Lot 122
Collection of Books of Important Ownership – Copies of Famous Rabbis
Fifteen books, distinguished copies belonging to famous rabbis and Torah scholars, with ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps:
• Tiferet Yaakov, Part I, on Choshen Mishpat (laws of judges and loans), by R. Yaakov Gesundheit, Rabbi of Warsaw. Warsaw, 1842. First edition. Stamp of R. Yosef Zechariah Stern, Rabbi of Šiauliai (1831-1904), author of Zecher Yehosef.
• Responsa Nefesh Chayah, Yoreh Deah section, by R. Chaim Elazar Wachs, Rabbi of Kalisz. Piotrków, 1877. First edition. On title page, dedication to R. Yosef Zechariah Stern, Rabbi of Šiauliai, signed by R. Shlomo Avraham Rzechte. R. Shlomo Avraham Rzechte, the Gaon of Ozorków (1843-1928), author of Bikurei Shlomo containing responsa including correspondence with R. Yosef Zechariah Stern, the Aderet, the Sedei Chemed and others.
• Mishnat Avraham, on laws of Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot, by R. Avraham son of R. Tzvi Yaffe. Zhitomir, 1868. First edition. On title page, ownership inscription of R. Chaim Elazar Wachs, Rabbi of Kalisz, author of Nefesh Chayah (1826-1889), a leading Polish rabbi.
• Zayit Raanan, Part II, novellae on Talmud and responsa by R. Moshe Yehudah Leib Yehoshua Silberberg, the Gaon of Kutno. Warsaw, 1869. First edition. On title page, stamp of R. Shmuel Salant, Rabbi of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem (1816-1909).
• Ateret Chachamim, Part I, responsa on four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, and Part II, novellae and pilpul on the Talmud, by R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim, Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou and author of Baruch Taam. Józefów, 1866. Ownership inscription signed by R. David Ben-Shimon (d. 1879), Moroccan Torah scholar who immigrated to Jerusalem and became founder of the Maghrebi community and head of the Maghrebi Beit Din.
• Turei Even, novellae on Tractates Rosh Hashanah, Chagigah and Megillah, by R. Aryeh Leib, author of Shaagat Aryeh. Warsaw, 1860. Stamps of R. "Yechezkel Berstein, Slabodka, Lithuania" – author of Divrei Yechezkel (1889-1941; perished in Holocaust), leading student of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka and dean of the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka-Kovno.
• Responsa Mei Noach, responsa, halachic novellae and notes to Chayei Adam and Chochmat Adam, by R. Noach Rabinowitz of Timkovichi. Vilna, 1881. On endpaper, ownership inscription and stamp of R. Yechiel Michel HaLevi Epstein, Rabbi of Novardok (1829-1908), leading Lithuanian posek, author of Aruch HaShulchan.
• Chiddushei Halachot Maharam Barby, two parts, by R. Meir Barby, Rabbi of Pressburg. Warsaw, 1885. On title page of Part I, stamp of R. Eliyahu Chaim Meisel, Rabbi of Łódź (1821-1912), leading rabbi in Lithuania and Poland.
• Responsa of R. Akiva Eger, Mahadura Tinyana. Vienna, 1889. First edition. With original back wrapper. Stamps: R. Mordechai Yonatan Katzenellenbogen, the (maternal) uncle of the Chazon Ish, and additional stamps from Kosava.
• Tiv Shemot Gitin, summary of R. Efraim Margaliot's Tiv Gitin, by R. Shmuel Feivush. Vilna, 1873. On title page, signature of R. Dov Aryeh Ritter, Rabbi of Rotterdam (1855-1936), leading Dutch Torah scholar.
• Imrei Yoav, homilies by R. Yoav Rosenbaum, Rabbi of Unsdorf (Huncovce) and Santov (Abaújszántó). Lviv, 1895. Ownership inscription of R. Binyamin Bishka (Lodzman), Rabbi of Trzcianne [famous Lithuanian prodigy, younger brother of the Gadol of Minsk and disciple of the Beit HaLevi in the Volozhin yeshiva].
• Zechuta DeAvraham, homilies and novellae by Rebbe Avraham of Ciechanów. [Warsaw, 1895]. Stamps of R. Meir Dan Plotzky, Rabbi of Warta, author of Kli Chemdah (1866-1928), a leading Polish Torah genius. A founder of Agudat Yisrael in Poland and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
• Magen Avot, on the 39 forbidden labors on Shabbat, by R. Mordechai Benet. Piotrków, 1903. Second edition. Stamps of R. Meir Dan Plotzky, Rabbi of Warta, and stamp of R. Tzvi Hirsch Grodzinsky, a leading American rabbi (1858-1948), relative of R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, immigrated to America in 1891 and served for over 60 years as rabbi in the United States and Canada where he published important halachic and Talmudic works.
• Noam Elimelech, Chassidic homilies on the Torah by Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk. Warsaw, 1880. Stamps of "Yosef Levinstein, Rabbi of Serock (born ca. 1837-1840, d. 1924), a famous Polish rabbi. Known as an expert in rabbinic biography and genealogy, many genealogical records written in Poland at the time relied on his wide-ranging knowledge.
• Yalkut Moshe, selected prayers and ethical teachings from various books, by R. Moshe Levkowitz. Piotrków, 1912. Stamp of R. "Moshe Nachum Yerushalimski, Rabbi of Kielce and the region" (1855-1916).
15 books. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined and are being sold as is.
