Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Daat Zekenim – Livorno, 1783 / Yeter HaBaz – Livorno, 1787 – Copies of the Rebbes of Radomsk and Radzin
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Sold for: $938
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Two books printed in Livorno – copies owned by prominent members of the Radomsk dynasty – with signatures of R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz dean of the Keter Torah Radomsk yeshivot in Poland, and stamps of his nephew Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin.
• Daat Zekenim, commentary of the Tosafists and Minchat Yehudah commentary on the Torah; with Efer Yaakov (divisional title page), index of supercommentaries by Acharonim to the Rashi and Re'em commentaries, by R. Yaakov Nunez Vais. Livorno: Avraham Yitzchak Castello and Eliezer Saadon, [1783]. First edition.
On the front endpaper, ownership inscriptions handwritten and signed by R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk, and stamp of his nephew, Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz. Handwritten kvittel inscription at top of title page.
[9], 90 leaves; [1], 2-29 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. New leather binding.
• Yeter HaBaz, on Tractates Sanhedrin and Zevachim, on the Rambam, responsa and piyyutim, by R. Nehorai Jarmon, leading Tunisian rabbi (d. 1783); with Tzedakah LeChaim (divisional title page), Talmudic novellae and novellae on the Rambam, by R. Chaim son of R. Nehorai Jarmon. Livorno: Avraham Yitzchak Castello and Eliezer Saadon, [1787].
On the first title page, signature of R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz. On the second leaf, stamp of his nephew Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz. Other signatures throughout the book.
[3], 64, [5] leaves; [1], 65-82 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. New leather binding.
R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz (1906-1942; perished in the Holocaust), outstanding Torah scholar, descendant of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk. Son-in-law of his cousin Rebbe Shlomo Chanoch HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk, with whom he founded the Keter Torah – Radomsk network of yeshivot in Poland, comprising 36 yeshivot.
His nephew, Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz (Sosnowiec; 1910-2006), headed the Radzin network of yeshivot in Poland. Miraculously survived the war, settling in the United States and later in Eretz Israel where he led the Radzin Chassidic court in Bnei Brak.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
• Daat Zekenim, commentary of the Tosafists and Minchat Yehudah commentary on the Torah; with Efer Yaakov (divisional title page), index of supercommentaries by Acharonim to the Rashi and Re'em commentaries, by R. Yaakov Nunez Vais. Livorno: Avraham Yitzchak Castello and Eliezer Saadon, [1783]. First edition.
On the front endpaper, ownership inscriptions handwritten and signed by R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk, and stamp of his nephew, Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz. Handwritten kvittel inscription at top of title page.
[9], 90 leaves; [1], 2-29 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. New leather binding.
• Yeter HaBaz, on Tractates Sanhedrin and Zevachim, on the Rambam, responsa and piyyutim, by R. Nehorai Jarmon, leading Tunisian rabbi (d. 1783); with Tzedakah LeChaim (divisional title page), Talmudic novellae and novellae on the Rambam, by R. Chaim son of R. Nehorai Jarmon. Livorno: Avraham Yitzchak Castello and Eliezer Saadon, [1787].
On the first title page, signature of R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz. On the second leaf, stamp of his nephew Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz. Other signatures throughout the book.
[3], 64, [5] leaves; [1], 65-82 leaves. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. New leather binding.
R. David Moshe HaKohen Rabinowitz (1906-1942; perished in the Holocaust), outstanding Torah scholar, descendant of the Tiferet Shlomo of Radomsk. Son-in-law of his cousin Rebbe Shlomo Chanoch HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk, with whom he founded the Keter Torah – Radomsk network of yeshivot in Poland, comprising 36 yeshivot.
His nephew, Rebbe Avraham Yissachar Englard of Radzin, rabbi of Sosnowitz (Sosnowiec; 1910-2006), headed the Radzin network of yeshivot in Poland. Miraculously survived the war, settling in the United States and later in Eretz Israel where he led the Radzin Chassidic court in Bnei Brak.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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