Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Esh Dat, Mutzal MeEsh - Constantinople, 1718 - Rabbis' Signatures - Copy of Rabbi Chaim Berlin
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Esh Dat, homilies on the weekly Torah portions, and Mutzal MeEsh, responsa, by R. Chaim Alfandari. Constantinople, [1718]. First edition.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" - signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden - leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehuda, Yoreh Deah Kama, section 1; in Zichron Yaakov (Furth, 1770); a responsum by him, from 1765, appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz, Part II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinical contract was printed in the Kerem Shlomo anthology (Year 4, issue 1). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see articles by A. Brick: Shana BeShana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana BeShana, 1993, pp. 409-420).
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" - R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other places bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" - the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906, where he soon became recognized as a leading rabbinic authority in the city. R. Chaim Berlin's extensive library was renowned as one of the most important private libraries in his times and accompanied him to all the places he served as rabbi, finally being brought to Jerusalem.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears to several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, p. 92.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" - signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden - leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehuda, Yoreh Deah Kama, section 1; in Zichron Yaakov (Furth, 1770); a responsum by him, from 1765, appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz, Part II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinical contract was printed in the Kerem Shlomo anthology (Year 4, issue 1). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see articles by A. Brick: Shana BeShana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana BeShana, 1993, pp. 409-420).
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" - R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other places bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" - the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906, where he soon became recognized as a leading rabbinic authority in the city. R. Chaim Berlin's extensive library was renowned as one of the most important private libraries in his times and accompanied him to all the places he served as rabbi, finally being brought to Jerusalem.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears to several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, p. 92.
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