Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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Shulchan Aruch of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe. Sudylkiv, Warsaw, Czernowitz, Józefów, Szczuczyn, Brody and Vilna, 1826-1949.
94 volumes from 20 different editions of Shulchan Aruch HaRav. See Hebrew description for list of books.
94 volumes. Varying size and condition. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps. New bindings. Some parts may be missing several leaves; the collection was not examined thoroughly and is being sold as is.
Twelve Chabad books by Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and his son-in-law Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. [Russia, 1831-1912]. Some first editions or only editions.
• Kuntres HaHitpaalut, by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. [Zhovkva? 1831?].
- Bound with "Small booklet on free will" by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, called Shaar HaBechirah on the page headers. [Zhovkva? 1831?].
• Ner Mitzvah VeTorah Or, Part II, "called Shaar HaYichud", containing a brief explanation of Hishtalshelut HaOlamot and Sefirot by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. [Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), 1858.] [1], 2-40 leaves.
• Ateret Rosh, Chassidic homilies for the high holidays – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Shabbat Shuvah, by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. [Johannesburg (Prussia), ca. 1860].
• Maamarim Yekarim, by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, containing two lengthy Chassidic discourses: 1. Inyan Gevia HaKesef, on various blessings pertaining to food and wine. 2. Birkat Chatanim, on topics pertaining to faith and matrimony. [Königsberg (Kaliningrad), 1864]. Only edition.
• Beurei HaZohar, Chassidic expositions on the Zohar delivered by the Alter Rebbe, written by the Mitteler Rebbe. Lviv, 1861. First edition of additions to the book (printed in new sequence, with divisional title page).
• Torat Chaim, Parts I-II, on Bereshit – commentaries on discourses of the Alter Rebbe, by his son the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Warsaw, 1866. First edition of Part II.
• Kuntres Perush HaMilot, called Mahadura Batra – commentary and expansion of the Alter Rebbe's siddur by his son the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Warsaw, 1867. First edition.
• Iyun Tefilah, on prayer, by the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, including a letter of his regarding prayer. Warsaw, 1871. Yiddish.
• Iyun Tefilah, containing three books: Iyun Tefilah, Bad Kodesh and Inyan HaHishtatchut Al Kivrei Tzadikim; a letter by Rebbetzin Freida, daughter of the Alter Rebbe; and a teaching of the Yid HaKadosh of Peshischa. Piotrków, 1904.
• Derech Mitzvotecha, two parts: Part I – rationales for mitzvot; and Part II – commentary on the prayer text, by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Poltava, [1911-1912]. Two parts in two volumes. First edition of Part I and only edition of Part II.
Last two leaves (including index and errata) are not documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book or the NLI catalog.
• Derech Emunah, called Sefer HaChakirah – philosophy, with kabbalah and Chassidut, by the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Poltava, 1912. First edition. Many stamps of the Strashelye Chassidic synagogue in Vitebsk.
12 volumes. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair-good condition. Inscriptions, signatures and stamps. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined and are being sold as is.
Tzemach Tzedek, responsa according to the order of the Shulchan Aruch, novellae on the Talmud and halachic rulings by R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. First editions.
Nine parts (in eight volumes):
1. Orach Chaim. Vilna: widow and brothers Romm, 1884.
2-4. Yoreh Deah, Parts I-III. Vilna: Finn, Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer / widow and brothers Romm, 1874. On the main title page, the name of the author and press are printed in gilt ink.
5. Even HaEzer, Volume I – two parts. Vilna: R. Yosef Reuven Romm / Finn and Rosenkranz, 1870. Two parts in two volumes.
6. Even HaEzer, Volume II – two parts. Vilna: Finn and Rosenkranz, 1871. Two parts in two volumes.
7. Tzemach Tzedek, Talmudic novellae. Vilna: Finn, Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer, 1878. Ownership signature: "Mordechai Kahn".
8-9. Tzemach Tzedek, halachic rulings and novellae according to the order of the Tur, Shulchan Aruch and their commentaries – Parts I-II (in one volume). Vilna: Finn, Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer / widow and brothers Romm, 1884. Copy containing the words "I did not merit to understand his holy words". [On p. 69b, the Tzemach Tzedek quotes the Vilna Gaon, remarking "I did not merit to understand his holy words". The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that this remark was introduced by the printers in Vilna, and that when the first copies of the book reached Lubavitch, this leaf was hurriedly replaced by a corrected leaf, containing the original phrase "this is not a refutation"].
