Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Jerusalem Talmud, Zhitomir - Glosses of the Disciple of R. Yisrael of Salant and Glosses of Lithuanian Rabbis
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Two volumes of Jerusalem Talmud, Order Moed. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1860.
Signatures, ownership inscriptions, and many glosses (some signed) from three writers, Lithuanian rabbis: R. Moshe son of R. Eliezer Yoffe Rabbi of Skaudvilė, R. Chaim Nathansohn Rabbi of Pikeliai and Židikai (who signed on several of his glosses), and R. Yosef Ben Tzion Friedman Rabbi of Pikeliai, son of R. Moshe Yoffe and son-in-law of R. Chaim Nathansohn. In one of his glosses (Tractate Sukka, chapter 2, halacha 7, leaf 10 p. 19), R. Yosef Ben Tzion quotes a commentary he heard from his teacher R. Yisrael of Salant.
R. Chaim Nathansohn (1838-1903), a leading Torah scholar of the Kibbutz HaPerushim in Eishishok (during the time the Chafetz Chaim studied there). In 1879, he was appointed rabbi of his hometown Pikeliai (northern Lithuania), later giving over the position to his brother-in-law R. Yaakov Vilenchik author of Daltei Teshuva. In 1896, he began serving as rabbi of Židikai. He authored Siftei Chen (Vilna, 1900) and Divrei Chen (Piotrkow, 1904).
His son-in-law, R. Yosef Ben Tzion Yoffe Friedman (1857-1929), outstanding Torah scholar, disciple of R. Yisrael of Salant. In his youth, he served as lecturer of the Slabodka yeshiva and in the Kloiz in Kovno. For many years, he lived in Neustadt-Tauragė. After WWI, he was appointed rabbi of Pikeliai, birthplace of his rebbetzin, daughter of R. Chaim Nathansohn.
R. Yosef Ben Tzion's father - R. Moshe Yoffe, was the rabbi of Skaudvilė between 1859-1889. A Tzaddik and kabbalist, and a prominent Torah scholar.
Lacking 39 leaves of Tractate Yoma (which originally appeared at the beginning of the second volume of Order Moed). Lacking the general title page of Order Moed, and the divisional title page of Tractate Eruvin.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 52, 34; 55; 61 leaves. Vol. II: 2-31; 17, 17-23; 20; 21; 2-23; 5, 7-32; 20; 17 leaves. 38 cm. Several darkened leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains and dampstains. Tear and damage to title page of first volume, slightly affecting text. Worming in several places. Marginal paper reinforcements to title page of first volume, first leaf of second volume and several other places. Old bindings.
Signatures, ownership inscriptions, and many glosses (some signed) from three writers, Lithuanian rabbis: R. Moshe son of R. Eliezer Yoffe Rabbi of Skaudvilė, R. Chaim Nathansohn Rabbi of Pikeliai and Židikai (who signed on several of his glosses), and R. Yosef Ben Tzion Friedman Rabbi of Pikeliai, son of R. Moshe Yoffe and son-in-law of R. Chaim Nathansohn. In one of his glosses (Tractate Sukka, chapter 2, halacha 7, leaf 10 p. 19), R. Yosef Ben Tzion quotes a commentary he heard from his teacher R. Yisrael of Salant.
R. Chaim Nathansohn (1838-1903), a leading Torah scholar of the Kibbutz HaPerushim in Eishishok (during the time the Chafetz Chaim studied there). In 1879, he was appointed rabbi of his hometown Pikeliai (northern Lithuania), later giving over the position to his brother-in-law R. Yaakov Vilenchik author of Daltei Teshuva. In 1896, he began serving as rabbi of Židikai. He authored Siftei Chen (Vilna, 1900) and Divrei Chen (Piotrkow, 1904).
His son-in-law, R. Yosef Ben Tzion Yoffe Friedman (1857-1929), outstanding Torah scholar, disciple of R. Yisrael of Salant. In his youth, he served as lecturer of the Slabodka yeshiva and in the Kloiz in Kovno. For many years, he lived in Neustadt-Tauragė. After WWI, he was appointed rabbi of Pikeliai, birthplace of his rebbetzin, daughter of R. Chaim Nathansohn.
R. Yosef Ben Tzion's father - R. Moshe Yoffe, was the rabbi of Skaudvilė between 1859-1889. A Tzaddik and kabbalist, and a prominent Torah scholar.
Lacking 39 leaves of Tractate Yoma (which originally appeared at the beginning of the second volume of Order Moed). Lacking the general title page of Order Moed, and the divisional title page of Tractate Eruvin.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 52, 34; 55; 61 leaves. Vol. II: 2-31; 17, 17-23; 20; 21; 2-23; 5, 7-32; 20; 17 leaves. 38 cm. Several darkened leaves. Good-fair condition. Stains and dampstains. Tear and damage to title page of first volume, slightly affecting text. Worming in several places. Marginal paper reinforcements to title page of first volume, first leaf of second volume and several other places. Old bindings.
Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis
Manuscripts and Glosses - Ashkenazi Rabbis