Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Babylonian Talmud. Complete set. Dyhernfurth. [1800-1804]. Widow and Brothers Maia Printing Press.
12 volumes: 1. Berachot and seder Zeraim. [1803]; 2. Shabbat [1800], Eiruvin [1801]; 3. Pesachim, Beitzah [1800]. Chagigah, Moed Katan. [1801]. 4. Rosh Hashanah [1800], Yoma, Sukkah, Ta’anit, Shekalim, Megillah [1801]. 5. Yevamot [1804], Ketubot [1803], Kidushin [1804]; 6. Gittin, Nedarim, Nazir, Sotah [1803]; 7. Bava Kamma, Bava Metziah [1800]; 8. Bava Batra, Avodah Zarah [1801]; 9. Sanhedrin, Shvuot, Makot, Horayot, Eduyot [1802]. 10. Zevachim [1800], Menachot [1803], Bechorot [1802]; 11. Chulin, Erchin, Temurah [1802], Keritot [1803], Me’ilah [1802]. 12. Niddah and Seder Taharot [1802].
Signatures, ownership notations, family notations and many scribbles on binding leaves.
37 cm. General condition good-fair. Stains, wear and tear. Original leather bindings, damaged and worn.
12 volumes: 1. Berachot and seder Zeraim. [1803]; 2. Shabbat [1800], Eiruvin [1801]; 3. Pesachim, Beitzah [1800]. Chagigah, Moed Katan. [1801]. 4. Rosh Hashanah [1800], Yoma, Sukkah, Ta’anit, Shekalim, Megillah [1801]. 5. Yevamot [1804], Ketubot [1803], Kidushin [1804]; 6. Gittin, Nedarim, Nazir, Sotah [1803]; 7. Bava Kamma, Bava Metziah [1800]; 8. Bava Batra, Avodah Zarah [1801]; 9. Sanhedrin, Shvuot, Makot, Horayot, Eduyot [1802]. 10. Zevachim [1800], Menachot [1803], Bechorot [1802]; 11. Chulin, Erchin, Temurah [1802], Keritot [1803], Me’ilah [1802]. 12. Niddah and Seder Taharot [1802].
Signatures, ownership notations, family notations and many scribbles on binding leaves.
37 cm. General condition good-fair. Stains, wear and tear. Original leather bindings, damaged and worn.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Babylonian Talmud, with Rav Alfas and Mordechai. Zhitomir, 1858-1864. Shapiro Brothers Printing Press.
18-volume set. Missing: tractate Ketubot.
18 volumes: Berachot; Shabbat; Eiruvin; Pesacim-Chagigah; Rosh Hashanah-Yoma-Sukkah; Beitza-Ta’anit-Megilla-Moed Katan; Yevamot-Sotah; Gittin; Nazir; Kiddushim-Nedarim; Bava Kamma; Bava Metziah; Bava Batra; Sanhedrin-Makot-Horayot-Eduyot-Avot and small tractates; Shvuot-Avodah Zarah; Zevachim-Menachot; Chulin; Bechorot-Erchin-Temurah-Kritot-Meilah-Tamid; Nidah.
38 cm. Conditions of volumes vary; good-fair. Stains, wear, moth damage and tears. Damaged bindings.
18-volume set. Missing: tractate Ketubot.
18 volumes: Berachot; Shabbat; Eiruvin; Pesacim-Chagigah; Rosh Hashanah-Yoma-Sukkah; Beitza-Ta’anit-Megilla-Moed Katan; Yevamot-Sotah; Gittin; Nazir; Kiddushim-Nedarim; Bava Kamma; Bava Metziah; Bava Batra; Sanhedrin-Makot-Horayot-Eduyot-Avot and small tractates; Shvuot-Avodah Zarah; Zevachim-Menachot; Chulin; Bechorot-Erchin-Temurah-Kritot-Meilah-Tamid; Nidah.
38 cm. Conditions of volumes vary; good-fair. Stains, wear, moth damage and tears. Damaged bindings.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Full set of Babylonian Talmud, with all the commentaries, "As printed earlier in Slavita and in Vilna". Reduced format edition (each page of the regular editions is divided into two pages). Lemberg, 1860. Printed by the partners Rabbi Yissachar Beck and Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Menkish.
Includes Hilchot Rav Alfas, on 17 tractates, (some were bound together with the Talmud and some separately).
Many signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh [HaCohen] Brecher" from the city of Sloboda.
29 volumes, approximately 21-22 cm. Varying condition, wear, foxing. Original leather adorned bindings, most with new gluing on spine.
