig. Debrecen, 1938. Dedication of author.


13 books. Varying size and condition. Mostly new bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.




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