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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Colection of manuscripts, drafts of halachic responsa and of Torah novellae, by R. Meir Stallewicz, the Khislavichi (Choslovitz) Rabbi, author of M'Beit Meir. [Jerusalem, c. 1930s].
Contains a long (4 pages) autograph letter, signed by R. Moshe Chaskin, regarding his acclimation to Eretz Israel, rescue of Russian Jews and Torah thoughts on the laws of Shevi'it. Rehovot, Tamuz 1933.
Rabbi Meir Stallewicz (1870-1949, Otzar Harabbanim 12917), a leading rabbi in Lithuania and Russia, and later Rabbi in Jerusalem. Disciple of Rabbi Alexander Shlomo Lapidot, served in the Rabbinate of various towns, including Sebezh (Vitebsk region) and Khislavichi (Choslovitz). In 1932, he moved to Jerusalem and was appointed Rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood and its vicinity. In his lifetime, he printed four volumes of his book "M'Beit Meir - Chikrei Halachot", on various treatises.
Rabbi Moshe Chaskin (1872-1950, Otzar HaRabbanim 14708), was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and of the Chafetz Chaim. He served as Rabbi in Krekenava for 15 years, and headed the Mechina [preparatory program] for the Slabodka Yeshiva. During the war, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Pryluky. Moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and became a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem.
[18] written pages. Size varies, 20-22 cm. good condition.
Contains a long (4 pages) autograph letter, signed by R. Moshe Chaskin, regarding his acclimation to Eretz Israel, rescue of Russian Jews and Torah thoughts on the laws of Shevi'it. Rehovot, Tamuz 1933.
Rabbi Meir Stallewicz (1870-1949, Otzar Harabbanim 12917), a leading rabbi in Lithuania and Russia, and later Rabbi in Jerusalem. Disciple of Rabbi Alexander Shlomo Lapidot, served in the Rabbinate of various towns, including Sebezh (Vitebsk region) and Khislavichi (Choslovitz). In 1932, he moved to Jerusalem and was appointed Rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood and its vicinity. In his lifetime, he printed four volumes of his book "M'Beit Meir - Chikrei Halachot", on various treatises.
Rabbi Moshe Chaskin (1872-1950, Otzar HaRabbanim 14708), was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and of the Chafetz Chaim. He served as Rabbi in Krekenava for 15 years, and headed the Mechina [preparatory program] for the Slabodka Yeshiva. During the war, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Pryluky. Moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and became a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem.
[18] written pages. Size varies, 20-22 cm. good condition.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
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Large collection of manuscripts, about 16 notebooks and gathered leaves, most handwritten by R. David Wiezel and some handwritten by his son R. Shmuel Wiezel and other writers.
Talmudic novellae, halachic responsa and homilies, Bible exegesis and Aggadot Chazal, various collected works (from books of responsa and homilies, mussar and Hasidism, books of segulot, and more). Most of the notebooks are from 1946-1948, written after the Rabbi of Baranovichi returned from exile in Siberia, at the time he passed through DP camps in Prague and France. In these notebooks are inscriptions of dates and places in which he stayed during this period (13th of Tishrei 1946 - here in the Ďáblice camp, a suburb of Prague, Czechoslovakia"; "Six days of the month of Mar-Cheshvan 1946…"; "The 28th of Nissan 1947…on the day of the yartzeit of my father"; "The 19th of Cheshvan 1947"; "The 8th of Menachem Av 1948, here in Roissy, a suburb of Paris").
R. David Weizel (1875-1957), son-in-law of R. Chaim Yehuda Leib Lubchansky (the first rabbi of the Jewish community of Baranovichi). After Yehuda Leib Lubchansky passed away, he was succeeded by his son R. Yisrael Ya'akov Lubchansky (mashgiach of the Baranovitch Yeshiva) who then resigned and passed the position on to his brother-in-law R. David Weizel. R. Weizel served in the city's rabbinate for 35 years, from 1906 until he was exiled to Siberia in 1941. He was renowned for his humility and piety. R. Yerucham of Mir attested that Rabbi Weizel was the epitome of a person who flees honor yet honor pursues him (HaNe'eman Year 10, Issue 8, p. 35). After WWII, R. David served as member of the Ichud HaRabbanim in the DP camps in Prague and in 1947 arrived in Paris. He immigrated to Tel Aviv in 1949; there he lived to an old age and died in Tishrei 1957.
His son, R. Shmuel Weizel (1905-1978), was a leading disciple of the Beit Yosef - Navahrudak Yeshiva in Białystok and a childhood friend of the Steipler. Son-in-law of R. Shalom Yitzchak Segal, Rabbi of Tryškiai. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1935 and served as Rabbi of Tel Aviv neighborhoods (Ya'avetz Hatavor and from 1958 - the Brenner neighborhood).
