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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
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Kreiti UPleiti, commentary to Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Altona, [1763]. First edition.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on the title page, including the signature of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam: "The purchase of books increases wisdom, Aryeh Leib Breslau".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar in his times. Born in Breslau, he studied in his youth in Lissa and Berlin. He frequented the renowned Beit Midrash of the wealthy R. Daniel Yaffe in Berlin, where many of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation studied (including the Pri Megadim and others). He served as rabbi of Emden, and in 1781, was appointed rabbi of Rotterdam. He authored Responsa Pnei Aryeh (Amsterdam 1790), in which he records the halachic correspondence he exchanged with the leading Torah scholars of his time: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt - the Haflaa, R. Yeshaya Pick, R. David Tevele of Lissa, R. Meir Weil - a Lissa Torah scholar, and R. Meir Posner - the Beit Meir.
In his books, the Pnei Aryeh at times sharply challenges the novellae recorded in the books Kreiti UPleiti and Urim VeTumim, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Furthermore, he devotes in his book an entire composition named Maamar Yesod HaShtarot, comprising 12 chapters, in which he systematically refutes many principles innovated by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the topic of shtarot. In his preface to this composition, the Pnei Aryeh states: "I am astounded at the author of Urim VeTumim, who erred on everything he said on this topic, errors which are unsuitable for a Torah scholar of his stature…".
Other signatures and stamps on the title page: "Yosef Natan of Hamburg", "Menachem HaLevi Horowitz", "Shlomo Zalman Berensohn of Warsaw". Signature and stamp: "Yissachar Berush HaLevi [Segal] Horowitz [of Warsaw]".
[3], 34 [i.e.: 35]; 165 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Worming in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Non-original binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 177.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on the title page, including the signature of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam: "The purchase of books increases wisdom, Aryeh Leib Breslau".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar in his times. Born in Breslau, he studied in his youth in Lissa and Berlin. He frequented the renowned Beit Midrash of the wealthy R. Daniel Yaffe in Berlin, where many of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation studied (including the Pri Megadim and others). He served as rabbi of Emden, and in 1781, was appointed rabbi of Rotterdam. He authored Responsa Pnei Aryeh (Amsterdam 1790), in which he records the halachic correspondence he exchanged with the leading Torah scholars of his time: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt - the Haflaa, R. Yeshaya Pick, R. David Tevele of Lissa, R. Meir Weil - a Lissa Torah scholar, and R. Meir Posner - the Beit Meir.
In his books, the Pnei Aryeh at times sharply challenges the novellae recorded in the books Kreiti UPleiti and Urim VeTumim, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Furthermore, he devotes in his book an entire composition named Maamar Yesod HaShtarot, comprising 12 chapters, in which he systematically refutes many principles innovated by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the topic of shtarot. In his preface to this composition, the Pnei Aryeh states: "I am astounded at the author of Urim VeTumim, who erred on everything he said on this topic, errors which are unsuitable for a Torah scholar of his stature…".
Other signatures and stamps on the title page: "Yosef Natan of Hamburg", "Menachem HaLevi Horowitz", "Shlomo Zalman Berensohn of Warsaw". Signature and stamp: "Yissachar Berush HaLevi [Segal] Horowitz [of Warsaw]".
[3], 34 [i.e.: 35]; 165 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Worming in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Non-original binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 177.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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VeZot LiYehuda, two parts in one volume, homily, ethics and aggadic novellae on various topics, by R. Yehuda Ayash, an Algerian Torah scholar. Sulzbach, [1776]. First edition. With approbations by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz and R. Yom Tov Algazi.
Inscription on the title page, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Hess-Kugelmann, rabbi of Kassel and the State of Hesse, attesting to having received the book from R. Avraham Ayash, the publisher and son of the author: "R. Avraham Ayash gave me this book as a gift to study it, so says Yosef Hess".
R. Yosef Hess-Kugelmann (d. 1793), leading German rabbi of his times. He authored Ben Porat Yosef (Fürth 1796) on the Haftarot. He served as rabbi of Fürth in the early 1760s. In 1776-1778, he served as dean of the prominent Fürth yeshiva, and as head of the Beit Din. In 1780, he was appointed rabbi of Kassel and the State of Hesse. He was a foremost Torah disseminator in Germany, and was renowned for his outstanding fear of G-d, piety and asceticism. Leading Torah scholars wrote in their approbations to his book: "He was well-versed in all realms of the Torah… the pious one, who is renowned throughout the land…". He was the prime teacher of R. Betzalel Ronsburg.
This book was printed in Sulzbach by R. Avraham Ayash, son of the author R. Yehuda Ayash. R. Avraham was a Jerusalemite Torah scholar, and he came to Germany specially to retrieve his father's manuscript, which his father had given to a Torah scholar of Hamburg for publishing. Since the latter failed to do so, R. Avraham published it on this occasion in Sulzbach. Between 1768-1776, R. Avraham wandered through the cities of Italy and Germany, where he met R. Yosef Hess (presumably in Fürth) and gave him this book as a gift.
