Auction 35 - Rare and Important Judaica
Shnei Luchot HaBrit [Shla] – Amsterdam, 1698 – Copy of Rabbi Shmuel Bernstein, Av Beit Din of Amsterdam
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,750
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shla) by Rabbi Isaiah HaLevi Horowitz. Amsterdam, 1698. Printing press of Emmanuel son of Yosef Atiash. Illustrated title page (by Avraham son of Ya’akov Hager).
Signed inscription indicating that book was given as Mishlo’ach Manot to “great esteemed genius” Rabbi Shmuel Av Beit Din of Greigen, Purim 1804. [The Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Bernstein, 1773-1839, among leading rabbis of Holland. Son-in-law of Rabbi Ya’akov Moshe Levenstam Av Beit Din of Amsterdam. From 1802 served as Av Beit Din of Greigen (Holland) and from 1815 Av Beit Din of Amsterdam].
[4], 422, 44, [12] leaves. 30.5 cm. Fair condition; stains, wear and moth damage. Ancient leather binding.
In letters of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch (letter II 853) he refers to Sefer HaShla HaKadosh “which was printed in 1698 - numerical value of Nachat [satisfaction], and this is a sign that the revelation of the holy book caused heavenly satisfaction, and in that same year the Ba’al Shem Tov was born… and the Ba’al Shem Tov stated that he was born in the year that the Shla HaKadosh was printed to enlighten the world with inspiration of the Almighty…”.
Signed inscription indicating that book was given as Mishlo’ach Manot to “great esteemed genius” Rabbi Shmuel Av Beit Din of Greigen, Purim 1804. [The Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Bernstein, 1773-1839, among leading rabbis of Holland. Son-in-law of Rabbi Ya’akov Moshe Levenstam Av Beit Din of Amsterdam. From 1802 served as Av Beit Din of Greigen (Holland) and from 1815 Av Beit Din of Amsterdam].
[4], 422, 44, [12] leaves. 30.5 cm. Fair condition; stains, wear and moth damage. Ancient leather binding.
In letters of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch (letter II 853) he refers to Sefer HaShla HaKadosh “which was printed in 1698 - numerical value of Nachat [satisfaction], and this is a sign that the revelation of the holy book caused heavenly satisfaction, and in that same year the Ba’al Shem Tov was born… and the Ba’al Shem Tov stated that he was born in the year that the Shla HaKadosh was printed to enlighten the world with inspiration of the Almighty…”.