16 items, notebooks and groups of leaves, totaling approx. 300 written pages. Size and condition vary.
Talmudic novellae, halachic responsa and homilies, Bible exegesis and Aggadot Chazal, various collected works (from books of responsa and homilies, mussar and Hasidism, books of segulot, and more). Most of the notebooks are from 1946-1948, written after the Rabbi of Baranovichi returned from exile in Siberia, at the time he passed through DP camps in Prague and France. In these notebooks are inscriptions of dates and places in which he stayed during this period (13th of Tishrei 1946 - here in the Ďáblice camp, a suburb of Prague, Czechoslovakia"; "Six days of the month of Mar-Cheshvan 1946…"; "The 28th of Nissan 1947…on the day of the yartzeit of my father"; "The 19th of Cheshvan 1947"; "The 8th of Menachem Av 1948, here in Roissy, a suburb of Paris").
R. David Weizel (1875-1957), son-in-law of R. Chaim Yehuda Leib Lubchansky (the first rabbi of the Jewish community of Baranovichi). After Yehuda Leib Lubchansky passed away, he was succeeded by his son R. Yisrael Ya'akov Lubchansky (mashgiach of the Baranovitch Yeshiva) who then resigned and passed the position on to his brother-in-law R. David Weizel. R. Weizel served in the city's rabbinate for 35 years, from 1906 until he was exiled to Siberia in 1941. He was renowned for his humility and piety. R. Yerucham of Mir attested that Rabbi Weizel was the epitome of a person who flees honor yet honor pursues him (HaNe'eman Year 10, Issue 8, p. 35). After WWII, R. David served as member of the Ichud HaRabbanim in the DP camps in Prague and in 1947 arrived in Paris. He immigrated to Tel Aviv in 1949; there he lived to an old age and died in Tishrei 1957.
His son, R. Shmuel Weizel (1905-1978), was a leading disciple of the Beit Yosef - Navahrudak Yeshiva in Białystok and a childhood friend of the Steipler. Son-in-law of R. Shalom Yitzchak Segal, Rabbi of Tryškiai. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1935 and served as Rabbi of Tel Aviv neighborhoods (Ya'avetz Hatavor and from 1958 - the Brenner neighborhood).
16 items, notebooks and groups of leaves, totaling approx. 300 written pages. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
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Collection of handwritten pamphlets and leaves. Sermons in Hebrew and in German (in Hebrew letters), novellae on the Shulchan Aruch, etc. Ashkenazi script [Hungary, 19th century].
Most of these manuscripts are in the handwriting of R. Meir Tzipser. Among the sermons are sermons for Shabbat Teshuva and for the Festivals - 1850-1870, delivered in Rechnitz (Rohonc) and in Stuhl-Weissenburg. These include a sermon for Shabbat Chanuka delivered in 1852 and repeated in Rechnitz in 1862; a eulogy on the death of R…Leib Konigsberger" and the version of yizkor upon his demise [R. Yehuda Leib Konigsberger disciple of the Chatam Sofer, first rabbi of the Szombathely community which separated from the Rechnitz community and became independent in 1830. He died on the 11th of Tevet 1861]; collection of interesting letters and letter-drafts. Among the drafts: a trenchant polemic letter against the Rabbis of Nikolsburg and Budapest concerning the kashrut of tefillin boxes.
Rabbi Meir Tsipser (1815-1869) Rabbi of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and from 1858, Rabbi of Rechnitz (Rohonc) was famed for his pamphlet Mei HaShelach (Ofen 1853) in which he toiled to prove the legality of a divorce he had arranged which had become subject to objection. This pamphlet was refuted by Rabbi Gottlieb Fisher [who later became Rabbi of the city's small Orthodox community], in his book Delatayim U'Vriach", Vienna 1856. (For details of this polemic, see Y. Katz, The Rift which Never Healed, Jerusalem 1995, pages 65-68).
More than 100 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
Most of these manuscripts are in the handwriting of R. Meir Tzipser. Among the sermons are sermons for Shabbat Teshuva and for the Festivals - 1850-1870, delivered in Rechnitz (Rohonc) and in Stuhl-Weissenburg. These include a sermon for Shabbat Chanuka delivered in 1852 and repeated in Rechnitz in 1862; a eulogy on the death of R…Leib Konigsberger" and the version of yizkor upon his demise [R. Yehuda Leib Konigsberger disciple of the Chatam Sofer, first rabbi of the Szombathely community which separated from the Rechnitz community and became independent in 1830. He died on the 11th of Tevet 1861]; collection of interesting letters and letter-drafts. Among the drafts: a trenchant polemic letter against the Rabbis of Nikolsburg and Budapest concerning the kashrut of tefillin boxes.
