Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
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![Sifrei HaLevushim by R. Mordechai Yaffe. Berditchev: R. Yisrael son of Avraham [Bak] (disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditc](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/351.jpg "Sifrei HaLevushim – Berditchev, 1818-1821 – Complete Set in Five Volum")
Sifrei HaLevushim by R. Mordechai Yaffe. Berditchev: R. Yisrael son of Avraham [Bak] (disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and R. Yisrael of Ruzhin) and partner R. Yosef son of Tzvi, [1818-1821]. Complete set (four parts) in five volumes. Divisional title pages.
Signatures on the title pages, some deleted. Vol. III with stamps and many glosses.
Inscriptions in vol. V, including inscriptions handwritten by R. Zundel Salant.
Five volumes. Vol. I (Levush HaTechelet): 64 leaves. Leaves 28-29 bound out of sequence. Vol. II (Levush HaChur): [1], 65-200 leaves. Vol. III (Ateret Zahav): 180 leaves. Vol. IV (Levush HaButz VehaArgaman): [1], 30; 33-52; 55-88 leaves. Vol. V (Levush Ir Shushan): 8; 11-148; [12] leaves (final leaf marked 180). Misfoliation in most volumes. Approx. 33-34 cm. Condition varies. Vols. I, III and V in overall good-fair condition, vol. IV in fair condition and vol. II in fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness. Dark stains and large dampstains to several leaves in vol. I. Worming affecting text. Extensive worming to vol. IV, and worming to many leaves in vol. II, with significant damage to text. Tears, including open tears, affecting text. Stamps. New bindings (uniform).
Volume comprising two books printed in Russia-Poland in the early 19th century:
1. Amarot Tehorot, five essays from the book Asarah Maamarot by the Rema of Fano, with the Yad Yehuda commentary by R. Yehuda Leib Rabbi of Mainz. Mohyliv: Tzvi Ze'ev son of David [Rabinstein], [1810].
2. Rishon LeTzion, two parts – commentary on Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Yeshaya and Mishlei. Polonne: [Yosef HaKohen, 1809?].
Various ownership inscriptions on the title pages of both books (some trimmed).
Amarot Tehorot: [2], 142; 96, [2] leaves. Rishon LeTzion: [1], 2-6, [1], 9-10, 10-11, 13-18; [1], 2-34, 37-41 leaves (misfoliation). 20.5 cm. Mostly printed on blue paper. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains; worming to some leaves. Tears to some leaves, slightly affecting text. Bookplate. Non-original binding (rubbed), with defects.
Collection of books printed in Berditchev (Berdychiv) in the early 19th century, some with approbations by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev:
• Brit Menuchah, attributed to R. Avraham of Grenada. Berditchev, [1807].
• Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam. Berditchev, [1809].
• Derech Mitzvotecha, by R. Yehuda Rosanes. Berditchev, [1809].
• Totzaot Chaim, by R. Eliyahu de Vidas. [Berditchev, 1817].
• Baal HaNefesh, by the Raavad. [Berditchev, 1817]. Lacking final two leaves.
• Nachalat Shivah, by R. Shmuel HaLevi. [Berditchev, 1818].
• Sefer HaGan VeDerech Moshe, by R. Yitzchak son of Eliezer and R. Moshe Kahana. [Berditchev, 1818].
• Masorah Berurah, by R. Yosef son of Mordechai of Berditchev. Berditchev, [1807-1818].
• Kitzur Menorah HaMaor. [Berditchev, 1818]. Lacking one leaf in middle.
9 books. Size and condition vary. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps. New bindings.
Large collection of books printed in Russia-Poland, with approbations by R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev:
• Sefer Chasidim. Polonne, [1792].
• Torat Kohanim, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, Part I. Ostroh, 1800-1801.
• Chiddushei Halachot by the Maharsha. Ostroh, 1806.
• Apei Ravrevei, Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer. Ostroh, [1806].
• Shenei Luchot HaBrit, Part I. Ostroh, 1806. Enclosed: Part II from similar edition. Ostroh, 1802.
• Yalkut Reuveni. Ostroh, 1806-[1807].
• Sefer Mitzvot Gadol. Kopust, 1807.
• Shaarei Dura. Majdan, Zasław, [1807].
