Assorted collection of books from the library of R. Hersch Kohn (R. Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen), rabbi of Congregation Tifereth Israel in New York. Approx. 85 books, printed in the 18th-19th centuries.
Books on various topics: Responsa, Halacha and novellae, prayer books, Chassidism, Haskalah, and more. The books were printed in various areas: Western and Eastern Europe, Jerusalem, the United States, and elsewhere.
R. Hersch Kohn (1898-1969), rabbi of Congregation Tifereth Israel in New York. He authored Otzar Derashot VeRaayonot - homilies in Yiddish for the festivals, eulogies, and more (New York, 1933).
This collection of books was inherited by member of Knesset R. Binyamin (Benny) Elon.
The books include:
• Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, with the commentaries. Amsterdam, [1754].
• Machzor for Yom Kippur, Part II, according to the rite of Bohemia, Poland and Moravia. Vienna, [after 1795]. Large format.
• Midrash Pesikta Rabbati DeRav Kahana. Breslau, [1831].
• Responsa of the Maharam of Rothenburg. Sudylkiv, 1835.
• Maavar Yabok. [Lviv, ca. 1850].
• Seder Tefilla, with the commentary by R. Yaakov Emden. Lviv, 1863.
Some books have glosses, signatures, stamps and ownership inscriptions.
Approx. 85 books. Size and condition vary.
The collection was not thoroughly examined, and is being sold as is.