Rabbi Meir Tsipser (1815-1869) Rabbi of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and from 1858, Rabbi of Rechnitz (Rohonc) was famed for his pamphlet Mei HaShelach (Ofen 1853) in which he toiled to prove the legality of a divorce he had arranged which had become subject to objection. This pamphlet was refuted by Rabbi Gottlieb Fisher [who later became Rabbi of the city's small Orthodox community], in his book Delatayim U'Vriach", Vienna 1856. (For details of this polemic, see Y. Katz, The Rift which Never Healed, Jerusalem 1995, pages 65-68).
More than 100 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $750
Sold for: $1,000
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Manuscript, "Sermon which I have delivered in Ujhely", by R. Yirmiyahu Loewe. Ujhely (Hungary), the 7th of Adar 1862.
Handwritten by the author. The sermon is written in a flowery-style typical of his other writings.
In the sermon, he writes of the attributes of Moshe Rabbeinu who was born and died on the 7th of Adar and of the qualities required for a Jewish leader, while severely criticizing rabbis who do notreproach members their congregations: "The tsaddikim, leaders of their generation, cause many to repent from their sins and teach the ways of G-d. This is contrary to those who only worry about themselves…and not about others. They do not speak to those who sway to set them on the straight path…".
The notable R. Yirmiyahu Loewe (1811-1874), son of the author of Sha'arei Torah, a venerable Torah scholar in Hungary in the times of the Ktav Sofer, served in the rabbinate of Vrbové and Ujhely. Authored Divrei Yirmiyahu on the Rambam, on the Talmud, novellae and homilies. These sermons were not printed in the book of sermons (Satmar, 1934).
8 leaves (16 written pages). 25 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New binding.
Handwritten by the author. The sermon is written in a flowery-style typical of his other writings.
In the sermon, he writes of the attributes of Moshe Rabbeinu who was born and died on the 7th of Adar and of the qualities required for a Jewish leader, while severely criticizing rabbis who do notreproach members their congregations: "The tsaddikim, leaders of their generation, cause many to repent from their sins and teach the ways of G-d. This is contrary to those who only worry about themselves…and not about others. They do not speak to those who sway to set them on the straight path…".
The notable R. Yirmiyahu Loewe (1811-1874), son of the author of Sha'arei Torah, a venerable Torah scholar in Hungary in the times of the Ktav Sofer, served in the rabbinate of Vrbové and Ujhely. Authored Divrei Yirmiyahu on the Rambam, on the Talmud, novellae and homilies. These sermons were not printed in the book of sermons (Satmar, 1934).
8 leaves (16 written pages). 25 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
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Manuscript, Tehillot Avraham on Tehillim, handwritten by the author R. Avraham Stern, Dayan in Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). [c. 1920s-1930s].
Complete composition on the entire book of Tehillim, prepared for print but apparently never printed, by the famous prolific author, R. Avraham Stern. R. Avraham Stern (1884-perished in the Holocaust 1944), author of Melitzei Esh, Gapei Esh, Kitvei Esh, Mesader Chilukim V'Shitot, and more; disciple of the Maharam Schick, of the author of Shevet Sofer and of the author of Arugot HaBosem. He was the son-in-law and close assistant of Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman (1852-1944), Rabbi of Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). Murdered in the Auschwitz gas chambers in Sivan 1944 together with his father-in-law who was almost 93 years old at the time, their families and with the Nové Zámky Jewish community.
His three sons are the famous Torah Scholars: R. Bezalel Stern (1910-1988), author of Betzel HaChochma, Rabbi of Vienna and Melbourne; R. Mordechai Stern (1909-1934), author of Rav Chessed; and R. Moshe Stern (1914-1997), the Rabbi of Debrecen-US, author of Be'er Moshe.
[343] handwritten pages. 22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy rodent damage, with severe damage to text. Damaged contemporary binding.
Complete composition on the entire book of Tehillim, prepared for print but apparently never printed, by the famous prolific author, R. Avraham Stern. R. Avraham Stern (1884-perished in the Holocaust 1944), author of Melitzei Esh, Gapei Esh, Kitvei Esh, Mesader Chilukim V'Shitot, and more; disciple of the Maharam Schick, of the author of Shevet Sofer and of the author of Arugot HaBosem. He was the son-in-law and close assistant of Rabbi Yosef Meir Tigerman (1852-1944), Rabbi of Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel, Érsekújvár). Murdered in the Auschwitz gas chambers in Sivan 1944 together with his father-in-law who was almost 93 years old at the time, their families and with the Nové Zámky Jewish community.
