Auction 10 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
The Natziv of Volozhin Tehilim Book
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Tehilim, with Be'er Avraham commentary by Rabbi Avraham ben son of The Vilna Gaon, likutim by The Vilna Gaon and more. Warsaw, 1887. First edition.
On last page: "credit note" by the publisher Rabbi Shmuel Luria, mentioning Rabbi Shlomo Elyashav [author of "Leshem"], with whose assistance this book and other holy books were printed.
On title page: two ink-stamps of the Gaon Natziv, Rabbi Naftali Yehudah Zvi Berlin of Volozhin and signature of his son Rabbi Meir Berlin [Bar-Ilan].
Rabeinu the Natziv (1817-1893), Rosh Yeshivat Volozhin and a foremost rabbi in his generation, son in law of Rabbi Yitzchak of Volozhin. Was known for the power of his sincere prayers for success in piety. His son in law Rabbi Soloveichik of Brisk, used to tell that Rabbi Hirsch Leib (The Netziv's Yiddish name), his grandfather, prayed with such devotion that while praying his chair was filled with tears. Herewith is a Tehilim book of the Rabbi that prayed from the depth of his crying heart.
270, [14], [53]-68 pages. 21cm. Dry paper, good condition, detached binding, torn spine
On last page: "credit note" by the publisher Rabbi Shmuel Luria, mentioning Rabbi Shlomo Elyashav [author of "Leshem"], with whose assistance this book and other holy books were printed.
On title page: two ink-stamps of the Gaon Natziv, Rabbi Naftali Yehudah Zvi Berlin of Volozhin and signature of his son Rabbi Meir Berlin [Bar-Ilan].
Rabeinu the Natziv (1817-1893), Rosh Yeshivat Volozhin and a foremost rabbi in his generation, son in law of Rabbi Yitzchak of Volozhin. Was known for the power of his sincere prayers for success in piety. His son in law Rabbi Soloveichik of Brisk, used to tell that Rabbi Hirsch Leib (The Netziv's Yiddish name), his grandfather, prayed with such devotion that while praying his chair was filled with tears. Herewith is a Tehilim book of the Rabbi that prayed from the depth of his crying heart.
270, [14], [53]-68 pages. 21cm. Dry paper, good condition, detached binding, torn spine
Volozhin and Brisk
Volozhin and Brisk