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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, novellae on Tractate Kiddushin and on other Talmudic treatises. [Ashkenazi script, ca. end of 19th century].
Autographic writing of an unidentified author, with additions and erasures. The scholarly content portrays the knowledge of the author, who apparently was also a teacher.
Notebook on Tractate Kiddushin, 16 written pages, 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. + leaf (two written pages,) approximately 31 cm. Fair condition. With tears and much wear to margins.
Autographic writing of an unidentified author, with additions and erasures. The scholarly content portrays the knowledge of the author, who apparently was also a teacher.
Notebook on Tractate Kiddushin, 16 written pages, 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. + leaf (two written pages,) approximately 31 cm. Fair condition. With tears and much wear to margins.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Large collection of writings containing halachic and Aggadic Torah novellae, in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Yuzpa Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Püspökladány and author of the series of the Yad Yosef V'Revid HaZahav books on the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh De'ah.
Very diverse material, aggadah and Torah novellae, responsa, halacha and pilpul, sermons for special Shabbatot such as Shabbat Shuva and Shabbat HaGadol as well as sermons for Kol Nidrei and festivals. Letters to his famous son, Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Hodász. In some places, Hodász is mentioned as well as dates from 1888-1894.
Rabbi Yosef Yuzpa Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Püspökladány was born in 1829, studied Torah from Maharam Ash and from 1870, served as Av Beit Din of Püspökladány until his death at the end of Nissan 1905. His following compositions earned him renown and tribute in Torah rabbinical circles (according to their order of printing): Yad Yosef V'Revid HaZahav on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Part 1 (Pressburg 1863), Parts 2-3 on the laws of Passover and Yom Tov (Uzhgorod [Ungvar] 1870), three parts on Yoreh Deah (Kolomyya - Mukacheve 1885-1892) on the laws of Nidah (Jerusalem 1980), Yad Yosef responsa and homilies with the history of the author (Bnei Brak 1986). For a list of his writings, see Chachmei Hungary, p. 386.
Approximately 60 leaves of various sizes, written on both sides. Most with various levels of open tears, all have been restored and are preserved in a nice cardboard box.
Very diverse material, aggadah and Torah novellae, responsa, halacha and pilpul, sermons for special Shabbatot such as Shabbat Shuva and Shabbat HaGadol as well as sermons for Kol Nidrei and festivals. Letters to his famous son, Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Hodász. In some places, Hodász is mentioned as well as dates from 1888-1894.
Rabbi Yosef Yuzpa Rosenberg Av Beit Din of Püspökladány was born in 1829, studied Torah from Maharam Ash and from 1870, served as Av Beit Din of Püspökladány until his death at the end of Nissan 1905. His following compositions earned him renown and tribute in Torah rabbinical circles (according to their order of printing): Yad Yosef V'Revid HaZahav on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Part 1 (Pressburg 1863), Parts 2-3 on the laws of Passover and Yom Tov (Uzhgorod [Ungvar] 1870), three parts on Yoreh Deah (Kolomyya - Mukacheve 1885-1892) on the laws of Nidah (Jerusalem 1980), Yad Yosef responsa and homilies with the history of the author (Bnei Brak 1986). For a list of his writings, see Chachmei Hungary, p. 386.
Approximately 60 leaves of various sizes, written on both sides. Most with various levels of open tears, all have been restored and are preserved in a nice cardboard box.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, Zera Aharon, responsa on the laws of shechita, halachic responsa on topics of Choshen Mishpat and agunot, novellae on Talmudic treatises and homilies. Handwritten, with many signatures of the author, Rabbi Yeshaya Chananya HaCohen Katz. Dukla-Košice-Bucharest, [1913-1927].
In the interesting introduction, the author traces his family genealogy to Aharon HaCohen, both from the lineage of his father Rabbi Moshe Shimshon HaCohen and from the line of his mother Toibe who was the daughter of Rabbi Naftali Moshe HaCohen Shapira from the city of Tarnów. He notes that he is the 12th generation descended from Rabbi Natan Neta Shapira, author of Megale Amukot, and presents an unknown story about the author of Megale Amukot, related to him by his uncle Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Shapira, in the name of his father Rabbi Naftali Moshe HaCohen Shapira.
The author Rabbi Yeshaya Chananya Katz, from the city of Tarnów (Poland-Galicia) lived for about 20 years in Dukla and already in 1896 exchanged halachic correspondence with well-known rabbis. A responsum from 1896 appears in the Zichron Zvi responsa Siman 9, written to "the erudite exceptional young man… Rabbi Yeshaya Katz… here in our city of Dukla". During World War I, he was appointed Rabbi of Košice and in 1920 moved to Bucharest, there he served in the rabbinate of the Orthodox community (Kehal Yere'im).
The manuscript was written during the course of 15 years, with notes of dates and places where the author passed during World War I and in its aftermath. The manuscript mentions correspondence with rabbis and travels to the courts of tsaddikim for the Festival of Shavuot, according to the custom of pious men. During 1914-1915, the author still lived in Dukla, and there he wrote and signed the introduction to the composition: "The words of he who is dust under the feet of the tsaddikim and wise Torah scholars - Yeshaya Chananya Katz, who now resides in Dukla". In the summer of 1915, the author moved to Košice and served in its rabbinate. In this notebook is a sermon written in Košice on Motzei Shavuot 1915, on the occasion of the pidyon haben of "my eldest grandson, near Dukla".