[1], 3-88; 48 leaves. Illustrated title page. Separate title page for part II. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains. Worming to title page, affecting illustrations, partially repaired with paper. Worming to entire book, some affecting text (the book was disinfected). Old binding with parchment spine.
Inscription on the title page, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Hess-Kugelmann, rabbi of Kassel and the State of Hesse, attesting to having received the book from R. Avraham Ayash, the publisher and son of the author: "R. Avraham Ayash gave me this book as a gift to study it, so says Yosef Hess".
R. Yosef Hess-Kugelmann (d. 1793), leading German rabbi of his times. He authored Ben Porat Yosef (Fürth 1796) on the Haftarot. He served as rabbi of Fürth in the early 1760s. In 1776-1778, he served as dean of the prominent Fürth yeshiva, and as head of the Beit Din. In 1780, he was appointed rabbi of Kassel and the State of Hesse. He was a foremost Torah disseminator in Germany, and was renowned for his outstanding fear of G-d, piety and asceticism. Leading Torah scholars wrote in their approbations to his book: "He was well-versed in all realms of the Torah… the pious one, who is renowned throughout the land…". He was the prime teacher of R. Betzalel Ronsburg.
This book was printed in Sulzbach by R. Avraham Ayash, son of the author R. Yehuda Ayash. R. Avraham was a Jerusalemite Torah scholar, and he came to Germany specially to retrieve his father's manuscript, which his father had given to a Torah scholar of Hamburg for publishing. Since the latter failed to do so, R. Avraham published it on this occasion in Sulzbach. Between 1768-1776, R. Avraham wandered through the cities of Italy and Germany, where he met R. Yosef Hess (presumably in Fürth) and gave him this book as a gift.
[1], 3-88; 48 leaves. Illustrated title page. Separate title page for part II. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Dampstains. Worming to title page, affecting illustrations, partially repaired with paper. Worming to entire book, some affecting text (the book was disinfected). Old binding with parchment spine.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,125
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Parashat Derachim, 26 homilies and the Derech Mitzvotecha section on the counting of the commandments, by R. Yehuda Rosanes, author of Mishneh LaMelech. Venice, 1743. Second edition.
On the last page, a permit to print the book, by the "heads and leaders of the country" (Vaad Katan), Venice, 6th Tammuz 1742.
Ownership inscription (trimmed) at the top of the title page, signed: "Yaakov G.B." - signature of R. Yaakov Ginsburg (1743-1815), author of Zera Yaakov, a leading Prague Torah scholar, dayan in the beit din of the Noda BiYehuda and yeshiva dean in Prague for over 40 years. The last leaf bears another inscription attesting that the book belongs to him.
Signatures on the title page and on the following page: "Yosef Shmuel Segal son of R. Y., Unsdorf", "Yosef Shmuel Segal" - signatures of R. Aharon Yosef Shmuel Segal, Rabbi of Trenchin (Trenčín), son of R. Yechezkel Rabbi of Unsdorf. Disciple of the author of Shemen Rokeach, later married his granddaughter, daughter of R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah. Received ordination from the Chatam Sofer (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, pp. 56-57).
The title page and the following leaf bear signatures of R. Yosef Shmuel's son-in-law, R. Kalev Feivel Schlesinger (1828-1911), Rabbi of Topolchan (Topoľčany). A leading disciples of the Ktav Sofer, author of Torat Bar Nash.
Several long glosses, by two writers.
[2], 76 leaves. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Title page and several other leaves in fair condition. Worming, primarily to first and last leaves. A printed piece of paper is glued to the bottom of the title page (on its border), for censorship purposes. New leather binding.
On the last page, a permit to print the book, by the "heads and leaders of the country" (Vaad Katan), Venice, 6th Tammuz 1742.
Ownership inscription (trimmed) at the top of the title page, signed: "Yaakov G.B." - signature of R. Yaakov Ginsburg (1743-1815), author of Zera Yaakov, a leading Prague Torah scholar, dayan in the beit din of the Noda BiYehuda and yeshiva dean in Prague for over 40 years. The last leaf bears another inscription attesting that the book belongs to him.
Signatures on the title page and on the following page: "Yosef Shmuel Segal son of R. Y., Unsdorf", "Yosef Shmuel Segal" - signatures of R. Aharon Yosef Shmuel Segal, Rabbi of Trenchin (Trenčín), son of R. Yechezkel Rabbi of Unsdorf. Disciple of the author of Shemen Rokeach, later married his granddaughter, daughter of R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah. Received ordination from the Chatam Sofer (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, pp. 56-57).
The title page and the following leaf bear signatures of R. Yosef Shmuel's son-in-law, R. Kalev Feivel Schlesinger (1828-1911), Rabbi of Topolchan (Topoľčany). A leading disciples of the Ktav Sofer, author of Torat Bar Nash.
Several long glosses, by two writers.