Includes Hilchot Rav Alfas, on 17 tractates, (some were bound together with the Talmud and some separately).
Many signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh [HaCohen] Brecher" from the city of Sloboda.
29 volumes, approximately 21-22 cm. Varying condition, wear, foxing. Original leather adorned bindings, most with new gluing on spine.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Babylonian Talmud. 11 volumes of the edition printed by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Rabbis in the US and Canada (OU). Montreal, 1919-[1920]. Photocopy edition of the Vilna Talmud.
Tractates: Shabbat, Eruvin, Gittin, Kiddushin, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin, Makot, Shevuot, Chulin, Bechorot, Erchin, Temura, Kritut, Me'ila, Kinim, Tamid, Midot, Nidah, Taharot (two double volumes).
Some of the volumes include printed dedications to donors and contributors to the publishing of this edition.
• Attached is a volume of Tractate Gittin. Published by Va'ad HaHatzala. New York. 1951.
12 volumes. 38 cm. Varied condition. Good-fair.
Tractates: Shabbat, Eruvin, Gittin, Kiddushin, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin, Makot, Shevuot, Chulin, Bechorot, Erchin, Temura, Kritut, Me'ila, Kinim, Tamid, Midot, Nidah, Taharot (two double volumes).
Some of the volumes include printed dedications to donors and contributors to the publishing of this edition.
• Attached is a volume of Tractate Gittin. Published by Va'ad HaHatzala. New York. 1951.
12 volumes. 38 cm. Varied condition. Good-fair.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Talmud Yerushalmi, Seder Nashim, with the Pnei Moshe commentary, by Rabbi Moshe Margaliot. Amsterdam, 1755. First edition of Pnei Moshe on Seder Nashim.
The title page has two signatures of Rabbi "Shazvani Yerushalmi" – Rabbi Shneur Zalman ben Rabbi Nachum Yosef Schneerson (died 1882), great Chabad leader in Hebron and Jerusalem. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Schneerson son of the Ba'al HaTanya, author of Nimukei Shazvani (Jerusalem, 1876-1879).
[2], 40 leaves; 27 leaves; 39 leaves; 19 leaves; 29 leaves; 25 leaves; 23 leaves; 2 leaves. 36 cm. Fair condition, wear, stains and moth holes. Old worn detached binding.
The title page has two signatures of Rabbi "Shazvani Yerushalmi" – Rabbi Shneur Zalman ben Rabbi Nachum Yosef Schneerson (died 1882), great Chabad leader in Hebron and Jerusalem. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Schneerson son of the Ba'al HaTanya, author of Nimukei Shazvani (Jerusalem, 1876-1879).
[2], 40 leaves; 27 leaves; 39 leaves; 19 leaves; 29 leaves; 25 leaves; 23 leaves; 2 leaves. 36 cm. Fair condition, wear, stains and moth holes. Old worn detached binding.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
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Duo tituli Thalmvdici Sanhedrin et Maccoth, cum excerptis ex utriusque Gemara, versa, & annotationibus, depromtis maximam partem, ex Ebraeorum commentariis. Amsterdam, 1629.
Hebrew text and Latin translation, column opposite column. Notes in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The Latin translation and the Latin and Greek explanations are by Johann Coch. At the beginning of the book are poems in his honor, and some poems which he wrote, in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
[32], 436, [4], 18.5 cm. Several handwritten glosses (Latin). Stamps. Stains. Non-original binding.
Hebrew text and Latin translation, column opposite column. Notes in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. The Latin translation and the Latin and Greek explanations are by Johann Coch. At the beginning of the book are poems in his honor, and some poems which he wrote, in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
[32], 436, [4], 18.5 cm. Several handwritten glosses (Latin). Stamps. Stains. Non-original binding.
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Bava Kama from the Tractate Nezikin, De legibus Ebraeorum forensibus liber singularis. Printed by Lugduni Batavorum, Leiden, 1637.
Hebrew text and Latin translation, column opposite column. The explanations are in Latin with a little Hebrew.
[24] leaves, 306, [21] pages, 29 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains. Library stamps. The body of the book, its spine and binding have split into two separate parts (pp. 128-129). Original leather binding, slightly worn.
Hebrew text and Latin translation, column opposite column. The explanations are in Latin with a little Hebrew.