Eight volumes. • Orach Chaim: [3], 2-76 leaves. • Yoreh Deah (3 parts in one volume): Part I: [3], 2-86 leaves; Part II: [2], 2-121 leaves; Part III: [1], 52; [1], 2-13 leaves. • Even HaEzer I-I: [1], 147 leaves. Missing main title page. • Even HaEzer I-II: [1], 82, [1] leaves. • Even HaEzer II-I: [3], 2-100 leaves. • Even HaEzer II-II: [2], 3-135 leaves. • Talmudic novellae: [3], 2-192 leaves. • Halachic rulings: 286; [3], 2-50; 70 leaves. First 4 leaves of Part I missing (including both title pages). Approx. 22-36 cm. Some with wide margins. Overall good condition. Stains, including dark stains in several places. Minor tears and creases. Worming in first and second volume. Open tear to last leaf of volume III. Title page of Yoreh Deah Part III detached (apparently supplied from another copy). Stamps. New bindings.
Yeshuot Yaakov, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, Part I, by R. Yaakov Meshulam Orenstein, Rabbi of Lviv. Lemberg (Lviv): Tzvi Hirsch Sperling and Berish Luria, 1862. Second edition.
Copy of Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro, Rabbi of Strzyżów and Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, and his son Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, Rabbi of Munkacs, author of Darchei Teshuvah.
On the title page and other leaves – stamps of Rebbe "Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro" on the front endpaper and inside the front board: various ownership inscriptions stating that the book belongs to "the holy rabbi, Rabbi of Strzyżów", "Belongs… R. Shlomo Shapiro, Rabbi of Strzyżów"; ownership inscriptions [apparently by the young R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro]: "This book belongs to Tzvi… Strzyżów"; "This book belongs to Tz[vi] H[irsch]"; "Belongs to Tzvi Hirsch in Strzyżów".
Additional inscriptions, Torah inscriptions and various signatures.
Stamp on title page: "Pinchas Rubenstein of Balassagyarmat" [Pinchas Rubenstein of Balassagyarmat, student in the Galanta yeshiva ca. 1928 – his name appears in the list of pre-subscribers to books printed between the years 1928-1931, including Beit Shlomo with the biography of the Shem Shlomo and Darchei Teshuvah].
Rebbe Shlomo Shapiro of Munkacs (1831-1893), son of Rebbe Elazar Shapiro of Lantzut (Łańcut) and grandson of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov (Dynów), author of Bnei Yissachar. Succeeded his father as Rabbi of Strzyżów and later served as Rabbi of Munkacs (Mukachevo).
His son, R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro, author of Darchei Teshuva (1845-1914), a leading Torah and Chassidic scholar, he succeeded his father as Rabbi of Munkacs and led thousands of followers. Founded Kollel Munkacs and served as Nesi Eretz Israel.
[1], 82, 85-104, [1] leaves. 39.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Many stains, traces of former dampness and mold. Heavy wear and creases to margins. Tears, including open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting title frame, partially repaired with paper. Many handwritten inscriptions and stamps. Early binding, worn and damaged, detached on both sides, missing spine.
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura; at the top of the title page are two of his stamps: one stamp with his name, "Nachum Dov Ber Friedman", with a symbol of a lion in the center (somewhat blurred), and an additional stamp, "Kinyan Kaspi".
On the endpaper is a printed ex libris label (in gilt letters on red background): "Collection of books of R. Nachum Dov Friedman in Sadhora". Next to it is a piece of paper with a printed caption in German, attesting that the book was donated by R. Salo (Shlomo) Kohen, who had purchased part of the Rebbe of Sadigura's book collection, in memory of his mother Charlotte (Gittel) Kohen.
Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber (Bernyu) Friedman of Sadigura (d. 1883, Otzar HaRabbanim 15912), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef and son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura. R. Nachum Dov Ber possessed a large library, and he used several types of stamps in his library. Books he inherited from his father were stamped "Nachalat Avotai", books he purchased were stamped "Kinyan Kaspi" (like the present book), and books received as a gift were stamped "Minchat Shai". A small collection of books gifted by converts to his father-in-law were stamped "Minchat Ger".
