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![Hilula Raba, Tikun for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Avraham Gagin by Shmuel Zuckerman, [1884].Order of study for Lag BaOmer, contai](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/189.jpg "Hilula Raba – Tikun for Lag BaOmer – Jerusalem, 1884")
Hilula Raba, Tikun for Lag BaOmer. Jerusalem: Avraham Gagin by Shmuel Zuckerman, [1884].
Order of study for Lag BaOmer, containing select passages from the Zohar, piyyutim and prayers (see also previous lot; the present edition is more expansive).
[1], 68 leaves. 19 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Some tears. Title page mostly detached, with marginal tears. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 449.
Toldot Yitzchak, commentary on Sefer Yetzirah, Part II, kabbalistic teachings on the sanctity of Jerusalem and the Temple service, by R. Yitzchak Kahana of Kolno A disciple of R. Isaac Chaver. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and Avraham Gagin, [1879]. Second edition, with expanded and revised supercommentary on the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Sefer Yetzirah.
R. Yitzchak Kahana of Kolno (Lithuania; present-day Poland) was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver, and authored several books on the kabbalistic teachings of the Vilna Gaon. He immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Jerusalem, where he published (in 1874-1885) the three parts of his work Toldot Yitzchak, on the Vilna Gaon's commentary to Sefer Yetzirah and his other kabbalistic teachings.
[2], 64, 63-72, 71-96, 100-101 leaves. 20.5 cm. Dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 334; Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 685.
Amudei HaTorah, Maalot HaTorah by R. Avraham, brother of the Vilna Gaon, with Or Torah by the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Jerusalem: R. Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1880. First edition of Or Torah.
On verso of title page, approbations of R. Shmuel Salant and R. Moshe Yehoshua Yehudah Leib Diskin (interestingly, disclaiming knowledge of kabbalah).
The author of Or Torah, R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver (1787-1852), a transmitter of the kabbalistic teachings of the Vilna Gaon. At the young age of 14, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow (disciple of the Vilna Gaon) deemed him suited to study Kabbalah. In Or Torah (p. 31a) he criticizes Chassidic devotional practices, a passage censored in later editions.
[2], 72 leaves. 20 cm. Dry paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains. Small open tears to margins of title page and several other leaves. Creases. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 352.
Ir David, ethics and proper conduct, and survey of graves of tzaddikim in Eretz Israel, by R. David HaKohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1880. Bound with: Ir David (Part II), by R. David HaKohen of Vilna. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and partners, 1881.
In addition to the above topics, both books contain a special chapter with sentences with chronograms for the dates of printing (1880-1881).
On endpaper at the beginning of the volume, 13-line handwritten dedication by author, first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar 1880.
On the verso of the title pages of both parts, printed dedications, filled in by hand by the author, to "Dr. Levisohn", apparently R. Yehudah Leib Levisohn of Stockholm, who wrote book reviews for periodicals, with words added to the second dedication by the author.
Apparently, the lengthy dedication at the beginning of the volume, asking for a favorable review, is also addressed to him.
At the end of Part I appears a leaf with an estimate of the Ashkenazi Jewish population in Jerusalem, Safed, Tiberias and Hebron.
The book's purpose is clarified in the approbation of R. Yechiel Michel Pines to the 1886 part (not in the present volume). Sick and unable to work, the author would make a living from his book with chronograms for the current year, which he was able to produce effortlessly.
[1], 36 leaves; 40 leaves. 16 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 350, 376.
Mishkenot LaAvir Yaakov, on the opening discussion of Tractate Tamid. Part I, by the Jerusalem kabbalist R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and partner, [1881].
R. Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein (1832-1908), disciple of the Seraph of Kotzk and the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. In 1868, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he concentrated on the study of topics related to the Temple, using his books to maintain the mitzvah of guarding the holy site. Mishkenot LaAvir Yaakov contains various novellae on Tractates Tamid, Yoma and Pesachim, guarding the Temple and kabbalistic homilies.
[4], 3-59 leaves. 33.5 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears, affecting text at bottom margins of several leaves. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 373.
She'erit Yaakov, halachic commentary on Tractates Berachot, Shabbat, Ketubot and Bava Metzia, selections on the Rambam and Shulchan Aruch and more, by R. Yaakov Bibas. Jerusalem: Yitzchak Gościnny and his partner Agan, [1881].