[2], 76 leaves. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Title page and several other leaves in fair condition. Worming, primarily to first and last leaves. A printed piece of paper is glued to the bottom of the title page (on its border), for censorship purposes. New leather binding.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
March 31, 2020
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,750
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Knesset HaGedolah, on Orach Chaim. Livorno, 1657. First edition.
Bound with: Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, on Orach Chaim. Izmir, [1671]. First edition.
Important ownership with signatures:
On the title page of the first book: signatures, stamps and inscriptions. At the top of the page is the signature of R. "Wolf Boskowitz". Near this signature is another signature: "Moshe son of R. Amram Grünwald" - signature of the author of Arugat HaBosem. His stamp appears in the center of the title page: "Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust and the region", alongside his son's signature: "Avraham Yosef Grünwald Rabbi of Ungvar (Uzhhorod) and the region" (his stamp also appears on the last leaf of the second book).
Early signature at the top of the title page of the first book: "…Yehuda Aryeh Leib son of R. David…". His signature appears again on the title page of the second book and on leaf [2] at the beginning of the second book (attesting that the two books were bound together at an early time).
Several glosses in the second book.
R. Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf HaLevi Boskowitz (1740-1818), an eminent Hungarian rabbi, son and disciple of the author of Machatzit HaShekel, R. Shmuel HaLevi of Kolín Rabbi of Boskovice (1724-1806). He served as rabbi in Aszód, Prostitz (Prostějov; there he developed a close relationship with the Chatam Sofer, see Ishim BiTeshuvot Chatam Sofer, section 113), Pest, Balassagyarmat, Kolín and Bonyhád, raising hundreds of disciples. His Torah knowledge and his sharp mind were venerated by leading Torah scholars of his times, such as the Noda BiYehuda, R. Betzalel Ranschburg (Ronsburg), R. Mordechai Benet, the Chatam Sofer, R. Akiva Eger, and others. Among his printed and handwritten compositions, the most prominent is his monumental Seder Mishneh on all parts of Yad HaChazaka by the Rambam, which has not yet been fully published. His Talmudic glosses are titled Agudat Ezov (they were printed in the Vienna 1830-1833 Shas edition, with an approbation by the Chatam Sofer).
R. Moshe son of R. Amram Grünwald (1853-1910, HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 521), leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. A disciple of R. Menachem Katz Prostitz of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz) and of the Ketav Sofer in Pressburg. Already in his youth, he directed a yeshiva in his birthplace Charna (Csorna), later serving as rabbi of several Hungarian communities and from 1893, of Khust. Though he was a product of the Chatam Sofer's yeshiva, he was drawn to Chassidism and would frequent the courts of the rebbes of Belz and Sighet. In Khust, he set up his glorious court and expanded his yeshiva, which became one of the largest yeshivot in Hungary. Students from throughout the country and beyond flocked to his yeshiva, and many Hungarian rabbis were his disciples. He was renowned for his compositions on Halacha and Aggadah named Arugat HaBosem. His son was R. Yaakov Yechizkiya Grünwald Rabbi and Rebbe of Pupa (Pápa), and his grandson was Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa, who established the Pupa Chassidic dynasty in the United States after the Holocaust. His son R. Avraham Yosef Grünwald (d. 1928) served as rabbi of Makava (Makó), Khust and Ungvar.
More stamps on the title page of the first book, including: "Moshe Asher Eckstein, Rabbi of Sered" - R. Moshe Asher Eckstein (1889-1942, murdered in the Holocaust), Rabbi of Sered from ca. 1921, yeshiva dean and public activist, one of the leaders of the yeshiva world in Slovakia and Hungary and patron of the Hungarian Torah world.
Two books in one volume: 6, 164 leaves; [2], 156 leaves. 29 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Worming, damage and tears repaired with paper to some leaves (mostly first and last leaves of volume). Large tear to last leaf, reinforced with paper. New leather binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 170.
Bound with: Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, on Orach Chaim. Izmir, [1671]. First edition.
Important ownership with signatures:
On the title page of the first book: signatures, stamps and inscriptions. At the top of the page is the signature of R. "Wolf Boskowitz". Near this signature is another signature: "Moshe son of R. Amram Grünwald" - signature of the author of Arugat HaBosem. His stamp appears in the center of the title page: "Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust and the region", alongside his son's signature: "Avraham Yosef Grünwald Rabbi of Ungvar (Uzhhorod) and the region" (his stamp also appears on the last leaf of the second book).
Early signature at the top of the title page of the first book: "…Yehuda Aryeh Leib son of R. David…". His signature appears again on the title page of the second book and on leaf [2] at the beginning of the second book (attesting that the two books were bound together at an early time).
Several glosses in the second book.