His three sons are the famous Torah Scholars: R. Bezalel Stern (1910-1988), author of Betzel HaChochma, Rabbi of Vienna and Melbourne; R. Mordechai Stern (1909-1934), author of Rav Chessed; and R. Moshe Stern (1914-1997), the Rabbi of Debrecen-US, author of Be'er Moshe.
[343] handwritten pages. 22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy rodent damage, with severe damage to text. Damaged contemporary binding.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $3,750
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Manuscript of novellae on the Torah (Chumash Devarim, addendums to all the Five Books of the Torah), sermons for Shabbat HaGadol and for Festivals, and eulogies, by R. Moshe son of R. Aharon David Deutsch. [Salgotarjan, Hungary, cm 1876-1879).
Autograph writing of the author in several types of ink, with additions on margins. Impressed on the spine: "Manuscript of the Maharam Deutsch".
On leaves 111-113 is a eulogy for his father R. Aharon David who died in 1878. This eulogy contains many stories recounting the history of his father and of his grandfather R. Yosef Deutsch Rabbi of Radnice. He tells that his father studied by R. Leib Gloga at the Prague Yeshiva, and after the death of R. Lieb while in the middle of his eulogy for the Maharam Bennet, his father travelled to study in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer. He remained there for several years and his teacher the Chatam Sofer valued him [saying that "At the time he stands to pray, he relies on the merit of R. David Prague…"].
On Leaves 121-123 is a eulogy for the Maharam Shick who died in 1879, praising him that "…He was a stronghold fighting for the Torah against the destroyers and heretics and he taught Torah with utmost devotion for more than 50 years…". On Leaf 134 is a eulogy for Rebbe Shmelke Klein Rabbi of Selish, author of Tzror HaChaim and other eulogies.
R. Moshe Deutsch (1846-1931) was born in Pressburg. His father was R. Aharon David Deutsch disciple of the Chatam Sofer Rabbi of Balassagyarmat, author of Goren David (1813-1878). He was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer and of R. Hillel Lash Rabbi of Kolomyya. He assisted his father in managing the yeshiva in Balassagyarmat and in 1875 was appointed Rabbi of Salgótarján, a position he held for more than 55 years. His novellae were published posthumously in the book Derushei V'Chiddushei HaRambad which was printed in Seini during the height of the Holocaust years in 1943. Some of the novellae which appear in this manuscript were printed in this book (with many changes by the editor), however a part of the novelae were not printed. His sons, sons-in-law and grandsons were renowned Torah teachers and rabbis.
142 leaves. 24 cm. High quality paper. Good condition, slight use damages. Old, slightly damaged binding, fabric with leather spine.
Autograph writing of the author in several types of ink, with additions on margins. Impressed on the spine: "Manuscript of the Maharam Deutsch".
On leaves 111-113 is a eulogy for his father R. Aharon David who died in 1878. This eulogy contains many stories recounting the history of his father and of his grandfather R. Yosef Deutsch Rabbi of Radnice. He tells that his father studied by R. Leib Gloga at the Prague Yeshiva, and after the death of R. Lieb while in the middle of his eulogy for the Maharam Bennet, his father travelled to study in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer. He remained there for several years and his teacher the Chatam Sofer valued him [saying that "At the time he stands to pray, he relies on the merit of R. David Prague…"].
On Leaves 121-123 is a eulogy for the Maharam Shick who died in 1879, praising him that "…He was a stronghold fighting for the Torah against the destroyers and heretics and he taught Torah with utmost devotion for more than 50 years…". On Leaf 134 is a eulogy for Rebbe Shmelke Klein Rabbi of Selish, author of Tzror HaChaim and other eulogies.
R. Moshe Deutsch (1846-1931) was born in Pressburg. His father was R. Aharon David Deutsch disciple of the Chatam Sofer Rabbi of Balassagyarmat, author of Goren David (1813-1878). He was a disciple of the Ktav Sofer and of R. Hillel Lash Rabbi of Kolomyya. He assisted his father in managing the yeshiva in Balassagyarmat and in 1875 was appointed Rabbi of Salgótarján, a position he held for more than 55 years. His novellae were published posthumously in the book Derushei V'Chiddushei HaRambad which was printed in Seini during the height of the Holocaust years in 1943. Some of the novellae which appear in this manuscript were printed in this book (with many changes by the editor), however a part of the novelae were not printed. His sons, sons-in-law and grandsons were renowned Torah teachers and rabbis.
