Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Rare Torah Periodicals

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
1. Torah Mi-Tzion, a compilation of innovative commentaries on the Bible, Mishna, Halacha, Aggada and responsa. Edited and printed by Shmuel Halevi Zuckerman. Jerusalem, [1887-1888]. The first four booklets from the first year, the first booklet from the second year and the fourth booklet of the third year are bound together with colored covers. (S. HaLevi 604).
2-3. Etz Pri / Igeret Hamussar, Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin of Salant. Vilna, [1881]. First edition. Essays about strengthening Torah learners by Rabbi Yisrael of Salant and Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor.
Bound together with: Compilation of Ittur Sofrim, “to strengthen and build up Torah and to expand the limits of wisdom with fear of Heaven”, edited by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook. Vilna, 1888. Part 1 (no other parts were published. Rare). Approbations by the Netziv (Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Berlin), Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, The Aderet and others.
4. Di Sedra, explanations, commentaries and homiletics on the Portion of the Week (Yiddish), by Rabbi Pinchas Elishberg [born in Mir, Rabbi in Amislev (Russia), perished in the holocaust]. Riga, 1933-1936. 13 issues bound together: 1, 6, 7, 72, 84, 91, 92, 132, 139, 145, 147, 157, 231. Very rare booklets, printed in Riga before the holocaust.
Varied size and condition.
From Dr. Mehlman’s private collection.
Periodicals and Calendars
Periodicals and Calendars