Collection of books from the library of R. Shmuel Salant, including some with stamps and ownership inscriptions by R. Shmuel Salant, and some dedicated to him.
See Hebrew descriptions for detailed list of books.
8 volumes (comprising over 10 titles). Size and condition vary.

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Responsa of the Maharik, by R. Yosef Colon. Warsaw: Samuel Isaac Peshes, 1884.
On the front endpaper, ownership inscriptions indicating that the book belonged to R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim: "This book belongs to the preeminent scholar R. Yisrael Meir son of R. Aryeh Zev HaKohen of Radin, Vilna province, author of Chafetz Chaim". This book came from the inheritance of R. Tzvi Yehuda Eidelstein, son of R. Yerachmiel Gershon Eidelstein Rabbi of Shumyachi and author of Chiddushei Ben Aryeh (1862-1919), who received it from the Chafetz Chaim himself, when the Chafetz Chaim fled together with the Radin Yeshiva to Shumyachi during WWI.
[1], 2-116, [1] leaves. 32.5 cm. Dry paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains. Wear and tears. Tears to endpaper containing ownership inscriptions, professionally restored with paper. Worming, affecting text. Elaborate leather binding.
An authentication letter by R. Yitzchak Yeshaya Weiss is enclosed, confirming that "this book comes from the library of R. Yaakov Eidelstein, son of R. Tzvi Yehuda Rabbi of Shumyachi in whose home the Chafetz Chaim stayed during WWI, leaving the book there when the war ended".

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Lechem Shamayim, on the Mishnayot, Part I, with Binyan Beit HaBechirah, by Rabbi Yaakov Emden (the Yaavetz). 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. An illustration on verso of title page depicts the altar according to the Raavad.
The book contains over twenty scholarly glosses, most of them lengthy, handwritten by R. Mordechai Michael Yoffe (1803-1868), leading disciple of R. Akiva Eger and later rabbi of Zduny, Schneidemühl and Fordon. To the best of our knowledge, these glosses are unpublished.
In his gloss on p. 6a, R. Mordechai Michael Yoffe mentions the works he authored – Beit Menachem and Responsa of R. M. Yoffe.
The present copy was owned after the Holocaust by R. Amram Tzvi Grünwald (1907-1951), grandson of R. Moshe Grünwald the Arugot HaBosem. His stamp appears at the top of the title page: "Amram Tzvi Grünwald, rabbi of Föhrenwald".
[1], 118, 120-122 leaves. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. New binding.

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Manuscript, sermons delivered in the Jászberény community, handwritten by R. Aharon Bichler (Suditz). [Hungary, 19th century].
The title page states: "Religious sermons delivered in the synagogue of the Jászberény community". The sermons are written in Yiddish, and are arranged in several cycles of Shabbatot and special occasions: Shabbat Nachamu, Shabbat Shuvah, Shabbat Chanukah, 7th Adar, Shabbat HaGadol.
Writer's signature on the endpaper "Aharon Suditz". Signatures on the front and back endpapers, in Latin characters: "A. Bichler".
R. Aharon Bichler (Suditz) (ca. 1840-1914), disciple of R. Yehuda Aszód and later his son-in-law (in his second marriage). Disciple of the Ktav Sofer. Rabbi of Jászberény. He corresponded extensively with R. Yehuda Aszód, and many of the latter's letters to him were preserved.
Inscription in Hungarian on the front endpaper, mentioning Rabbi Dr. Leopold Löw, Neolog rabbi of Szeged.
[1] leaf, 155, 166-192, [1] pages. 25 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Marginal closed and open tears. Original binding, damaged.

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Collection of manuscript leaves, Talmudic novellae, handwritten by the Neolog rabbi Löw (Leib) Schwab. Gewitsch, (Jevíčko, present day: Czech republic), 1816-1828.
One leaf is dated beginning of winter 1816-1817, in Gewitsch, and signed "Leib Schwab". Another is dated 1828.
R. [Yehuda] Leib (Löw) Schwab (1794-1857), disciple of R. Mordechai Banet and student in the Chatam Sofer's yeshiva. He also acquired a secular education, and much to the displeasure of his teachers, he became the first maskilic rabbi of Moravia, serving as rabbi of several communities, including Gewitsch, Prossnitz and Pest, where he was very active in promoting emancipation and assimilation in the surrounding society.
The present leaves were found in the notebook of sermons of R. Leopold Löw (see next item), who was a disciple of R. Schwab in Prossnitz and later married his daughter Leontine.
[19] written leaves. Approx. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear.
• Two handwritten leaves enclosed, passages from a sermon on charity and lovingkindness, presumably also handwritten by Schwab.

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