Lechem Shamayim, on the Mishnayot, Part I, with Binyan Beit HaBechirah, by Rabbi Yaakov Emden (the Ya'avetz). Wandsbek, [1733]. First edition.
The Yaavetz's first published book and the only one of his books not printed in Altona, where he established his printing press.
Handwritten inscriptions on the endpaper and title page. Stamps.
[1], 118, 120-122 leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Overall good condition, several leaves in fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears, including open tears to title page and following leaf, repaired with paper. Open tears to other leaves. Worming. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.

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Large volume of stenciled and handwritten leaves – notes taken of lectures delivered by R. Yosef Leib Bloch and by R. Chaim Rabinowitz (R. Chaim Telzer) in the Telshe Yeshiva in 1922-1926 – from the estate of the yeshiva student R. Mordechai Bohrer, rabbi of Gailingen.
The notes cover dozens of lectures delivered to the entire yeshiva body (shiur klali), by R. Y.L. Bloch, and the lectures of R. Chaim Telzer to the students of the various levels (primarily the second and third levels). Most are stenciled, others are handwritten. The notes were collected and bound by the yeshiva student R. Mordechai Bohrer, who later served as rabbi of Gailingen and Randegg in Baden.
The stenciled notes were distributed among the yeshiva student (printed from handwritten notes of one of the students). Faded ink in many places, reinforced by pen. The notes of about 18 lectures on Tractate Bava Batra are handwritten.
The volume opens with a title page made by R. Mordechai Bohrer, reading: "Lectures of R. Y.L… on eight tractates: Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Gittin, Kiddushin, Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, which I had the privilege of hearing in Telshe Yeshiva in Lithuania from Shavuot 1922 until Elul 1926, Koenigsberg, Elul 1927, Mordechai son of Meir".
On the title page, R. Bohrer pasted a group photo of the student body and the rabbis and managers of the yeshiva taken in 1925.
Each tractate opens with a title page. An index is bound at the beginning.
Ownership inscriptions of yeshiva students, most of R. Mordechai Bohrer. Several leaves bear the signature of R. Azriel Rabinowitz, one of the yeshiva heads, son of R. Chaim. Other leaves are signed by Chaim Leib Bernstein and by Koppel Vitkin.
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Bohrer (1895-1938) was born in Ansbach to a non-observant Jewish family, and later moved to Munich. There, Dr. Bohrer adopted a religious way of life under the guidance and tutelage of the community rabbi, R. Chanoch HaKohen Ehrentreu, eventually continuing his studies at the Telshe Yeshiva, which was one of the most important yeshivas in Lithuania, producing leading Torah scholars and yeshiva heads. He was a prominent educator and rabbi in various communities. During the Nazi regime, he assisted in the escape of hundreds of Jews, for which he was imprisoned. On Kristallnacht he was arrested and sent to Dachau, where he died.
244 leaves (approx. 470 pages). Most are stenciled, some 50 leaves are handwritten. 33 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tears. Detached and loose gatherings. The ink on some stencils has faded and the letters are reinforced by pen. Damaged binding, partially detached, without a spine.

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Tur, Choshen Mishpat, part II, sections 175-426, with the Beit Chadash and Perisha UDerisha commentaries. Frankfurt am Main, [1716].
Inscription on the title page handwritten and signed by R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah, attesting that he was gifted the book by his uncle "…may G-d grant me the merit of studying His holy Torah for the sake of Heaven, so says B. Wolf".
R. Binyamin Wolf Löw (1777-1851), author of Shaarei Torah, rabbi of Vrbové (Hungary) and other cities. A prominent Torah scholar in the times of the Chatam Sofer and R. Akiva Eger. Composed many works on all parts of the Torah, published as the Shaarei Torah series. His first composition, published at the age of 26, received enthusiastic approbations by the leading Torah scholars of his generation, including R. Akiva Eger, the Chatam Sofer, and others.
[1], 120; 187 leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Tears to title page, slightly affecting border. Tears to several other leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.

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Chok Yosef on Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Pesach (with the text of the Shulchan Aruch), by R. Yosef of Breslau. Amsterdam: Moses Frankfurt, [1730]. Only edition.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page, including that of R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf HaChaim.
Additional inscription on the title page from Chaim Madpis (presumably R. Chaim Madpis of Fürth, possibly one of the print workers who participated in the printing of this book).
Another handwritten inscription (trimmed) in margin of title page.
[1], 33, 38-49, 34-37, 50-52, [1] leaves. Leaves 34-37 bound out of sequence. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Stamps. New binding.

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Tehillim HaMeforash – Kavanat HaLev, with Shir HaShirim, Perek Shira and prayers. Petach Tikvah, 2014.
On the front flyleaf, a blessing handwritten and signed by R. Shimon Galai: "May he who prays from this book of Tehillim be blessed by the Almighty, may He fulfill all his wishes, spiritual and material, may his enterprises be successful and may he merit good health. Shimon Galai".
R. Shimon Galai, a rabbi in Bnei Brak, is known as a holy wonder-worker with thousands of followers who benefit from his blessings and good counsel.
R. Shimon Galai was born in 1949, to R. Shalom – a close disciple of the Chafetz Chaim. He studied at the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Petach Tikvah and later studied and taught at the Beit Meir yeshiva. In his youth, he was a Chassid of Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua of Biala. Member of the Beit Din of R. Nissim Karelitz and rabbi in Bnei Brak.
512 pages. 23.5 cm. New condition. Leather binding. Placed in card slipcase.

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