142 leaves. 24 cm. High quality paper. Good condition, slight use damages. Old, slightly damaged binding, fabric with leather spine.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
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Collection of handwritten leaves. Novellae of treatises and various inscriptions, handwritten and signed by R. "Moshe Stern". [19th/20th century].
R. Moshe Stern (1852-1923), a leading rabbi of the Maramureş region was born in Poland and arrived in Hungary as a young man. He received semicha from the author of the Yitav Lev, Rabbi of Siget and for 10 year lived in the city of Wąsewo by his father-in-law R. Yitzchak Leib Kahane. From 1882, he served in the Dragomiresti rabbinate, and in 1890 moved to serve in the rabbinate of Poienile de sub Munte (Hawas-Mezo). His son-in-law is the well-known R. David Shperber Rabbi of Braşov, who was a posek in Poienile de sub Munte during 1908-1922. Few of his novellae were printed in the book Afarkesta D'Anya by his son-in-law R. Shperber (Mahadurat Yerushalayim, 1881).
Approximately [40] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall condition: fair-poor, wear and worming.
R. Moshe Stern (1852-1923), a leading rabbi of the Maramureş region was born in Poland and arrived in Hungary as a young man. He received semicha from the author of the Yitav Lev, Rabbi of Siget and for 10 year lived in the city of Wąsewo by his father-in-law R. Yitzchak Leib Kahane. From 1882, he served in the Dragomiresti rabbinate, and in 1890 moved to serve in the rabbinate of Poienile de sub Munte (Hawas-Mezo). His son-in-law is the well-known R. David Shperber Rabbi of Braşov, who was a posek in Poienile de sub Munte during 1908-1922. Few of his novellae were printed in the book Afarkesta D'Anya by his son-in-law R. Shperber (Mahadurat Yerushalayim, 1881).
Approximately [40] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall condition: fair-poor, wear and worming.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $20,000
Sold for: $42,500
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A leaf (2 large pages) of Torah novellae for Parshat Vayishlach and for Parshat VaYeshev (Shabbat Chanuka), handwritten by R. Moshe Sofer, author of the Chatam Sofer. [Pressburg, 1833]. On the margins is a notation with another passage in his own handwriting.
Large format leaf. The pages are titled "With G-d's help, that which G-d graced me for Parshat Vayishlach". The leaf contains 10 complete sections of Parshat Vayishlach [the Chatam Sofer in the matter of the relationship between Esau and Ya'akov, alludes to the past and to the future] and a complete section of Parshat Vayeshev which roused the Chatam Sofer to discuss the well-known question of the Beit Yosef regarding the eight days of Chanuka. On the margins in a notation [in the handwriting of the grandson of the Chatam Sofer, who mentions "our teacher, the author"] about the date of the miracle of Chanuka.
These teachings have been printed in the book Chatam Sofer on the Torah, by R. Yosef Naftali Stern. The first section was not printed as it is written here [due to another similar idea printed in 1903, briefly mentioned in the notations of Sha'ar Yosef]. The section on Chanuka matter was printed in the Derashot Chatam Sofer, Part 1, p. 134. (See enclosed material).
Leaf - [2] written pages, approximately 97 lines in his own handwriting. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slightly worn at the margins.
Large format leaf. The pages are titled "With G-d's help, that which G-d graced me for Parshat Vayishlach". The leaf contains 10 complete sections of Parshat Vayishlach [the Chatam Sofer in the matter of the relationship between Esau and Ya'akov, alludes to the past and to the future] and a complete section of Parshat Vayeshev which roused the Chatam Sofer to discuss the well-known question of the Beit Yosef regarding the eight days of Chanuka. On the margins in a notation [in the handwriting of the grandson of the Chatam Sofer, who mentions "our teacher, the author"] about the date of the miracle of Chanuka.
These teachings have been printed in the book Chatam Sofer on the Torah, by R. Yosef Naftali Stern. The first section was not printed as it is written here [due to another similar idea printed in 1903, briefly mentioned in the notations of Sha'ar Yosef]. The section on Chanuka matter was printed in the Derashot Chatam Sofer, Part 1, p. 134. (See enclosed material).
Leaf - [2] written pages, approximately 97 lines in his own handwriting. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Slightly worn at the margins.
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![Manuscript with a list of the names of children circumcised by the Chatam Sofer during 1813-1839. [Bratislava], [ca. beginnin](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale54-public/189.jpg "Manuscript - Copy from the Circumcision Ledger of the Chatam Sofer")
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Manuscript with a list of the names of children circumcised by the Chatam Sofer during 1813-1839. [Bratislava], [ca. beginning of the 20th century].
