Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Marot HaTzovot, on laws of Agunot, by R. Moshe Ze'ev Wolf Margolies. Horodna: Simcha Simmel son of Menachem Nachum, 1810. First edition.
Copy of R. Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), rabbi of Jerusalem. His signature and stamp appear on the title page; additional stamp of his on leaf 3.
Two brief glosses.
152 leaves. 35 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor wear. Worming to first two leaves, affecting text. Marginal closed and open tears, not affecting text. Leaves trimmed close to text in several places. Censorship inscription and stamp on title page. Old binding, damaged.
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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.
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8 volumes (comprising over 10 titles). Size and condition vary.
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![Asifat Zekenim, Shita Mekubetzet on Tractate Bava Metzia, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi. [Berlin, 1766]. Copy of R. Yechezkel Bane](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/172_1.jpg "Shita Mekubetzet on Bava Metzia – Berlin, 1766 – Copy of Rabbi Yechezk")
![Asifat Zekenim, Shita Mekubetzet on Tractate Bava Metzia, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi. [Berlin, 1766]. Copy of R. Yechezkel Bane](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/172_2.jpg "Shita Mekubetzet on Bava Metzia – Berlin, 1766 – Copy of Rabbi Yechezk")
![Asifat Zekenim, Shita Mekubetzet on Tractate Bava Metzia, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi. [Berlin, 1766]. Copy of R. Yechezkel Bane](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale88a/172_3.jpg "Shita Mekubetzet on Bava Metzia – Berlin, 1766 – Copy of Rabbi Yechezk")
Asifat Zekenim, Shita Mekubetzet on Tractate Bava Metzia, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi. [Berlin, 1766].
Copy of R. Yechezkel Banet, R. Shlomo Deutsch and R. Yonah Bernfeld.
R. Yechezkel Banet (1777-1855), rabbi of Nitra, disciple of his relative R. Mordechai Banet Rabbi of Nikolsburg. Exchanged correspondence with the Chatam Sofer. He was one of the leading opponents of Haskalah.
R. Shlomo Deutsch (?-1880), disciple of R. Yehuda Aszód, dayan and later rabbi of Nitra.
R. Yonah Tzvi Bernfeld (1834-1891), disciple of R. Shlomo Deutsch and R. Yechezkel Banet in Nitra, and later of the Ktav Sofer. Served as rabbi of Debrecen.
1-2, 4-178, [1] leaves. Lacking title page. Leaf [2] with printer's foreword and approbations bound at end of book. 33.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Marginal tears and open tears, primarily to first and final leaves, affecting text. Leaves trimmed close to text in several places. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps. Old binding.
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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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Raziel HaMalach – "This is the book of Adam given to him by Raziel HaMalach" – kabbalah and Holy Names. "An excellent segulah to bear wise and sage sons, for success, blessing and to extinguish fire, so that it shouldn't affect his home…". Lviv: S. L. Kugel, Lewin & Comp., 1865.
Copy of the Mashgiach, R. Yechezkel Levenstein – many of his stamps on the title page and front endpaper: "Yechezkel Levenstein – Yeshivat Mir – Menahel Ruchani"; "Yechezkel Levenstein – Yeshivat Ponovezh – Menahel Ruchani".
R. Yechezkel Levenstein (1885-1974) was a leader of the mussar movement, product of the Kelm Talmud Torah. He was the Menahel Ruchani (spiritual administrator) of the Mir Yeshiva in Poland, Shanghai and Jerusalem. After R. Dessler's passing, he was appointed mashgiach of the Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei-Brak.
[33] leaves. 25 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Old binding, worn and damaged.
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