Lot 87
Four Books from the Library of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Warka – the Rebbe of Otwock
Four books from the library of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Warka:
· Toldot Yitzchak, by Rabbi Yitzchak Karo. Warsaw, 1877. · Ezor Eliyahu, by Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen. Jerusalem, [1894]. · Igeret Bikoret, by Rabbi Ya'akov Emden. Zhitomir, 1867. · Chesed L'Avraham, by Rabbi Avraham Azulai. Vilna, 1877.
All the books have many stamps of "Rebbe Simcha Bunim ben Rebbe Mordechai Menachem Mendel of Warka currently of Otwock", signatures and ownership inscriptions [in his handwriting?]: "Belongs to Rabbi Simcha Bunim ben Rabbi … of Warka currently of Otwock near Karczew" (more ownership stamps). At the beginning of the book Ezor Eliyahu is the inscription of a name for prayers.
the Otvosk Rebbe – Rebbe Simcha Bunim Kalish (1851-1907), a tsaddik and Rebbe of Warka, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Warka and brother of the Rebbe of Skierniewice. He served as rebbe from his youth (1868). Was known for his halachic stringency, his love of mitzvot and his extreme conduct. In 1888, he immigrated to Eretz Israel from which he was banished two years later by the Turks. On his return to Poland, his Chassidim established his Beit Midrash in the convalescent town of Otwock near Warsaw, from which his name was derived. In 1906, at the end of his days, he returned to Eretz Israel and settled in Tiberias where he later died and was buried. (See the Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, Volume III, pp. 827-828). He greatly impacted Polish Chassidism and his sons and grandsons succeeded him as Rebbe of Warka.
Varied size and condition.
