Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Jerusalemite Kodshim / Tosefta Zeraim – Two Books Published by Well-Known Forger Rabbi Shlomo Friedlander

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Sold for: $313
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• Jerusalemite Talmud Seder Kodshim, section II Chulin-Bechorot, with glosses of the Maharsham of Berzen and explanation of foreign words and glosses by Shlomo Baber. Commentary Cheshek Shlomo by publisher Yeuda son of Maharam HaSefaradi, known as Freidlander, S. Saini, 1907.
[9], 78; [1], 47 leaves. 35 cm. Quality paper, good-fair condition, mildew stains and wear.
• Shisha Sidrei Tosefta, Seder Zeraim, with Cheshek Shlomo commentary by Rabbi Shlomo Leib Freidlander of Mulhouse. Pressburg, 1889. Includes title page in French and preface on many manuscripts upon which he bases the Tosefta.
First composition of Rabbi Shlomo Freidlander, forger of the “Jerusalemite Kodshim”; already in this composition he began his forgery while quoting baseless manuscripts. (For additional information regarding this Tosefta see articles of critique by Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Yanovsky in Knesset Hagedola pamphlet, year III, 1890, and in special booklet by name of: Makat Perushim, [Warsaw] 1890. As well as additional article named Makat Perushim, printed after publishing of Seder Nashim in Berdychiv, 1896).
[2], 284, [2] pages. 25 cm. Quality paper, fair condition, detached binding and leaves. Wear. Handwritten polemic gloss. Ex-libris.
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