R. Binyamin Ze'ev Wolf HaLevi Boskowitz (1740-1818), an eminent Hungarian rabbi, son and disciple of the author of Machatzit HaShekel, R. Shmuel HaLevi of Kolín Rabbi of Boskovice (1724-1806). He served as rabbi in Aszód, Prostitz (Prostějov; there he developed a close relationship with the Chatam Sofer, see Ishim BiTeshuvot Chatam Sofer, section 113), Pest, Balassagyarmat, Kolín and Bonyhád, raising hundreds of disciples. His Torah knowledge and his sharp mind were venerated by leading Torah scholars of his times, such as the Noda BiYehuda, R. Betzalel Ranschburg (Ronsburg), R. Mordechai Benet, the Chatam Sofer, R. Akiva Eger, and others. Among his printed and handwritten compositions, the most prominent is his monumental Seder Mishneh on all parts of Yad HaChazaka by the Rambam, which has not yet been fully published. His Talmudic glosses are titled Agudat Ezov (they were printed in the Vienna 1830-1833 Shas edition, with an approbation by the Chatam Sofer).
R. Moshe son of R. Amram Grünwald (1853-1910, HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 521), leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. A disciple of R. Menachem Katz Prostitz of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz) and of the Ketav Sofer in Pressburg. Already in his youth, he directed a yeshiva in his birthplace Charna (Csorna), later serving as rabbi of several Hungarian communities and from 1893, of Khust. Though he was a product of the Chatam Sofer's yeshiva, he was drawn to Chassidism and would frequent the courts of the rebbes of Belz and Sighet. In Khust, he set up his glorious court and expanded his yeshiva, which became one of the largest yeshivot in Hungary. Students from throughout the country and beyond flocked to his yeshiva, and many Hungarian rabbis were his disciples. He was renowned for his compositions on Halacha and Aggadah named Arugat HaBosem. His son was R. Yaakov Yechizkiya Grünwald Rabbi and Rebbe of Pupa (Pápa), and his grandson was Rebbe Yosef Grünwald of Pupa, who established the Pupa Chassidic dynasty in the United States after the Holocaust. His son R. Avraham Yosef Grünwald (d. 1928) served as rabbi of Makava (Makó), Khust and Ungvar.
More stamps on the title page of the first book, including: "Moshe Asher Eckstein, Rabbi of Sered" - R. Moshe Asher Eckstein (1889-1942, murdered in the Holocaust), Rabbi of Sered from ca. 1921, yeshiva dean and public activist, one of the leaders of the yeshiva world in Slovakia and Hungary and patron of the Hungarian Torah world.
Two books in one volume: 6, 164 leaves; [2], 156 leaves. 29 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Worming, damage and tears repaired with paper to some leaves (mostly first and last leaves of volume). Large tear to last leaf, reinforced with paper. New leather binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 170.
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Asara Maamarot, by R. Menahem Azariah da Fano, with the Yo'el Moshe commentary by R. Moshe son of R. Shlomo HaLevi of Frankfurt. Amsterdam, 1649.
Copy of R. Avraham Danzig, the Chayei Adam. His signature at the center of the title page: "Avraham Danzig". Another inscription of his name, in square script, appears above the title page border.
R. Avraham Danzig (1748-1820), a leading Torah scholar in his times, disciple-companion and mechutan of the Vilna Gaon, authored classic halachic books: Chayei Adam, Nishmat Adam, Chochmat Adam, and others. Son of R. Yechiel Michel ben R. Shmuel, author of Nechamot Zion. In his youth, R. Avraham studied in Prague and was the disciple of the Noda BiYehuda and of R. Yosef Lieberman, Prague Torah prodigies. The latter granted him a writ titling him Chaver at the age of 18, and wrote among other praises: "Young of age but with a settled mind like the elderly, a disciple who adds to the wisdom of his teachers… proficient in the Talmud and the poskim… he is fluent in his Torah learning…". After his marriage, he settled in Vilna and basked in the presence of the Vilna Gaon, discussing Torah with him. Eventually, he became his mechutan, as R. Avraham's son wed the Vilna Gaon's granddaughter. His reverence of the Vilna Gaon knew no bounds and he expressed his veneration in the eulogies he delivered for him. In the beginning of his book Zichru Torat Moshe, he documented the study schedule of "my mechutan, our Master, Marana v'Rabana Geon Yisrael u'Kedosho Rabbenu Eliyahu Chassid…", and wrote that this schedule is "as commanded to us by Moshe Rabbenu". In his book Chayei Adam, R. Avraham introduces many teachings in the name of the Vilna Gaon, however he also disagrees with him in several places. This caused dissent; therefore in his book Chochmat Adam, R. Avraham refrained from quoting the Gaon so as not to openly disagree with him.
He refused to serve in the rabbinate, following his grandfather's footsteps, dealing in trade for his livelihood, with Torah study being his main priority (as recounted in his famous introduction to Chochmat Adam). In spite of this refusal, he was one of the leaders of the Vilna community, being constantly asked for his opinion on Torah matters and his agreement being sought on all issues.
R. Avraham had strong connections with the prominent rabbis of his times. R. Chaim of Volozhin, together with R. Yaakov of Lisa, author of Chavot Daat, encouraged him to publish his book Chochmat Adam. He exchanged halachic correspondence with R. Meir Pozner, author of Beit Meir.