[7], 104; [1], 31 pages. 15.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Inner margins of first two leaves repaired with paper filling. Stamps. New leather binding.
Responsa of Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi, brother and teacher of the Taz, Part I. Neuwied: Johann Balthasar Haupt, 1736.
Copy of the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Eizik Weiss of Svaliava, uncle and close teacher of his nephew R. Yosef Meir Weiss, first Rebbe of Spinka, author of Imrei Yosef. At the top of the title page is his signature: "Yitzchak Eizik Weiss", as well as an ownership stamp from his tenure as head of the Beit Din of Svaliava and of Munkacs: "Yitzchak Eizik Weiss – Izsak Weisz – Rabbiner Szolyva", "Yitzchak Eizik Weiss, head of the Munkacs Beit Din".
On p. 16b appear two glosses, apparently handwritten by R. Yitzchak Eizik Weiss.
On the title page also appear stamps of his son-in-law, Rebbe Elimelech Lowy son of R. Meshulam Feish of Tosh, grandfather of the current Rebbe of Tosh in Canada.
R. Yitzchak Eizik Weiss (1824-1894), rabbi of Svaliava and later head of the Munkacs Beit Din, author of Beit Yitzchak. He was the prime teacher of his nephew, R. Yosef Meir Weiss, first Rebbe of Spinka, author of Imrei Yosef. He was born in Munkacs to R. Avraham Weiss (who was like a son to R. Yitzchak Eizik of Kaliv). R. Yitzchak Eizik Weiss was a progenitor of Chassidut in Transylvania in the mid-19th century, and the disciple of foremost rebbes: Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, author of Bnei Yissachar; Rebbe Yehudah Tzvi of Rozdil, author of Daat Kedoshim (the book was compiled by R. Yitzchak Eizik Weiss); Rebbe Shalom of Belz; and Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov (who acclaimed him as one of the "sixty mighty men surrounding him", and relied upon him to edit his writings in Chassidut and Kabbalah). He also frequented the courts of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Chaim of Kosov, Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Rimanov and Rebbe Meir of Premishlan. His son-in-law was Rebbe Elimelech Lowy, son of the first rebbe of Tosh R. Meshulam Feish Lowy. R. Shimon Grünfeld (Maharshag), Rabbi of Szemihály, described R. Yitzchak Eizik: "I knew that he was a great kabbalist, almost unique in the country in this science" (Responsa Maharshag, Part I, Orach Chaim section 30). From his large collection of writings, only the following were published: Toldot Yitzchak on the Torah, Divrei Yitzchak, and Beit Yitzchak on Tractate Megillah.
[1], 33 leaves. 31.5 cm. Browning of paper to some leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming to margins of title page and several other leaves. Small marginal tears to several leaves, including a minute tear to one leaf, slightly affecting text. Original binding, worn and damaged.
Shem MiShmuel, novellae on the Torah by R. Shmuel Soller, head of the Lviv Beit Din. Lviv: Ch. Rohatyn, 1902. Published by R. Yehoshua Tzvi Wolf, editor of Machazikei HaDat.
Important ownership: copy from the home of the Tzaddik R. Yeshayale of Kerestir, with signatures of his son and son-in-law. On the title page, ownership inscription signed "Yisrael Avraham Alter Landau son of R. Sh[alom] L[andau]" [son-in-law of R. Yeshayah of Kerestir], and on front endpapers – ownership inscriptions and signatures of "Avraham Steiner" [son of R. Yeshayah of Kerestir]. On the back endpaper, ownership inscription (with errors, perhaps written by a child), "This book belongs to the famous, holy Tzaddik R. Yeshayah". Signatures and additional inscriptions (in purple ink) of "Shlomo Zalman Klein" – who received the book as a gift from the abovementioned R. Yisrael Avraham Alter Landau.