[24] leaves, 306, [21] pages, 29 cm. Overall good condition. Few stains. Library stamps. The body of the book, its spine and binding have split into two separate parts (pp. 128-129). Original leather binding, slightly worn.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Full set of the Tur, with Bayit Chadash. Choshen Mishpat also includes Beit Yisrael (Prisha V'Drisha). Frankfurt am Main, 1712-1715. First edition of Prisha V'Drisha on Choshen Mishpat. Approbation by Rabbi Shmuel Shatin – the Maharshashach.
On all title pages appear signatures of Rabbi "Yuzpa Cohen" and signatures of "Shlomo M'Dubno".
Rabbi Shlomo of Dubno (1739-1813), disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Chelm, author of Mirkavat HaMishna, published many books, both his own and books written by others. Famous for knowledge of the wisdom of scriptures, mesorah and Hebrew grammar. During the time he stayed in Vilna, the Vilna Gaon asked him to investigate the masoret of Nevi'im and Ketuvim (petuchot, setumot chaserot and yeterot) – see testimony of Rabbi Pesach Pinfer of Vilna (in his article in Beit Va'ad LaChachamim, 1902 and in his book Masoret HaTorah V'Hanevi'im, Vilna 1906). He was one of the editors of the "commentary" by Moshe Mendelssohn on Bereshit, but when he realized Mendelssohn's reform intentions, he left him and published Chumashim on his own. He received approbations for publishing these Chumashim from the leading Torah scholars of his times (Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi of Vilna; Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Rabbi Zelmele of Volozhin, disciples of the Vilna Gaon; Torah leaders of Vilna, Shklov and Slotzk, the Kloiz in Brod; rabbis of Lvov, Berlin, Frankfurt etc. (The notebook of signatures was publicized by Rabbi Kamenetsky in Yeshurun 8-10, ibid).
Possibly, the signature "Yuzpa Cohen" belongs to Rabbi Yuzpa Cohen, disciple of Chacham Zvi and Rabbi David Oppenheim, whose responsa was printed in Nishal David responsa, Yoreh De'ah Siman 2. [Other Torah scholars in those generations were called Yuzpa Cohen as well, and we have no definite identification].
5 volumes, 32-33 cm. Good to fair condition, stains, wear and moth damage. On one title page, the signatures are hidden under paper pasting. Ancient parchment bindings, varying conditions. Orach Chaim is lacking back cover.
On all title pages appear signatures of Rabbi "Yuzpa Cohen" and signatures of "Shlomo M'Dubno".
Rabbi Shlomo of Dubno (1739-1813), disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Chelm, author of Mirkavat HaMishna, published many books, both his own and books written by others. Famous for knowledge of the wisdom of scriptures, mesorah and Hebrew grammar. During the time he stayed in Vilna, the Vilna Gaon asked him to investigate the masoret of Nevi'im and Ketuvim (petuchot, setumot chaserot and yeterot) – see testimony of Rabbi Pesach Pinfer of Vilna (in his article in Beit Va'ad LaChachamim, 1902 and in his book Masoret HaTorah V'Hanevi'im, Vilna 1906). He was one of the editors of the "commentary" by Moshe Mendelssohn on Bereshit, but when he realized Mendelssohn's reform intentions, he left him and published Chumashim on his own. He received approbations for publishing these Chumashim from the leading Torah scholars of his times (Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi of Vilna; Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Rabbi Zelmele of Volozhin, disciples of the Vilna Gaon; Torah leaders of Vilna, Shklov and Slotzk, the Kloiz in Brod; rabbis of Lvov, Berlin, Frankfurt etc. (The notebook of signatures was publicized by Rabbi Kamenetsky in Yeshurun 8-10, ibid).
Possibly, the signature "Yuzpa Cohen" belongs to Rabbi Yuzpa Cohen, disciple of Chacham Zvi and Rabbi David Oppenheim, whose responsa was printed in Nishal David responsa, Yoreh De'ah Siman 2. [Other Torah scholars in those generations were called Yuzpa Cohen as well, and we have no definite identification].
5 volumes, 32-33 cm. Good to fair condition, stains, wear and moth damage. On one title page, the signatures are hidden under paper pasting. Ancient parchment bindings, varying conditions. Orach Chaim is lacking back cover.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Shulchan Aruch, Part 4 – Choshen Mishpat, with Be'er HaGola by Rabbi Moshe Ravkash. Amsterdam, 1664.
First edition of the famous work by Rabbi Moshe Ravkash, "Be'er HaGola" which reveals the source of the laws and rulings in the Shulchan Aruch.