His books were accepted in the entire Jewish world as basic halachic books, in a generation of great Torah sages, the days of the Vilna Gaon. They became the primary books of Torah rulings in Lithuania until the time of the Mishna Berura, which quotes him everywhere and heavily relies on his rulings. Many of the greatest Torah authorities of his generation and those who lived thereafter quote his books at length and discuss his writings, valuing his opinion.
In the beginning of the second edition of Chayei Adam, he wrote: "Since I am certain that in G-d’s kindness, my works both on Orach Chaim and on Yoreh Deah did not disappoint… and will be printed and reprinted until the Redemption, because even in my lifetime… they have been accepted and have spread throughout the Jewish world, that also after my death they undoubtedly will be even more accepted". The fact that all over Lithuania and Russia "Chayei Adam societies" were established, attests to their impressive success. These societies began in the author's lifetime as his friend R. Chaim of Volozhin wrote: "A man assisted by his Master… whose book Chayei Adam… spread throughout the Jewish world".
Even outside of Lithuania, his books became rudimentary study books, as can be learned from the Chatam Sofer, who affirmed that Torah authorities can rely on the rulings in these books whenever they cannot find the time to study the halachic sources themselves.
R. Avraham dealt extensively in Kabbalah, and the Passover Haggadah which he published with his commentary includes a kabbalistic preface and kabbalistic commentaries. He also wrote piyyutim and prayers, including the Tefillah Zaka, said at the beginning of Yom Kippur. He lived to the age of 73 - the numerical value of the name of his book Chayei Adam.
158 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, damage and wear. Dampness damage. Tears and worming to several leaves. New binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, no. 357.
Copy of R. Avraham Danzig, the Chayei Adam. His signature at the center of the title page: "Avraham Danzig". Another inscription of his name, in square script, appears above the title page border.
R. Avraham Danzig (1748-1820), a leading Torah scholar in his times, disciple-companion and mechutan of the Vilna Gaon, authored classic halachic books: Chayei Adam, Nishmat Adam, Chochmat Adam, and others. Son of R. Yechiel Michel ben R. Shmuel, author of Nechamot Zion. In his youth, R. Avraham studied in Prague and was the disciple of the Noda BiYehuda and of R. Yosef Lieberman, Prague Torah prodigies. The latter granted him a writ titling him Chaver at the age of 18, and wrote among other praises: "Young of age but with a settled mind like the elderly, a disciple who adds to the wisdom of his teachers… proficient in the Talmud and the poskim… he is fluent in his Torah learning…". After his marriage, he settled in Vilna and basked in the presence of the Vilna Gaon, discussing Torah with him. Eventually, he became his mechutan, as R. Avraham's son wed the Vilna Gaon's granddaughter. His reverence of the Vilna Gaon knew no bounds and he expressed his veneration in the eulogies he delivered for him. In the beginning of his book Zichru Torat Moshe, he documented the study schedule of "my mechutan, our Master, Marana v'Rabana Geon Yisrael u'Kedosho Rabbenu Eliyahu Chassid…", and wrote that this schedule is "as commanded to us by Moshe Rabbenu". In his book Chayei Adam, R. Avraham introduces many teachings in the name of the Vilna Gaon, however he also disagrees with him in several places. This caused dissent; therefore in his book Chochmat Adam, R. Avraham refrained from quoting the Gaon so as not to openly disagree with him.
He refused to serve in the rabbinate, following his grandfather's footsteps, dealing in trade for his livelihood, with Torah study being his main priority (as recounted in his famous introduction to Chochmat Adam). In spite of this refusal, he was one of the leaders of the Vilna community, being constantly asked for his opinion on Torah matters and his agreement being sought on all issues.
R. Avraham had strong connections with the prominent rabbis of his times. R. Chaim of Volozhin, together with R. Yaakov of Lisa, author of Chavot Daat, encouraged him to publish his book Chochmat Adam. He exchanged halachic correspondence with R. Meir Pozner, author of Beit Meir.
His books were accepted in the entire Jewish world as basic halachic books, in a generation of great Torah sages, the days of the Vilna Gaon. They became the primary books of Torah rulings in Lithuania until the time of the Mishna Berura, which quotes him everywhere and heavily relies on his rulings. Many of the greatest Torah authorities of his generation and those who lived thereafter quote his books at length and discuss his writings, valuing his opinion.
In the beginning of the second edition of Chayei Adam, he wrote: "Since I am certain that in G-d’s kindness, my works both on Orach Chaim and on Yoreh Deah did not disappoint… and will be printed and reprinted until the Redemption, because even in my lifetime… they have been accepted and have spread throughout the Jewish world, that also after my death they undoubtedly will be even more accepted". The fact that all over Lithuania and Russia "Chayei Adam societies" were established, attests to their impressive success. These societies began in the author's lifetime as his friend R. Chaim of Volozhin wrote: "A man assisted by his Master… whose book Chayei Adam… spread throughout the Jewish world".