This ledger is an abridged copy of the circumcision ledger of the Chatam Sofer and has a list of approximately 730 babies he circumcised in Pressburg (Bratislava). Recorded in this ledger are corresponding page numbers in the original ledger, the days of the week, the Hebrew dates, the names of the children and their fathers and the Hebrew letters Chet, Peh or Chet-Peh which denote the rites performed by the Chatam Sofer in each circumcision. If he performed the circumcision exclusively, he marked the entry with a Chet [initial for "Chatach" (cut)], if he only performed the pri'ah, he wrote a Peh, and if he performed both he wrote both letters.
The pages are titled: "Author of the Chatam Sofer - here in the Pressburg community, 1711" and stamped: "Bratislava sc.". The ledger was apparently copied by R. Avraham Greensfeld, the Pressburg "community scribe". On the last leaf of the ledger is his stamp: "Avraham Segal Greensfeld - scribe and trustee of the Pressburg community" [the Segal Greensfeld family was a family of rabbis and important public figures in the Pressburg community. The name of one of their offspring appear in this ledger: "The child Wolf Segal son of R. Avraham Greensfeld" (the 7th of Adar 1834)].
Among the names of the circumcised babies are also descendants and family members of the Chatam Sofer himself and leading Hungarian Torah scholars of the following generation: "My son Shmuel Binyamin, called Shmuel Wolf" [author of the Ktav Sofer]. 7th of Adar Bet 1815; "My son Shimon" [later became Rabbi of Krakow], "28 [days] from his birth" (11th of Shevat 1821); "My son Yosef called Yuspa", (23rd of Tamuz 1825). His grandsons: "Elyakim son of my son R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin" (28th of Shevat 1834) [died in his childhood]; "My grandson Shlomo son of my son-in-law M. Eliyahu Kornitzer" (17th of Cheshvan 1835); "My grandson Akiva son of my son-in-law R. Yisrael Geiger" (the 7th of Elul 1838); "My grandson Shaul son of my son-in-law David Hirsh Ehrenfeld', (15th of Sivan 1839); "My grandson Akiva son of my son R. Shimon" (27th of Elul 1839). "Yisrael called Isserel son of my esteemed sister" (5th of Tishrei 1824); "Yisrael called Isseral son of R. Daniel Prostitz" [Ra'avad of Pressburg], (18th of Kislev 1818); "Chaim son of R. Fishel Sofer" [later, the Machane Chaim], (Yom Kippur 1821); "Akiva Yosef son of R. Yechiel son of R. Hirsh Ber" [R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of Lev HaIvri], (12th of Kislev 1837).
[52] pages. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. New binding.
This ledger is an abridged copy of the circumcision ledger of the Chatam Sofer and has a list of approximately 730 babies he circumcised in Pressburg (Bratislava). Recorded in this ledger are corresponding page numbers in the original ledger, the days of the week, the Hebrew dates, the names of the children and their fathers and the Hebrew letters Chet, Peh or Chet-Peh which denote the rites performed by the Chatam Sofer in each circumcision. If he performed the circumcision exclusively, he marked the entry with a Chet [initial for "Chatach" (cut)], if he only performed the pri'ah, he wrote a Peh, and if he performed both he wrote both letters.
The pages are titled: "Author of the Chatam Sofer - here in the Pressburg community, 1711" and stamped: "Bratislava sc.". The ledger was apparently copied by R. Avraham Greensfeld, the Pressburg "community scribe". On the last leaf of the ledger is his stamp: "Avraham Segal Greensfeld - scribe and trustee of the Pressburg community" [the Segal Greensfeld family was a family of rabbis and important public figures in the Pressburg community. The name of one of their offspring appear in this ledger: "The child Wolf Segal son of R. Avraham Greensfeld" (the 7th of Adar 1834)].
Among the names of the circumcised babies are also descendants and family members of the Chatam Sofer himself and leading Hungarian Torah scholars of the following generation: "My son Shmuel Binyamin, called Shmuel Wolf" [author of the Ktav Sofer]. 7th of Adar Bet 1815; "My son Shimon" [later became Rabbi of Krakow], "28 [days] from his birth" (11th of Shevat 1821); "My son Yosef called Yuspa", (23rd of Tamuz 1825). His grandsons: "Elyakim son of my son R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin" (28th of Shevat 1834) [died in his childhood]; "My grandson Shlomo son of my son-in-law M. Eliyahu Kornitzer" (17th of Cheshvan 1835); "My grandson Akiva son of my son-in-law R. Yisrael Geiger" (the 7th of Elul 1838); "My grandson Shaul son of my son-in-law David Hirsh Ehrenfeld', (15th of Sivan 1839); "My grandson Akiva son of my son R. Shimon" (27th of Elul 1839). "Yisrael called Isserel son of my esteemed sister" (5th of Tishrei 1824); "Yisrael called Isseral son of R. Daniel Prostitz" [Ra'avad of Pressburg], (18th of Kislev 1818); "Chaim son of R. Fishel Sofer" [later, the Machane Chaim], (Yom Kippur 1821); "Akiva Yosef son of R. Yechiel son of R. Hirsh Ber" [R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of Lev HaIvri], (12th of Kislev 1837).
