Sefer Keter Shem Tov by Rabbi Yisrael Ba'al Shem Tov. Zolkwa, 1794. Part I. First Edition. "Kol Divrei Kodsho Shel …R' Yisrael Ba'al Shem Tov…"
A few printings of Part I are known, this version is from the printing where leaves are not numbered (apart from leaf 9, 11-12, 17-21) and the last line on the title-page is "On Ethics of the Fathers".
Of the first and most fundamental Hasidic books. The Ba'al Shem Tov's philosophy.
Owners' signatures on title-page and on page [3]: Rabbi "Shmuel Haler" and Rabbi "Moshe Deitsch, son-in-law of R' Haler".
The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Haler (1786-1883) was raised in the house of the "Seer of Lublin" who instructed him to go to Eretz Yisrael. Rabbi of Safed for sixty years. (Otzar Harabbanim 19134). His biography and the story of the Yishuv in Safed are recounted in the book "The Rabbi the Leader and the Doctor" (Safed 1988).
The Rabbi the Zadik Rabbi Moshe Deitsch from Siged, son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Haler son of Rabbi Shmuel. Father of the mother of the Rebbe from "Toldot Aharon" Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kahn.
[30] leaves, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Moth-holes to first leaves. Holes in last pages but text intact. Stains. Title-page and first leaves are worn. No binding.

Neta Sha'ashu'im, responsum book on the four parts of Shulchan Aruch, by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kara, Zholkiev, 1829. Notes by author's son Rabbi Yechiel Aichel and letters of response from the generation's scholars.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kara, Av Beit Din in Buczacz and one of the outstanding scholars of his generation (1740-1814 Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 17447) was the father-in-law of Rebbe Avraham David Wahrman, Rabbi of Buczacz, who wrote Birkat David, Eshel Avraham, and Da'at Kdoshim, and many of his father-in-law's novellae are quoted in his works.
Ownership ink-stamp on title-page (with a picture of an eagle) Rabbi "M.AL Alter Jones Rabbin Bacau" in Hebrew and in foreign letters.
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib Alter (Baharav), (1810-1873), a leading rabbi in Moldova, maintained correspondence with the Malbim. He was born thanks to the blessing of Rebbe Chaim of Tchernovitz who blessed his father that thanks to his involvement in releasing captives, he would be given a son that will be an outstanding rabbi (see enclosed material). He wrote Divrei Moshe, which contains laws of Brit Milah and halachic responsum
84 leaves, 35 cm. Good condition. Slight moth damages, stains.

Three volumes of the Pentateuch, with commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Isa'ac Safrin of Komrna. (Breishit, Shemot, Vayikra). Lemberg, 1866-1869.
In Vayikra, leaf 3, there is an introduction by the author and approbation by his teacher, Rebbe Yitzchak Isa'ac of Zidichov. [This leaf is rare and missing in many copies – see Bibliography Institute CD, listing 0311493].
The Heichal HaBracha Pentateuch, by Rabbi Isa'ac of Komrna, is one of the fundamental books of Hasidic thought and Kabala. Rebbes of all courts treasured it greatly (Zidichov, the Divrei Chaim and his offspring, Rabbi S.B. of Lubavich and more).
Breishit – [the two title pages are missing], 283, [9] leaves. 26.5 cm. Fair condition. Damage (dry paper) on the first and last pages.
Shemot and Megillat Esther – [2], 320, [46] leaves. 28 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy scotch-tape stains and tears on the first and last pages.
Vayikra and Shir Hashirim – [2 title pages and introduction page], 106, 108-300, [11] leaves; [1 title-page] [3], 15-62 leaves. 28 cm. Good condition. Staines .
Damaged, unoriginal bindings.