Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Be'er HaGolah by the Maharal of Prague - with Approbation and Additions by the Maggid of Koznitz – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, 1804

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Be'er HaGolah, by the Maharal of Prague. With approbation and additional writings by the Maggid Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz. Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, 1804. First edition of writings which were later printed in the book Geulat Yisrael by the Maggid of Koznitz.
The title page has the signature of Rabbi Chaim Davidson Av Beit Din of Warsaw: “Chaim son of deceased Rabbi David Tebel”.
Rabbi Chaim Davidson (1760-1854) a famous Torah scholar was a disciple of Rabbi Ya’akov of Lisa author of Netivot HaMishpat. He was a leader of Polish Jewry and among the leading rabbis who supported the “Polish Revolt”. In 1839, he was appointed Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Warsaw succeeding the author of Chemdat Shlomo.
[2], 58 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting and wear damage, worn binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 72.
Chassidism – Books
Chassidism – Books