Even outside of Lithuania, his books became rudimentary study books, as can be learned from the Chatam Sofer, who affirmed that Torah authorities can rely on the rulings in these books whenever they cannot find the time to study the halachic sources themselves.
R. Avraham dealt extensively in Kabbalah, and the Passover Haggadah which he published with his commentary includes a kabbalistic preface and kabbalistic commentaries. He also wrote piyyutim and prayers, including the Tefillah Zaka, said at the beginning of Yom Kippur. He lived to the age of 73 - the numerical value of the name of his book Chayei Adam.
158 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, damage and wear. Dampness damage. Tears and worming to several leaves. New binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, no. 357.
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Esh Dat, homilies on the weekly Torah portions, and Mutzal MeEsh, responsa, by R. Chaim Alfandari. Constantinople, [1718]. First edition.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" - signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden - leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehuda, Yoreh Deah Kama, section 1; in Zichron Yaakov (Furth, 1770); a responsum by him, from 1765, appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz, Part II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinical contract was printed in the Kerem Shlomo anthology (Year 4, issue 1). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see articles by A. Brick: Shana BeShana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana BeShana, 1993, pp. 409-420).
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" - R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other places bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" - the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906, where he soon became recognized as a leading rabbinic authority in the city. R. Chaim Berlin's extensive library was renowned as one of the most important private libraries in his times and accompanied him to all the places he served as rabbi, finally being brought to Jerusalem.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears to several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, p. 92.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" - signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden - leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehuda, Yoreh Deah Kama, section 1; in Zichron Yaakov (Furth, 1770); a responsum by him, from 1765, appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz, Part II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinical contract was printed in the Kerem Shlomo anthology (Year 4, issue 1). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see articles by A. Brick: Shana BeShana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana BeShana, 1993, pp. 409-420).
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" - R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other places bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" - the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906, where he soon became recognized as a leading rabbinic authority in the city. R. Chaim Berlin's extensive library was renowned as one of the most important private libraries in his times and accompanied him to all the places he served as rabbi, finally being brought to Jerusalem.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears to several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, p. 92.
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Maayan Ganim, novellae on tractates Zevachim and Menachot, by R. Akiva Treni of Metz. Metz, [1767]. First edition.
Ownership inscriptions in Hebrew and German on the front endpaper, attesting that the book belongs to R. Meshulam Zalman HaKohen (the Maharzach), rabbi of Fürth, author of Bigdei Kehuna.
Inscription and signatures handwritten by R. Yehuda Wolf Neckarsulm (later rabbi of Schnaittach), who received this book from the estate of the Maharzach. Additional inscription: "I, the undersigned, took it from the above-mentioned Yehuda Wolf. Moshe Chaim son of R. Gershon Riga" (see enclosed material).
Signature on the title page: "Zalman Manheimer". Stamp (in German) of R. Yehuda Leib Breslauer of Fürth.
The Maharzach, R. Meshulam Zalman HaKohen (1739-1820), rabbi and yeshiva dean of Fürth, a leading Torah scholar of his times and a renowned Tzaddik. He was a foremost disciple of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. He authored Responsa and Novellae Maharzach - Bigdei Kehuna, Mish'an HaMayim, and others. The leading Torah scholars of his times held him in extremely high esteem. The Baal HaHaflaa addresses him with effusive praise. His disciple R. Wolf Hamburg writes about him: "Almost all the Torah scholars in our area are his disciples… until his old age he enlightened his disciples with halachic rulings". Following his passing, his position as rabbi of Fürth and dean of the yeshiva was offered to the Chatam Sofer (see Chut HaMeshulash, pp. 81-84, where a letter from the Chatam Sofer on this topic is brought).
[3], 64; 33, [2] leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding, worn and damaged.
Ownership inscriptions in Hebrew and German on the front endpaper, attesting that the book belongs to R. Meshulam Zalman HaKohen (the Maharzach), rabbi of Fürth, author of Bigdei Kehuna.
Inscription and signatures handwritten by R. Yehuda Wolf Neckarsulm (later rabbi of Schnaittach), who received this book from the estate of the Maharzach. Additional inscription: "I, the undersigned, took it from the above-mentioned Yehuda Wolf. Moshe Chaim son of R. Gershon Riga" (see enclosed material).
Signature on the title page: "Zalman Manheimer". Stamp (in German) of R. Yehuda Leib Breslauer of Fürth.
The Maharzach, R. Meshulam Zalman HaKohen (1739-1820), rabbi and yeshiva dean of Fürth, a leading Torah scholar of his times and a renowned Tzaddik. He was a foremost disciple of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. He authored Responsa and Novellae Maharzach - Bigdei Kehuna, Mish'an HaMayim, and others. The leading Torah scholars of his times held him in extremely high esteem. The Baal HaHaflaa addresses him with effusive praise. His disciple R. Wolf Hamburg writes about him: "Almost all the Torah scholars in our area are his disciples… until his old age he enlightened his disciples with halachic rulings". Following his passing, his position as rabbi of Fürth and dean of the yeshiva was offered to the Chatam Sofer (see Chut HaMeshulash, pp. 81-84, where a letter from the Chatam Sofer on this topic is brought).
