Babylonian Talmud - complete set. Munich-Heidelberg, [1948]. "Published by Union of Rabbis in the American region of Ashkenaz".
After WWII, the demand for Gemarot and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. At first, only a few tractates were printed in various formats. In 1948, the presented edition - a complete edition of the Talmud - was printed for the first time. Each volume contains two title pages. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany; on the upper part is an illustration of a Jewish town with the caption "From slavery to redemption and from darkness to great light"; on the lower part of the title page is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp, with the caption: "Labor camp in Ashkenaz during Nazi era". "They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts".
19 volumes. 39 cm. Very good condition. Original complete bindings. Several ownership inscriptions. Slight tears to a few leaves. Minor damages to some of the bindings.

Five books from the libraries of the members of the Weil family of Karlsruhe, descendants of the author of Korban Netanel. Including a book with the signature and glosses of R. Yedidya Tia Weil, Rabbi of Karlsruhe, and illustrious disciple of R. Jonathan Eybeschutz.
1. Yeshu'ah B'Yisrael on the laws of Kiddush HaChodesh by the Rambam. Frankfurt am Main, 1720. Illustrated title page, figures of Moshe and Aharon, David and Yehonatan. Astronomical illustrations. On the title page is a signature of "Tia son of R. Netanel Weil". Several glosses in his handwriting.
[4], 58, [1] leaves. 31.5 cm. Fair condition, open tears to the upper corners of the first 20 leaves. Stains and wear. Old torn binding, with gluings. [The last leaf with omissions and revisions is rare and does not appear in most copies].
2. Mashmi'a Yeshua, explanations of Talmudic sayings and the Midrash related to the Redemption, by R. Isaac Abarbanel. [Amsterdam], [1644]. Cutoff signature on title page, and ownership inscription: "Belongs to Ya'akov Weil of Karlsruhe".
83, [1] leaves. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Wear damages on leaf 2. New binding.
3-4. Or Chachamim, Talmudic halachic novellae, by R. Benjamin Katzenelnbogen. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1752]. On the title page is a cutoff dedication in the handwriting of R. "Yosef son of R. Lima --- of Amsterdam", who dedicated the book to R. Eliya[hu] Weil.
· Bound with: Chiddushei Halachot Part 2, by R. Yitzchak HaLevi, brother and teacher of the author of Turei Zahav. Neuwied, 1736.
[1], 55 leaves; 32 leaves. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Old worn detached binding.
5. Shivah Shitot L'Harashba, novellae of the Rashba on seven Talmudic tractates. Constantinople, [1720]. First edition. On the title page is the signature of R. Ya'akov Weil, and a nice dedication handwritten and signed by R. Moshe of Gîlgău, author of the book Chevel L'Hachyot, to his brother-in-law R. Shimon son of Itzik Kalkar - "Rashba Kalkari". Hamburg 1808.
[2], 191 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition, minor worming. New binding.
R. Yedidya Tia Weil (1722-1806), leading Torah scholar in his times, son of R. Netanel Weil, author of Korban Netanel and prominent disciple of Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the author of the Noda B'Yehudah and with the author of the Hafla'ah. From 1770, he succeeded his father as Rabbi of Karlsruhe and Baden. In his lifetime, only his anonymous commentary, Marbeh LeSaper on the Passover Haggadah was printed, however currently, many of his manuscripts are being printed.

Sefer HaMenucha, novellae on the Rambam [Hilchot Chametz U'Matzah, Shofar and Succah], by Rabbi Mano'ach of Narbonne. Constantinople, 1718. Decorated title page. Ownership inscription on title page: "David Deutsch". On the front flyleaf are various signatures and ownership inscriptions.
R. David Deutsch (1756-1831, Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, p. 113), author of Ohel David. Renowned Torah scholar, disciple of the Maharam Barabi in Pressburg and of the Nodah B'Yehuda in Prague. He served as Rabbi of Jamnitz, Frauenkirchen and Dunaszerdahely (Dunajská Streda). From 1810 until his death, he served as Rabbi of Nowe Miasto (Ir Chadash). Some of his Talmudic novellae was printed in his Ohel David books. He exchanged a prolific halachic correspondence with the leading Torah figures of his times, such as the Nodah B'Yehuda, the Chatam Sofer and the author of Yismach Moshe. The Chatam Sofer wrote an approbation on his book: "That tsaddik, holy Jew, genius… I saw in it (the book) wonderful things…We are privileged to merit his words and his light…his merit should protect us from all harm".
56 leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition, wear and stains. Worn binding.

Me'il Tzedaka responsa. Prague, Cheshvan 1756. Published anonymously, however the rabbis of Prague (the Nodah B'Yehuda and his Beit Din) reveal in their approbation that the author is R. Jonah Landsofer. At the end of the book is a Kuntress compiled from the books of Euclid with geometric drawings and diagrams.
On the title page of the book is the signature of R. "Hillel Lash" [Lichtenstein]. On leaf [2] is a damaged signature in an earlier handwriting "Meir Yehuda…".
Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein (1814-1891), a leading disciple of the Chatam Sofer, born in the city of Veča, son of Rabbi Baruch Bendit, was renowned for his fear and love of Heaven from a young age. At the time he studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva, he was particularly cherished by the Chatam Sofer due to his pure fear of G-d. Rabbi Lichtenstein served in the rabbinate of Marghita and Szikszó, Hungary and in 1867 he relocated to serve in the rabbinate of Kolomyya in Galicia. He was a renowned preacher who rebuked his generation for breaching Torah adherence. He was revered by the leading rabbis of his generation and was lavishly praised by the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. His responsa were printed in the book Teshuvot Beit Hillel (Satmar 1908) and his sermons were printed in the four parts of the book Maskil el Dal, Et La'asot.
[6], 82 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains, minor worming. Detached leaves. Damaged binding.

Four books with signatures of Baghdadi rabbis, 19th century:
· Livyat Chen, on grammar of the Holy Tongue, by R. Emanuel son of R. Yekutiel Benevento. [Mantova, 1557]. Lacking title page and following leaf. Inscriptions and signatures on front flyleaves and on page 70/a: "The writer Moshe C. Sassoon Mordechai" [R. Moshe son of Chacham Sassoon Mordechai, Baghdadi sage].
· Et Sofer by the Radak. Ełk (Lyck), 1864. On the front printed wrapper is the signature: "Sassoon Eliyahu son of R. Moshe HaLevi" [R. Sassoon Eliyahu HaLevi, a Baghdadi rabbi, Dayan in the Beit Din together with the Ra'avad R. Eliyahu Yehoshua Ovadia].
· Chanoch LaNa'ar, printed in Livorno [in the printing press of Eliyahu son of Amozag, date unknown]. Partly lacking (lacking four of eight leaves). On the title page is a signature of "Sassoon Eliyahu son of R. Moshe HaLevi" [R. Sassoon Eliyahu HaLevi, Baghdadi rabbi, see above].
· Davar B'Ito, Part 1, by R. Sassoon Mordechai. Livorno, [1862]. On the front free endpaper is the signature "Sassoon C. Abdullah Somech" [R. Sassoon son of R. Abdullah Somech, Baghdadi sage].
Four books, size and condition vary.
Provenance: Sassoon family collection.