R. Yeshayah (Yeshayale) Steiner of Kerestir (1852-1925), disciple and successor of Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Liska (Olaszliszka), author of Ach Pri Tevuah. Known as a wonderworker, numerous Jews (and even non-Jews) flocked to his court in Kerestir (Bodrogkeresztúr) to seek his advice and amulets. R. Yeshayah was revered by the leading rebbes of his day and performed innumerable charitable deeds.
His only son, Rebbe Avraham Steiner of Kerestir (1883-1927), appointed by his father to serve as rebbe during the latter's lifetime, a position he held for less than two years until his passing.
R. Yisrael Avraham Alter Landau, youngest son-in-law of R. Yeshayah of Kerestir (1886-1942), Rabbi of Edelény for some twenty years, where he established an important yeshiva which produced hundreds of immense Torah scholars and rabbis who remained in correspondence with their teacher.
[1], 116 leaves. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and slight tears. Original binding, worn and torn.
Assorted collection of title pages and parts of books, copies of important ownership – with stamps, signatures and ownership inscriptions of famous rabbis and rebbes.
Include stamps, signatures and ownership inscriptions of the following rabbis:
• R. Shmuel Heller, Rabbi of Safed. • R. Shlomo HaKohen of Álmosd (father-in-law of the Tzror HaChaim R. Shmuel Shmelka Klein, Rabbi of Vynohradiv). • Rebbe Elimelech Shapiro of Grodzinsk (1824-1892; leading rebbe in Poland, father of the Rebbe of Piaseczno, author of Chovat HaTalmidim). • R. Moshe Hirsch Fuchs, Rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea; author of Yad Ramah). • R. Eliezer David Grünwald (Rabbi of Satmar, author of Keren LeDavid). • R. Efraim Tzvi Einhorn, Rabbi of Mstów (1855-1900; leading Polish rabbi, author of She'erit Efraim Dov). • Rebbe David Bornsztain of Sochatchov, author of Chasdei David. • R. Aryeh Leibish HaLevi Horowitz, author of Harei Besamim (1846-1909); leading Galician rabbi, Rabbi of Zaliztsi, Stryi and Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk). • Stamp of the Rebbe of Klausenburg, from his youth in Rudnik. • Rebbe Yehudah Yechiel Taub of Rozlo-Kaliv (1887-1937). • R. Leib Friedman, head of the Pressburg Beit Din (1863-1919; author of Responsa Rivad). • R. Yeshayah Kalisch, dayan and posek in Pressburg (1883-1944; son-in-law of R. Leib Friedman, head of the Pressburg Beit Din, author of Responsa Rivad). • R. Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer of Pressburg (author of Cheshev Sofer). • R. Moshe Kliers, Rabbi of Tiberias. • Rebbe Yosef Tzvi Kalisch of Skernevitz. • Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, Rabbi of Sosnowiec. • Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Lipschitz Halberstam of Stropkov, Rabbi of Ramla. • And more.
Over 30 items, including over 24 title pages. Varying size and condition. Placed in large binder.
Large collection of 22 various books on Chassidut, kabbalah, halachah and homiletics. Important ownership: copies belonging to rebbes and their families.
Including copies belonging to:
• R. Tzvi Meir HaKohen Rabinowitz, Rabbi of Radomsk (1840-1902), second son of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk and his successor as Rabbi of Radomsk.
• R. Elazar Lipschitz Aleksander [son-in-law of Rebbe Yechiel Danziger of Aleksander].
• R. Alter Menachem Kalonymus Weinstock of Poland and Jerusalem. Disciple of the Guter Yid of Neustadt along with his father R. Baruch Binyamin Ze'ev [the first Chassidic dayan in Jerusalem].
• Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzyn, Rabbi of Sosnowiec (1910-2006).
• Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael Rabinowitz of Kherson (1880-1942), author of She'erit Yaakov, son of Rebbe Pinchas of Kantikozva and son-in-law of R. Shlomo Zalmina of Rashkov. Rebbe in Kherson and Odessa. In 1925, immigrated to Eretz Israel and served as rebbe in Tel Aviv.
• Rebbe Menachem Nachum Rabinowitz of Koidanov-Kantikozva, son of Rebbe Pinchas of Kantikozva.
• Rebbe Yechiel Michel Hager of Horodenka (perished in the Holocaust, 1942), son of R. Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz.
• Rebbe Eliezer Hager, author of Damesek Eliezer (1891-1946). Son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz.