[3], 64; 33, [2] leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original binding, worn and damaged.
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Responsa R. Yitzchak HaLevi, brother and teacher of the Taz. Part I. Neuwied (Germany), 1736.
Ownership inscription at the top of the title page handwritten and signed by the Malbim: "I have purchased this book… Meir Leibush Malbim author of Artzot HaChaim VehaShalom, Wreschen". Another signature on leaf [2]: "Natan of Lisa". The stamp of R. Chaim Berlin appears on the last leaf.
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, erudite in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
The signature in this book is from the time the Malbim served as rabbi of Wreschen (Września, Poznań County), between 1837-1841, and he notes the first books he printed: Artzot HaChaim on the Shulchan Aruch (printed in Breslau, 1837), and Artzot HaShalom, homilies (printed in Krotoszyn, 1839).
Copy lacking 2 middle leaves and lacking Part II. [2], 24, 27-33 leaves (originally: [2], 33 leaves; 32 leaves). Approx. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Significant wear and marginal tears, affecting text. Paper repairs to margins of most leaves. New cloth binding.
This copy includes leaf [2] with approbations. This leaf is rare and does not appear in some copies.
Ownership inscription at the top of the title page handwritten and signed by the Malbim: "I have purchased this book… Meir Leibush Malbim author of Artzot HaChaim VehaShalom, Wreschen". Another signature on leaf [2]: "Natan of Lisa". The stamp of R. Chaim Berlin appears on the last leaf.
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, erudite in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
The signature in this book is from the time the Malbim served as rabbi of Wreschen (Września, Poznań County), between 1837-1841, and he notes the first books he printed: Artzot HaChaim on the Shulchan Aruch (printed in Breslau, 1837), and Artzot HaShalom, homilies (printed in Krotoszyn, 1839).
Copy lacking 2 middle leaves and lacking Part II. [2], 24, 27-33 leaves (originally: [2], 33 leaves; 32 leaves). Approx. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Significant wear and marginal tears, affecting text. Paper repairs to margins of most leaves. New cloth binding.
This copy includes leaf [2] with approbations. This leaf is rare and does not appear in some copies.
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Mishnayot, Seder Taharot, with commentary of R. Ovadiah of Bartenura, Tosfot Yom Tov and other additions, and with Tosfot Rabbi Akiva Eger. Altona, 1853. One volume of the first edition that included the entire composition of R. Akiva Eger on the Mishnayot, published by his son R. Binyamin Wolf Eger.
Copy of the Malbim, with his stamps on the title page: "Meir Leibush Malbim Rabbi of Bucharest and the region". Ownership inscription on title page: "This book belongs to Yaakov Binyamin HaKohen".
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, erudite in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
[2], 226 leaves. 25.5 cm. Darkened leaves. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tear to first two leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Copy of the Malbim, with his stamps on the title page: "Meir Leibush Malbim Rabbi of Bucharest and the region". Ownership inscription on title page: "This book belongs to Yaakov Binyamin HaKohen".
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, erudite in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
[2], 226 leaves. 25.5 cm. Darkened leaves. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tear to first two leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
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Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Title page of Responsa Maharshdam, Lviv 1862 edition, with the signature of R. Shlomo Ganzfried, author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
At the top of the title page, near the book title, signature of R. "Shlomo Ganzfried". The stamp of R. Yechezkel Benet Rabbi of Varal (Szinérváralja, Seini) appears beneath the signature. Several inscriptions at the top of the page.
R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886), son of R. Yosef (rabbi and posek in Ungvar). From the age of 8, with his father's untimely passing, he was raised by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (R. Hirshele Charif), author of Tiv Gittin. R. Ganzfried's first book, Keset HaSofer, on the laws of scribal writing of Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot (Óbuda, 1834), earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer, who stated that no scribe should be ordained without demonstrating proficiency in this book. The Chatam Sofer even recorded his glosses to this book. R. Ganzfried served as head of the Ungvar Beit Din from 1850, until his passing in 1886. He was a prominent leader of Hungarian Orthodox rabbinate.
He authored dozens of important works; however, he is best known for his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, a clear summary of the Shulchan Aruch, printed in many editions since its first publishing in 1864 in Ungvar. (Otzar Yisrael, New York, 1909, records that up until that point, half a million copies had already been published, and according to the bibliographer Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind, over a million copies had been published by 1960).
[1] leaf. 34.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears affecting title page border and text. Tear from ink erosion to lower edge of signature.
At the top of the title page, near the book title, signature of R. "Shlomo Ganzfried". The stamp of R. Yechezkel Benet Rabbi of Varal (Szinérváralja, Seini) appears beneath the signature. Several inscriptions at the top of the page.