• Toldot Adam VeChava and Sefer Mesharim. Kopust, 1808. Three parts in one volume.
• Mishneh Torah, HaYad HaChazakah by the Rambam. Berditchev, [1808-1809]. First edition of Mishneh Torah printed in Berditchev. Four volumes.
• Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam. Berditchev, [1809].
• Rishon LeTzion by the Or HaChaim. Parts I and II. Polonne, [1809?].
• Chiddushei Halachot Maharam Schiff, Part I. Poritsk, [1809].
• Amarot Tehorot by the Rema of Fano. Mohyliv, [1810].
• Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Berachot and Order Zera'im. Kopust, [1812].
19 volumes. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
![13 books printed in Zhovkva in the 18th and early 19th centuries:• Chemdat Yamim, Part II. Zhovkva, [1755]. Stamp on title pa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/355_1.jpg "Collection of Books – Zhovkva, 18th and Early 19th Centuries")
![13 books printed in Zhovkva in the 18th and early 19th centuries:• Chemdat Yamim, Part II. Zhovkva, [1755]. Stamp on title pa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/355_2.jpg "Collection of Books – Zhovkva, 18th and Early 19th Centuries")
![13 books printed in Zhovkva in the 18th and early 19th centuries:• Chemdat Yamim, Part II. Zhovkva, [1755]. Stamp on title pa](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/355_3.jpg "Collection of Books – Zhovkva, 18th and Early 19th Centuries")
13 books printed in Zhovkva in the 18th and early 19th centuries:
• Chemdat Yamim, Part II. Zhovkva, [1755]. Stamp on title page of R. Efraim Yosef Dov Ashkenazi (1914-2002), attendant of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar for sixty years.
• Agudat Ezov by R. Yaakov Yisrael HaLevi, maggid in Kremnitz. Zhovkva, [1782].
• Responsa of the Rashba (attributed to the Ramban). Zhovkva, 1798.
• Olam HaGadol, by R. Eliezer Fishel of Strizov. Zhovkva, [1800].
• Shoshanat HaAmakim, by R. Moshe Alshech. Zhovkva, 1802.
• Gedolim Maasei Hashem by R. Eliezer Ashkenazi. Zhovkva, [1802].
• Sefer Yere'im by R. Eliezer of Metz, a tosafist. Zhovkva, [1804].
• Chefetz Hashem. Zhovkva, [1805]. Second edition.
• Commentary on the Torah portions by R. Moshe son of R. Nachman Gerondi. Zhovkva, 1805.
• Roke'ach HaGadol, by R. Elazar of Worms. Zhovkva, 1806.
• Torah commentary by R. Yaakov son of the Rosh. Zhovkva, 1806.
• Nahar Pishon by R. Yitzchak Aboab (the second). Zhovkva, 1806.
• Sefer HaTerumah, by R. Baruch son of R. Yitzchak of France. Zhovkva, 1811.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions in some books, see Hebrew description for more details.
13 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
![Letter from R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamenets), Lithuania. [Kamenitz],](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/529.jpg "Letter of Blessings and Thanks from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Kamen")
Letter from R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamenets), Lithuania. [Kamenitz], Tevet 1933.
Letter in Yiddish addressed to the Feigin family in Philadelphia, U.S.A, donors of the yeshiva. R. Baruch Ber showers them with many blessings in thanks for their generous support of the yeshiva.
The letter is mostly typewritten, and concludes with 7 lines handwritten, stamped and signed by R. Baruch Ber, with heartfelt blessings in Yiddish and Hebrew.
[2] leaves, official stationery. Approx. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.
Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten by R. Yehuda Leib Chasman author of Or Yahel, with his signatures "Y.H.L.". Jerusalem, Kislev 1931.
Written on the official stationery of the Hebron – Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Jerusalem, and addressed to R. Yechezkel Sarna (who was presumably abroad at the time taking care of yeshiva matters). R. Chasman describes the precarious financial situation of the yeshiva, and asks R. Sarna to write to his brother and ask him for help. On the verso, additional letter (signed again), regarding sending emissaries of the yeshiva to the United States.
