Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Three Volumes from the First Edition of Panim Yafot by the Haflaa – Ostroh, 1825-1826 – Incomplete Copies – Rabbi Akiva Eger's Blessing for those who Purchase the Book
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Bereshit, Shemot and Bamidbar, with the Rashi commentary, Baal HaTurim and the Panim Yafot commentary by R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main. [Ostroh, 1825-1826]. First edition. Only three (incomplete) volumes out of five.
Approbations of R. Akiva Eger, the Chatam Sofer, R. Yaakov of Lissa and the Baruch Taam in the Shemot volume. The title page of this volume reads: "Panim Yafot… Part III of the book Haflaa". The first parts of Haflaa are: Ketuba on Tractate Ketubot (Offenbach 1787) and HaMikneh on Tractate Kiddushin (Offenbach 1801).
In his approbation, R. Akiva Eger describes the importance and great merit that lie in acquiring this book.
R. Pinchas HaLevi Ish Horowitz (1731-1805), author of Haflaa, served in his youth as rabbi of Witkowo and Lachovice. On 26th Tevet 1772, he was appointed rabbi and dean of Frankfurt am Main, which at that time was the largest Torah center in Germany. He held this position for over thirty-three years, until his passing. He edified many disciples in his yeshiva, the most prominent of them being his close disciple the Chatam Sofer. He led the battles agains Haskalah and the reform movement. R. Pinchas and his Torah novellae were held in high regard by all the leaders of his generation, whether Chassidic or opponents of Chassidut.
At the end of 1771, shortly before he arrived in Frankfurt, R. Pinchas spent several weeks together with his brother R. Shmelke Rabbi of Nikolsburg, by the Maggid of Mezeritch, where they absorbed the secrets of Torah and worship of G-d from the Maggid and his leading disciples. In his book Panim Yafot, the Haflaa brings several principles from the teachings of the Maggid of Mezeritch (see: Erchei HaHaflaa, Jerusalem 2006, I, pp. 40-41), although he only mentions him explicitly in one place, in Parashat Beshalach (p. 57b), in the commentary to "VaYavo'u Marata".
Three volumes only. Lacking leaves. Bereshit: 156, 2-7 leaves. Lacking [4] first leaves. Shemot: [2], 100, 100-105, 105-112, 121-168, 149-152 leaves. Lacking first title page and 42 final leaves (153-160, 166-171, [1]; 10, [3]; 21-32, [2]). Lacking leaves replaced in photocopy. Bamidbar: [1], 146; 3, [2] leaves. Lacking first title page. Approx. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Condition varies. Bereshit and Bamidbar volumes in overall good-fair condition. Shemot volume in fair condition. Stains and wear. Repaired tears to first leaves and last leaf of Bereshit volume, and to title page and several other leaves of Bamidbar volume. Minor worming in Bamidbar volume. Shemot volume with many stains, including dampstains and signs of mildew, repaired tears and worming to first leaves, and small open tears affecting text in several places. Stamps. New bindings.
Approbations of R. Akiva Eger, the Chatam Sofer, R. Yaakov of Lissa and the Baruch Taam in the Shemot volume. The title page of this volume reads: "Panim Yafot… Part III of the book Haflaa". The first parts of Haflaa are: Ketuba on Tractate Ketubot (Offenbach 1787) and HaMikneh on Tractate Kiddushin (Offenbach 1801).
In his approbation, R. Akiva Eger describes the importance and great merit that lie in acquiring this book.
R. Pinchas HaLevi Ish Horowitz (1731-1805), author of Haflaa, served in his youth as rabbi of Witkowo and Lachovice. On 26th Tevet 1772, he was appointed rabbi and dean of Frankfurt am Main, which at that time was the largest Torah center in Germany. He held this position for over thirty-three years, until his passing. He edified many disciples in his yeshiva, the most prominent of them being his close disciple the Chatam Sofer. He led the battles agains Haskalah and the reform movement. R. Pinchas and his Torah novellae were held in high regard by all the leaders of his generation, whether Chassidic or opponents of Chassidut.
At the end of 1771, shortly before he arrived in Frankfurt, R. Pinchas spent several weeks together with his brother R. Shmelke Rabbi of Nikolsburg, by the Maggid of Mezeritch, where they absorbed the secrets of Torah and worship of G-d from the Maggid and his leading disciples. In his book Panim Yafot, the Haflaa brings several principles from the teachings of the Maggid of Mezeritch (see: Erchei HaHaflaa, Jerusalem 2006, I, pp. 40-41), although he only mentions him explicitly in one place, in Parashat Beshalach (p. 57b), in the commentary to "VaYavo'u Marata".
Three volumes only. Lacking leaves. Bereshit: 156, 2-7 leaves. Lacking [4] first leaves. Shemot: [2], 100, 100-105, 105-112, 121-168, 149-152 leaves. Lacking first title page and 42 final leaves (153-160, 166-171, [1]; 10, [3]; 21-32, [2]). Lacking leaves replaced in photocopy. Bamidbar: [1], 146; 3, [2] leaves. Lacking first title page. Approx. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Condition varies. Bereshit and Bamidbar volumes in overall good-fair condition. Shemot volume in fair condition. Stains and wear. Repaired tears to first leaves and last leaf of Bereshit volume, and to title page and several other leaves of Bamidbar volume. Minor worming in Bamidbar volume. Shemot volume with many stains, including dampstains and signs of mildew, repaired tears and worming to first leaves, and small open tears affecting text in several places. Stamps. New bindings.
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