R. Shlomo Ganzfried (1804-1886), son of R. Yosef (rabbi and posek in Ungvar). From the age of 8, with his father's untimely passing, he was raised by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (R. Hirshele Charif), author of Tiv Gittin. R. Ganzfried's first book, Keset HaSofer, on the laws of scribal writing of Torah scrolls, tefillin and mezuzot (Óbuda, 1834), earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer, who stated that no scribe should be ordained without demonstrating proficiency in this book. The Chatam Sofer even recorded his glosses to this book. R. Ganzfried served as head of the Ungvar Beit Din from 1850, until his passing in 1886. He was a prominent leader of Hungarian Orthodox rabbinate.
He authored dozens of important works; however, he is best known for his Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, a clear summary of the Shulchan Aruch, printed in many editions since its first publishing in 1864 in Ungvar. (Otzar Yisrael, New York, 1909, records that up until that point, half a million copies had already been published, and according to the bibliographer Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind, over a million copies had been published by 1960).
[1] leaf. 34.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, tears affecting title page border and text. Tear from ink erosion to lower edge of signature.
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Be'er Avraham, novellae on Tractate Berachot and on Seder Moed, by R. Avraham Maskil L'Eitan, a rabbi in Minsk. Vilna, 1844. First edition.
Ownership inscription on the flyleaf: "This Be'er Avraham belongs to R. Shmuel Eger, son of R. Akiva Eger". Stamps from 1910, dedication to a library "for the soul of R. Shalom Eliezer Eger, grandson of R. Akiva Eger".
R. Shmuel Eger, one of the younger sons of R. Akiva Eger (see: Meoran shel Yisrael, II, p. 319). His father mentions him in a gloss on the Shulchan Aruch, with the titles: "My dear son, the young astute bridegroom R. Shmuel said…" (Glosses on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Chapter 305). He was involved in community matters. Pesakim V'Takanot R. Akiva Eger (letter 16) cites a letter he wrote regarding the visit of Sir Moses Montefiore to the Minsk region.
[1], 2-36 leaves; 1-24 leaves. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear and minor worming, affecting text. New leather binding.
Ownership inscription on the flyleaf: "This Be'er Avraham belongs to R. Shmuel Eger, son of R. Akiva Eger". Stamps from 1910, dedication to a library "for the soul of R. Shalom Eliezer Eger, grandson of R. Akiva Eger".
R. Shmuel Eger, one of the younger sons of R. Akiva Eger (see: Meoran shel Yisrael, II, p. 319). His father mentions him in a gloss on the Shulchan Aruch, with the titles: "My dear son, the young astute bridegroom R. Shmuel said…" (Glosses on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Chapter 305). He was involved in community matters. Pesakim V'Takanot R. Akiva Eger (letter 16) cites a letter he wrote regarding the visit of Sir Moses Montefiore to the Minsk region.
[1], 2-36 leaves; 1-24 leaves. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Wear and minor worming, affecting text. New leather binding.
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Sod Hashem, with Sharbit HaZahav - order of Brit Milah with laws and commentaries, by R. David of Lida. Vienna, 1837.
Pocket sized, landscape format book. Originally bound with many empty leaves, intended for recording circumcisions. These leaves indeed served as a circumcision ledger, and contain handwritten inscriptions recording some 150 circumcisions performed in 1842-1866, by the mohel who owned this book, in Lessen (present day: Łasin, Poland) and Ortelsburg (present day: Szczytno, Poland). The records include the names of the babies he circumcised, as well as other details.
The owner of the ledger signed his name in several places in German: "Abraham Marcus[?]".
An inscription on the first handwritten leaf states: "The names of the children whom G-d, in His great kindness, granted me the merit of bringing under the wings of the Shechinah through circumcision, from the year 1842, Rosh Chodesh Adar, here in Lessen". Other inscriptions in the ledger state: "Here, Ortelsburg".
65 leaves + [17] handwritten leaves. Height: approx. 9 cm. Width: 12 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Original binding, torn and damaged.
Pocket sized, landscape format book. Originally bound with many empty leaves, intended for recording circumcisions. These leaves indeed served as a circumcision ledger, and contain handwritten inscriptions recording some 150 circumcisions performed in 1842-1866, by the mohel who owned this book, in Lessen (present day: Łasin, Poland) and Ortelsburg (present day: Szczytno, Poland). The records include the names of the babies he circumcised, as well as other details.
The owner of the ledger signed his name in several places in German: "Abraham Marcus[?]".
An inscription on the first handwritten leaf states: "The names of the children whom G-d, in His great kindness, granted me the merit of bringing under the wings of the Shechinah through circumcision, from the year 1842, Rosh Chodesh Adar, here in Lessen". Other inscriptions in the ledger state: "Here, Ortelsburg".
65 leaves + [17] handwritten leaves. Height: approx. 9 cm. Width: 12 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Original binding, torn and damaged.
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