[52] pages. 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. New binding.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Official document, a declaration regarding a couple interested in marrying. Krakow, 1861. German.
At the bottom of the document is the signature of Rabbi Shimon Sofer: "Simon Schreiber [=sofer] Rabbiner..." and underneath is the stamp of the Krakow Jewish community.
Rabbi Shimon Sofer of Krakow (1821-1883) son and disciple of the Chatam Sofer was a prominent rabbi in his times and an exceptional Torah scholar, holy and pure from his childhood. His father considered his mind and ideas untainted and relied on R. Shimon's reasoning from the time of his youth. He also studied kabbalah following his father's advice. He served in the Mattersdorf rabbinate and in 1861 was appointed Rabbi of Krakow. He was one of the Orthodox Jewish leaders of Galicia and also served in the Viennese parliament. His books: "Michtav Sofer" - responsa, novella and homiletics on the Torah.
At the top of the document are official postage stamps.
33.5 cm. Good condition. Few tears to margins and folding creases.
At the bottom of the document is the signature of Rabbi Shimon Sofer: "Simon Schreiber [=sofer] Rabbiner..." and underneath is the stamp of the Krakow Jewish community.
Rabbi Shimon Sofer of Krakow (1821-1883) son and disciple of the Chatam Sofer was a prominent rabbi in his times and an exceptional Torah scholar, holy and pure from his childhood. His father considered his mind and ideas untainted and relied on R. Shimon's reasoning from the time of his youth. He also studied kabbalah following his father's advice. He served in the Mattersdorf rabbinate and in 1861 was appointed Rabbi of Krakow. He was one of the Orthodox Jewish leaders of Galicia and also served in the Viennese parliament. His books: "Michtav Sofer" - responsa, novella and homiletics on the Torah.
At the top of the document are official postage stamps.
33.5 cm. Good condition. Few tears to margins and folding creases.
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The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,000
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Sifri, Bamidbar-Devarim. With Kuntress Acharon by R. David Heshel Ish Horowitz son of the Machane Levi. Sulzbach, 1802. Approbations by R. Pinchas Horowitz author of the Hafla'ah and R. Mordechai Bennet Rabbi of Nikolsburg.
On the margins of the title page is an interesting dedication to the Ktav Sofer upon his marriage [in 1833], from one of his friends who highly praises the Ktav Sofer ("son of holy descent and he himself is holy") and signs "Leib son of R. Mordechai Zvi ---".
Ownership inscription of the son of the Ktav Sofer, R. Shimon Sofer, Rabbi of Erlau and of his grandson, R. Moshe Sofer, Rabbi in Erlau. Stamps of his great-grandson R. Yochanan Sofer Rabbi of Erlau-Jerusalem. On page 39/a is the signature of "Yochanan son of Maharam". Offered here is a copy which was passed on through four generations of leading Torah scholars in Hungary and in Eretz Israel.
R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, known as "R. Shmuel Wolf" (1815-1872), was one of the leading Torah figures of his times. Eldest son of the Chatam Sofer, from 1839 succeeded his father in the rabbinate and as head of the Pressburg Yeshiva. His disciples were prominent rabbis in Hungary and its surroundings. His works of responsa and Talmudic novellae and commentary on the Torah are titled Ktav Sofer. His son, R. Shimon Sofer (1850-1944), author of Hitorerut Teshuva, served as Rabbi of Erlau for more than 60 years, assisted by his son R. Moshe Sofer, author of Yad Sofer, who served as Ra'avad of the city. He was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz at the age of close to 95 together with his son Rabbi Moshe. Their progeny R. Yochanan Sofer the Erlau Rebbe (1923-2016), was one of the eldest rebbes of our generation and headed the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael. He headed the "Ohel Shimon - Erlau" Yeshiva and founded the Erlau community, which is one of the largest Chassidic communities established in Eretz Israel after the Holocaust.
[1], 87, [2] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Few stains. On leaves 34-36 are many glosses in a later handwriting. Old binding, non-contemporary.