R. Yehuda Leib Chasman (1869-1935), a leading Torah scholar of his times. A confidant of R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, the Chafetz Chaim and R. Shimon Shkop. Rabbi of Szczuczyn, and later mashgiach of the Hebron yeshiva until his passing.
[1] leaf, official stationery, written and signed on both sides. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Minor open tears at top of leaf, not affecting text.
Postcard with letter (over 20 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler. Chesham (England), 10th Tevet 1941 [postmark dated 9th January 1941].
Addressed to his relative R. Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky of London. R. Dessler was in Chesham at the time, during the blitz on London. R. Dessler inquires about his relative's wellbeing, in humorous, rhyming verse (presumably to cheer him up in those tense times).
Postcard. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear.
Lengthy letter (21 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (author of Michtav Me'Eliyahu), written during his tenure as head of the Gateshead Kollel. [Cheshvan] 1945.
Addressed to R. Hillel Medalie (1916-1977), rabbi of Leeds and Dublin, and later of the Shomre HaDas community in Antwerp.
R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-1953), a leading author of musar literature in our generation. A product of the Kelm yeshiva, he arrived in England in 1927, later founding the Gateshead Kollel and other Torah institutes throughout England, and eventually serving as mashgiach of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
Collection of ten letters handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yoffen dean of the Beit Yosef-Novardok network of yeshivot. United States, 1946-1962.
Addressed to his disciple R. Benzion Bruk, dean of the Beit Yosef-Novardok yeshiva in Jerusalem. The letters discuss matters pertaining to the yeshiva and its graduates (Holocaust survivors from various countries, students going to study in Eretz Israel, and more), as well as communal and private matters.
R. Avraham Yoffen (1886-1970), son-in-law and close disciple of the Alter of Novardok. He headed the Beit Yosef-Novardok network of yeshivot for fifty years, and was one of leading Torah disseminators in his times, risking his life to further Torah study even under communist rule. In 1941, he reached the United States, where he lived for some twenty years, establishing a yeshiva there as well. In 1964, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, spending his final years in Jerusalem.
10 letters. Size and condition vary. One letter on official stationery, the others are aerograms.
Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Gershon Liebman, leader of the Novardok yeshiva movement.
Addressed to R. Benzion Bruk (dean of the Novardok yeshiva in Jerusalem) R. Gershon describes the establishment of the Novardok yeshiva in the Bergen Belsen DP camp, and thanks him for the letters of encouragement and consolation to the Holocaust survivors. R. Gershon describes the difficulties he was encountering in running the yeshiva, and inquires about various relatives and acquaintances.
R. Gershon Liebman (1905-1997), founder and leader of the Or Yosef network of Novardok yeshivot in France, and one of the greatest Novardok musar leaders of all times. R. Gershon arranged underground musar yeshivot in the ghettos and camps throughout the Holocaust, and established a Novardok yeshiva in Bergen Belsen immediately after the war ended. In 1948, the yeshiva moved to France, where it expanded to include over 40 Torah and educational institutions.
[1] leaf, written on both sides. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal open tears. Filing holes, slightly affecting text.
![Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Dov Ber HaLevi Soloveitchik. [Jerusalem, ca. 1944].Addressed to R. Shmuel Szczedrow](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/535.jpg "Letter from Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav – Sen")
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Dov Ber HaLevi Soloveitchik. [Jerusalem, ca. 1944].
Addressed to R. Shmuel Szczedrowicki, with a request to send aid packages to two students in Siberia. Signed by R. Yosef Dov, with regards from his father (the style of the letter is characteristic of his father, R. Yitzchak Ze'ev of Brisk, and the letter was probably written at his behest).
R. Yosef Dov (R. Yoshe Ber) HaLevi Soloveitchik (1916-1981), eldest son of R. Yitzchak Ze'ev, the Brisker Rav. During the Holocaust, he immigrated with his father to Jerusalem, and assisted him in founding the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he later headed. One of the most illustrious Torah scholars of the previous generation.
The recipient, R. Shmuel Szczedrowicki (1907-1978), a head of Agudath Israel in Tel Aviv. During the Holocaust, he was sent to the Far East on rescue missions on behalf of Agudath Israel to assist refugees in the Far East, Siberia and throughout Russia.
[1] leaf. 21 cm. Approx. 20 autograph lines. Good condition. Folding marks.