The date given on the title page is 1880; according to Sh. Halevy the true date of printing is 1881.
[4], 92 leaves. 17.5 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Some stains. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 381.
Lot 195 Shenat HaSheva (by Rabbi Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov) – Hundred-Copy Print Run – Jerusalem, 1881
Shenat HaSheva, with Be'er Sheva, booklet on laws of the shemitah year by R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1881.
In a note on p. 31a the author writes that due to the untimely death of his son during the printing of the book, he was compelled to publish it in brief with many omissions, in a limited print run of 100 copies (due to lack of funds).
32 leaves. Missing leaves 33-34. 18.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears, including open tears to margins of title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting title frame and text on verso (last leaf repaired with paper filling). New binding.
Does not contain leaves 33-34 of Zichron Yosef, with the author's eulogy for his son R. Yosef Chaim Eliyah and with a lament written by the son for another untimely death.
Sh. Halevy, no. 382.
![Prayer before the Western Wall, anthology of prayers, ethics and additional works. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1891?].](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/196.jpg "Prayer before the Western Wall – Jerusalem, 1891 – Ladino and Some Heb")
Prayer before the Western Wall, anthology of prayers, ethics and additional works. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1891?]. Ladino and some Hebrew.
Anthology of prayers, stories and ethics, most in Ladino. At the beginning of the book appears a prayer to be recited before the Western Wall (in Ladino).
12, 41-72 pages. Missing pages 13-40 (the Hebrew section). Approx. 16 cm. Somewhat dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, including small marginal open tears. New leather binding.
Chronogram for 1881; likely a mistake for 1891.
Sh. Halevy, no. 385.
Chaim MiYerushalayim, homilies for various occasions and selections on the Torah portions (Bereshit-Pinchas) by R. Chaim Avraham Gagin. Jerusalem: Agan and partner, with R. Shmuel HaLevi Zuckerman, [1882].
At the end of the book, after the selections on Torah portions Bereshit-Pinchas, appear several leaves with "separate discourses", followed by an index to Shaarei Yerushalayim, a book by R. Tzadik Tarabulus, the author's grandson.
[4], 212, 233-302, [14] pages. 23.5 cm. Somewhat dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Worming in one place to first leaves, slightly affecting text. Original binding, with leather spine. Wear and damage to spine.
Sh. Halevy, no. 397.
Printed leaf, copy of a letter of the emissary of the Belarus Kollel to Kollel officials, from 19th Adar, 1882. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, 1882?].
Copy of a letter of the emissary R. Yaakov Berlin, criticizing the polemic involving sharp attacks on R. Yechiel Michel Pines.
Handwritten inscription at the top of the leaf.
[1] leaf. 19.5 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears. New leather binding.
Not recorded by Sh. Halevy or in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (the NLI catalog contains a photocopy of the present copy).
Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.
Kol Nehi MiTzion, bans and warnings against R. Azriel Hildesheimer, edited by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger. Jerusalem: [Shmelke Yosef Shmer and his brother-in-law Yitzchak Gościnny, 1872].
Anthology of bans and warnings opposing R. Azriel Hildesheimer, following his call for founding schools and orphanages in Jerusalem with secular studies. The various notices are signed by 113 rabbis.
Edited by R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, who identifies himself with his initials on p. 8b.
[1], 8, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears to inner margins of several leaves, repaired with tape. Worming, affecting text, partially repaired with tape. Bottom margins of last leaf repaired with paper (apparently supplied from another copy). Handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 181.
Printed leaf, Et Tzarah Hi LeYoshvei Yerushalayim, poster opposing R. Azriel Hildesheimer's new method of learning, institutions established by him and innovations in educational institutions in the city. Jerusalem, [1873].
Poster from 18th Tevet 1873, bemoaning the spiritual crisis in Jerusalem educational institutions, particularly attacking the institutions established by R. Azriel Hildesheimer and their method of study. The poster was directed at European rabbis, in the hope that they would arrest R. Hildesheimer's influence on Jerusalem educational institutions.
[1] leaf. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small marginal tears, and open tear to upper portion of leaf, slightly affecting text, repaired with tape. New binding.
Not recorded by Sh. Halevy or the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. The NLI catalog contains a photocopy of the present copy.
Previously of the collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman, with inscriptions in his handwriting (in pencil).