Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Tur Yoreh De’ah and Choshen Mishpat – Zhitomir, 1857 – Copy of the First Rebbe of Sadigura

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Tur Yoreh De’ah, [section 1]. Zhitomir, 1857. Bound with: Tur Choshen Mishpat, [section 1]. Zhitomir, 1858.
Handwritten notation on Choshen Mishpat: “These Turim belong to holy Rebbe of Sadigura Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov”. Notation on title page of this section: “Belongs to Kloiz (synagogue) of holy Rebbe Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov of Sadigura in holy city of Safed” and additional similar notations. Ink-stamp of this Kloiz and of Kloiz of Boyan Chassidim in Jerusalem.
This copy was possibly sent by Rebbe Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov Friedman [son of Rebbe Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and first Rebbe of Sadigura] to “Kloiz” of his Chassidim in city of Safed.
Section Yoreh De’ah: 288 pages [instead of: 292 pages]. Section Choshen Mishpat: 428 pages. 32 cm. Condition of leaves varies; fair-good. Stains, tears [missing sections on several leaves], moth marks. Worn binding.
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir
Books Printed in Slavita and Zhitomir