• Rebbe Efraim Asher HaLevi Rottenberg of Koson, Rabbi of the Ner Yisrael community in Los Angeles, California.
• R. "Binyamin Leifer, Ungvár".
• R. Shalom Gutman (1867-1929), a descendant of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev; Rabbi of Jassy, Romania for over 30 years.
• R. Leibish son of Rebbe Yechiel Meir Lipschitz, the Guter Yid of Gostynin.
• R. Yisrael Moshe Lipschitz (ca. 1832-1918), son of Rebbe Yechiel Meir, the Guter Yid of Gostynin.
• Rebbe Yosef Tzvi Kalisch of Skernevitz (1887-1957), of the Vorka dynasty, served as Rabbi of Karczów and Bnei Brak.
• Rebbe "Moshe Meir Leifer" of Jerusalem.
• Rebbe Yosef Panet (1895-1962), son of Rebbe Yechezkel Panet of Deyzh, the Knesset Yechezkel. Rabbi and yeshiva dean in Ileanda (Transylvania). After the German occupation, he escaped the Deyzh (Dej) ghetto with nine children, thus surviving the war, after which he returned to Deyzh and later immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, reestablishing the Deyzh dynasty.
• R. Avraham Abba Bomacz of Łódź, and ownership inscription of his son R. Eliezer Gershon Friedenson.
22 volumes. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and they are being sold as is.
See Hebrew description for a detailed listing of books and details on signatures and dedications.
Collection of eight different books on Chassidut and halachah. Copies of mportant ownership, belonging to the rebbes of Spinka, Ropshitz and Zidichov and their families.
• Likutei Maharya on Yalkut Shimoni, Chassidic novellae, Part I on Neviim, by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov. Lviv, 1889. First edition.
Stamps of Rebbe Asher Yeshayah Rubin and Rebbe Nachman Kahana of Spinka-Bnei Brak.
• Shtei HaLechem, responsa by R. Moshe Chagiz. Przemyśl, 1897.
- Bound with: Totzeot Chaim, glosses, corrections and references to Divrei Chaim, by R. Akiva HaKohen Lieber. Podgórze, Cracow, 1899.
On title pages of both books: Signatures, ownership inscriptions and self-dedications of R. Yonatan Binyamin Pollak of Spinka [son-in-law of the Imrei Yosef] and R. Moshe Pollak of Spinka [grandson of the Imrei Yosef].
• Shaarei Tohar on the laws of Nidah, with Shaarei Daat, by R. Avraham Einhorn. Sighet, 1901.
Signature and ownership inscription: "Moshe Pollak" [grandson of the Imrei Yosef of Spinka]. Additional inscription: "This book was given to me by my grandfather, the tzaddik of Spinka".
• Kitzur Reshit Chochmah by R. Eliyahu de Vidas. [Jarosław, 1909. Missing title page].
Stamp of R. "Avraham Abish Horowitz son of the tzaddik of Meletz (Mielec)" as well as his handwritten inscriptions. R. Avraham Abish (Abishel) Horowitz, Rabbi of Carei (1897-1944; perished in the Holocaust), son of Rebbe Naftali Horowitz of Melitz (1845-1915) and son-in-law of Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Weiss of Spinka (1875-1944), author of Chakal Yitzchak. Served as Rabbi of Spinka in place of his father-in-law during World War I.
• Divrei Moshe, Chassidic and kabbalistic discourses on the Torah portions by R. Moshe Shoham, Rabbi of Dolyna (a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov). Zhovkva, 1865.
On the endpaper, inscriptions and signature of R. "Efraim Eliezer son of R. Shalom HaKohen" – Rebbe Efraim Eliezer HaKohen Yolles of Sambor from Philadelphia (1890-1988).
• Tevach VeHachen, laws of shechitah and bedikot, by R. Yosef Chaim Kara. Vilna, 1894.
Stamps of R. "Avraham Eisen, dayan and posek here, Pidhaitsi"; and stamps of Rebbe "Yehoshua Heshel Eichenstein, Rabbi of Khodoriv" [immigrated to the United States in 1924 and became the first rebbe in Chicago, d. 1940].