On the margins of the title page is an interesting dedication to the Ktav Sofer upon his marriage [in 1833], from one of his friends who highly praises the Ktav Sofer ("son of holy descent and he himself is holy") and signs "Leib son of R. Mordechai Zvi ---".
Ownership inscription of the son of the Ktav Sofer, R. Shimon Sofer, Rabbi of Erlau and of his grandson, R. Moshe Sofer, Rabbi in Erlau. Stamps of his great-grandson R. Yochanan Sofer Rabbi of Erlau-Jerusalem. On page 39/a is the signature of "Yochanan son of Maharam". Offered here is a copy which was passed on through four generations of leading Torah scholars in Hungary and in Eretz Israel.
R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, known as "R. Shmuel Wolf" (1815-1872), was one of the leading Torah figures of his times. Eldest son of the Chatam Sofer, from 1839 succeeded his father in the rabbinate and as head of the Pressburg Yeshiva. His disciples were prominent rabbis in Hungary and its surroundings. His works of responsa and Talmudic novellae and commentary on the Torah are titled Ktav Sofer. His son, R. Shimon Sofer (1850-1944), author of Hitorerut Teshuva, served as Rabbi of Erlau for more than 60 years, assisted by his son R. Moshe Sofer, author of Yad Sofer, who served as Ra'avad of the city. He was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz at the age of close to 95 together with his son Rabbi Moshe. Their progeny R. Yochanan Sofer the Erlau Rebbe (1923-2016), was one of the eldest rebbes of our generation and headed the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael. He headed the "Ohel Shimon - Erlau" Yeshiva and founded the Erlau community, which is one of the largest Chassidic communities established in Eretz Israel after the Holocaust.
[1], 87, [2] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Few stains. On leaves 34-36 are many glosses in a later handwriting. Old binding, non-contemporary.
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The Chatam Sofer and his Family; Hungarian Rabbis - Letters and Manuscripts
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Sha'ar HaMelech, on the Rambam. Three parts. By Rabbi Yitzchak Nunez Belmonte. With Ta'am HaMelech by Rabbi Baruch Jeitteles the physician of Prague. Brünn, [1801-1803]. Second edition of Sha'ar HaMelech and first edition of Ta'am HaMelech.
On the title page: "I have purchased from R. Leib --- of Pressburg. Simcha Sofer" - signature of Rabbi Simcha [Bunam] Sofer, author of Shevet Sofer (1843-1907), son of the Ktav Sofer, from 1872 his successor in the Pressburg rabbinate and head of the yeshivah. A prominent rabbi in his times, he stood at the helm of Hungarian Charedi Jewry. Most of the Hungarian rabbis of that generation were his disciples. Among his works are the Shevet Sofer responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, Shevet Sofer novellae on the Talmud and Sha'arei Simcha on the Torah.
[4], 88 leaves; [1], 137 leaves; 104 leaves. 35.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Heavy wear, with minor worming. Old, very worn binding.
Ta'am HaMelech has drawn much criticism and opposition due to the [partial] affiliation of its author, Rabbi Baruch Jeitteles to the Enlightenment Movement in Prague and in Berlin. Among other allegations, the author was accused of stealing novellae from other books. Reputedly, studying his books was banned in Hungarian yeshivas. However, this book has the signature of the greatest of the yeshiva heads in Hungary, who stood at the helm of the illustrious Pressburg Yeshiva for more than 30 years.
On the title page: "I have purchased from R. Leib --- of Pressburg. Simcha Sofer" - signature of Rabbi Simcha [Bunam] Sofer, author of Shevet Sofer (1843-1907), son of the Ktav Sofer, from 1872 his successor in the Pressburg rabbinate and head of the yeshivah. A prominent rabbi in his times, he stood at the helm of Hungarian Charedi Jewry. Most of the Hungarian rabbis of that generation were his disciples. Among his works are the Shevet Sofer responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch, Shevet Sofer novellae on the Talmud and Sha'arei Simcha on the Torah.
[4], 88 leaves; [1], 137 leaves; 104 leaves. 35.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Heavy wear, with minor worming. Old, very worn binding.
Ta'am HaMelech has drawn much criticism and opposition due to the [partial] affiliation of its author, Rabbi Baruch Jeitteles to the Enlightenment Movement in Prague and in Berlin. Among other allegations, the author was accused of stealing novellae from other books. Reputedly, studying his books was banned in Hungarian yeshivas. However, this book has the signature of the greatest of the yeshiva heads in Hungary, who stood at the helm of the illustrious Pressburg Yeshiva for more than 30 years.
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