Rabbi Moshe Ravkash (1600-1684) a renowned Lithuanian Torah scholar, grandfather of the Vilna Gaon. Served as Rabbi of Vilna. In 1655, after Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his Cossacks ravaged Vilna, he escaped the city and reached Amsterdam and Rotterdam. There he was recognized by the Dutch printers Efraim Bo'ino and Ya'akov Castilo and they asked him to proofread the edition of the Shulchan Aruch they were about to publish. Rabbi Moshe's composition Be'er HaGola was attached to this edition printed between 1661-1664 and since then has become one of the most important commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch and is printed in every edition of the Shulchan Aruch until today.
486 leaves. 15 cm. Stains. Moth damage. Loose leaves. Leather binding, damages. Gilt impression of decorations and owner's name: "Refael Nissim Toronto", with the year"5630" [1870]. Later signature in pen.
First edition of the famous work by Rabbi Moshe Ravkash, "Be'er HaGola" which reveals the source of the laws and rulings in the Shulchan Aruch.
Rabbi Moshe Ravkash (1600-1684) a renowned Lithuanian Torah scholar, grandfather of the Vilna Gaon. Served as Rabbi of Vilna. In 1655, after Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his Cossacks ravaged Vilna, he escaped the city and reached Amsterdam and Rotterdam. There he was recognized by the Dutch printers Efraim Bo'ino and Ya'akov Castilo and they asked him to proofread the edition of the Shulchan Aruch they were about to publish. Rabbi Moshe's composition Be'er HaGola was attached to this edition printed between 1661-1664 and since then has become one of the most important commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch and is printed in every edition of the Shulchan Aruch until today.
486 leaves. 15 cm. Stains. Moth damage. Loose leaves. Leather binding, damages. Gilt impression of decorations and owner's name: "Refael Nissim Toronto", with the year"5630" [1870]. Later signature in pen.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Darkei No'am responsa, Rabbi Mordechai HaLevi Av Beit Din in Egypt. With a pamphlet written by his son Rabbi Avraham HaLevi. Venice, 1697. First edition. Bragadin printing. On verso of title page is an illustration of Tzurat HaBayit. On the leaf before title page is a signed ownership inscription, handwritten at time of printing: "I bought this from Rabbi Ya'akov of Lublin, Avraham Tiktin".
282, 41 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, stains and minor damage, detached title page, parchment binding torn and damaged.
282, 41 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, stains and minor damage, detached title page, parchment binding torn and damaged.
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• Nodah B'Yehuda, responsa of Rabbi Yechezkel HaLevi Landau. Parts 1-2. Prague, 1776. First edition of "Mahadura Kama", published in the author's lifetime.
• Nodah B'Yehuda, "Mahadura Tanina", Parts 1-2, Prague, 1811.
Both volumes include stamps and signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir, son of Rabbi Yeshaya Segal
Prives of Warsaw [a wealthy leader of the Chassidic Warsaw community].
Two volumes: [2], 86, [9]; [1], 157 leaves; [6], 2-161, 163-170; [1], 169, 150-159, [1] leaves. 32-32.5 cm. Good condition, wear and stains. Few glosses,
half-leather worn bindings.
• Nodah B'Yehuda, "Mahadura Tanina", Parts 1-2, Prague, 1811.
Both volumes include stamps and signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir, son of Rabbi Yeshaya Segal
Prives of Warsaw [a wealthy leader of the Chassidic Warsaw community].
Two volumes: [2], 86, [9]; [1], 157 leaves; [6], 2-161, 163-170; [1], 169, 150-159, [1] leaves. 32-32.5 cm. Good condition, wear and stains. Few glosses,
half-leather worn bindings.
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Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
April 2, 2014
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Pe'at HaShulchan, laws pertaining to Eretz Israel. By Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov, disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Safed, 1836. First edition. Printed by Yisrael Beck.
[5], 2-109, [1] leaves. 30 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper, good-fair condition, restored damages to title page. Stains, slight wear and moth damage. Lightly worn binding.
One of the last books printed in Safed before the earthquake in 1837 (thereafter the author and the printer moved to Jerusalem after losing most of their family and property in the quake). The last leaf, "Listing of mistakes and corrections" is rare and does not appear in some copies.
[5], 2-109, [1] leaves. 30 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper, good-fair condition, restored damages to title page. Stains, slight wear and moth damage. Lightly worn binding.
One of the last books printed in Safed before the earthquake in 1837 (thereafter the author and the printer moved to Jerusalem after losing most of their family and property in the quake). The last leaf, "Listing of mistakes and corrections" is rare and does not appear in some copies.
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