• Meged Shamayim, on Pri Megadim, Yoreh Deah, by R. Moshe Mordechai Steger. Cracow, 1895.
Stamps of R. "Yitzchak Eizik Rabin, descendant of R. Yitzchak Eizik of Zidichov", and stamp of Rebbe "Shalom Eichenstein" of Zidichov-Safed (ca. 1900-1989), author of Rav Shalom, son and successor of Rebbe Asher Yeshayah of Pruchnik (son of Rebbe Alexander Yom Tov Lipa of Zidichov). Served as rebbe in Romania, and after the Holocaust in Safed, and subsequently immigrated to the United States.
• Beit Pinchas, anthology of novellae on various subjects and ethical teachings by R. Pinchas of Korets, R. Chaim of Kraszna, R. Shmuel of Kaminka and others, by R. Pinchas Rabinowitz. Bilgoraj, 1926.
Stamp of R. "Aharon son of R. M. Rabin, Rabbi of Lanivtsi, Volhynia".
9 books in 8 volumes. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined and are being sold as is.
Two books bound together: Responsa of the Bach by R. Yoel Sirkes of Cracow, author of Bayit Chadash. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wauscht, [1697]. First edition; Responsa Avodat HaGershuni, by R. Gershon Ashkenazi, Rabbi of NIkolsburg (Mikulov) and the region. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wauscht, [1699]. First edition.
Copy of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. On the margins of the first title page (on Responsa of the Bach) appears an ownership inscription handwritten and signed by the Chayei Adam: "Belongs to my master and teacher… R. Moshe [Meisels?], Monday, 10th Iyar, 1765 in Berlin – Avram who is Avraham of Danzig" (a similar inscription from his youth in Berlin appears on the title page of another book auctioned by Kedem, catalog 51, lot 121).
Additional inscriptions and signatures on title page of Responsa of the Bach, including signature of R. "Moshe Chaim Weiss" of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda) [author of Brit Moshe on Smag, d. 1922]; a few inscriptions and notations on margins handwritten by R. Moshe Chaim Weiss.
On p. 105b of Responsa of the Bach is a lengthy learned gloss, signed "Moshe Meisels, Rabbi of Wiślica", author of Pri Etz HaDaat on Yoreh Deah, a manuscript work that appears to have been lost.
R. Avraham Danzig (1748-1821), renowned for his famous work Chayei Adam. He served as posek in Vilna and was a disciple and peer of the Vilna Gaon, as well as his mechutan. He would sign his name with the acronym "Avram" [initials for "Avraham son of R. Michel"], as in his inscription on the present item.
[6], 106, [2] leaves; [4], 94, [4] leaves (misfoliation). 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains and mold. Wear and tears. Detached and loose leaves. Worming. Old binding, heavily worn and missing spine.
![Mishnah, Seder Kodashim, with commentaries. Fürth: Tzvi Hirsch son of Chaim, [1741].
Copy of R. Moshe Hamel Segal, Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/120_1.jpg "Mishnah Seder Kodashim – Fürth, 1741 – Signature of Rabbi Moshe Hamel")
![Mishnah, Seder Kodashim, with commentaries. Fürth: Tzvi Hirsch son of Chaim, [1741].
Copy of R. Moshe Hamel Segal, Rabb](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale96/120_2.jpg "Mishnah Seder Kodashim – Fürth, 1741 – Signature of Rabbi Moshe Hamel")
Copy of R. Moshe Hamel Segal, Rabbi of Baiersdorf and Bayreuth, son of Glückel of Hameln. His handwritten ownership inscription and signature appear on the title page.
R. Moshe Hamel Segal served as Rabbi of Baiersdorf, and later of the Bayreuth district in which Baiersdorf is located. He was the son of Glückel of Hameln, who gained fame for her diary which was printed in many editions and translations starting in the 19th century, rendering her a famous historical figure and her diary an important historical record. Her diary was preserved from copies made by her son R. Moshe, on which basis it was published. His mother's diary mentions R. Moshe several times, including his studies in a Kloiz in Frankfurt, his engagement and his marriage.
163 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains (including wax stains). Worming to several leaves, affecting text. A few handwritten inscriptions. The book is severed into two parts in the spine. Old binding, damaged.