In Tamuz 1918, the author visited the city of Carei, and was asked by the rabbi of the city, Rabbi Shaul Broch, to respond to a complex monetary question in his stead: "…He apologized to me that due to his weakened state… he could not answer all those who asked him halachic questions and he requested that I explore the response to the question…". Further in the manuscript is another responsum concerning an agunah, written to the Carei Beit Din in 1919, with the copy of a testimony from 1914 from the Beit Din in Satmar - with a copy of the signatures of Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald, Rabbi of Satmar, Rabbi Shlomo Lifshitz son of R' Naftali Leib and Rabbi Akiva Blau son of R' Baruch.
In Tamuz 1924, the author lived in Bucharest and the manuscript features a sermon which he delivered "upon the placing of the cornerstone of our synagogue" among other sermons delivered in Bucharest synagogue in the years 1926-1927, during Seuda Shlishit and on other occasions. Most of the sermons were written in Hebrew. Enclosed is another notebook with Yiddish sermons delivered in Bucharest.
More than 310 written pages, (partial and faulty pagination). Approximately 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and detached leaves. Worn and torn binding.
In the interesting introduction, the author traces his family genealogy to Aharon HaCohen, both from the lineage of his father Rabbi Moshe Shimshon HaCohen and from the line of his mother Toibe who was the daughter of Rabbi Naftali Moshe HaCohen Shapira from the city of Tarnów. He notes that he is the 12th generation descended from Rabbi Natan Neta Shapira, author of Megale Amukot, and presents an unknown story about the author of Megale Amukot, related to him by his uncle Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Shapira, in the name of his father Rabbi Naftali Moshe HaCohen Shapira.
The author Rabbi Yeshaya Chananya Katz, from the city of Tarnów (Poland-Galicia) lived for about 20 years in Dukla and already in 1896 exchanged halachic correspondence with well-known rabbis. A responsum from 1896 appears in the Zichron Zvi responsa Siman 9, written to "the erudite exceptional young man… Rabbi Yeshaya Katz… here in our city of Dukla". During World War I, he was appointed Rabbi of Košice and in 1920 moved to Bucharest, there he served in the rabbinate of the Orthodox community (Kehal Yere'im).
The manuscript was written during the course of 15 years, with notes of dates and places where the author passed during World War I and in its aftermath. The manuscript mentions correspondence with rabbis and travels to the courts of tsaddikim for the Festival of Shavuot, according to the custom of pious men. During 1914-1915, the author still lived in Dukla, and there he wrote and signed the introduction to the composition: "The words of he who is dust under the feet of the tsaddikim and wise Torah scholars - Yeshaya Chananya Katz, who now resides in Dukla". In the summer of 1915, the author moved to Košice and served in its rabbinate. In this notebook is a sermon written in Košice on Motzei Shavuot 1915, on the occasion of the pidyon haben of "my eldest grandson, near Dukla".
In Tamuz 1918, the author visited the city of Carei, and was asked by the rabbi of the city, Rabbi Shaul Broch, to respond to a complex monetary question in his stead: "…He apologized to me that due to his weakened state… he could not answer all those who asked him halachic questions and he requested that I explore the response to the question…". Further in the manuscript is another responsum concerning an agunah, written to the Carei Beit Din in 1919, with the copy of a testimony from 1914 from the Beit Din in Satmar - with a copy of the signatures of Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald, Rabbi of Satmar, Rabbi Shlomo Lifshitz son of R' Naftali Leib and Rabbi Akiva Blau son of R' Baruch.
In Tamuz 1924, the author lived in Bucharest and the manuscript features a sermon which he delivered "upon the placing of the cornerstone of our synagogue" among other sermons delivered in Bucharest synagogue in the years 1926-1927, during Seuda Shlishit and on other occasions. Most of the sermons were written in Hebrew. Enclosed is another notebook with Yiddish sermons delivered in Bucharest.
More than 310 written pages, (partial and faulty pagination). Approximately 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and detached leaves. Worn and torn binding.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Complete handwritten volume of Torat HaAretz Part 2, full composition arranged for printing, handwritten by the author, Rabbi Moshe Klirs. [Tiberias, c. 1920s-1930s].
Rabbi Moshe Klirs (1874-1934), Rabbi of Tiberias and head of the Or Torah yeshiva, leading Slonim Chassid in Eretz Israel. Son in law of Rabbi Yudel of Slonim, and brother in law of Rebbe Mordechai Chaim Slonim "Rabbi Motel Dayan", who served as dayan in the Beit Din of Rabbi Moshe Klirs.
He was one of the leading rabbis in Eretz Israel and an outstanding Torah scholar and Torah authority, a holy pious humble man. He was one of the few learned scholars who extensively studied the laws of the mitzvoth which can only be fulfilled in Eretz Israel. Before writing this work, he thoroughly studied the entire Seder Zera'im in the Talmud Yerushalmi 14 times. The first part of the book Torat HaAretz was printed in the lifetime of the author in 1925, and after its printing it became one of the basic books of these most important yet relatively vaguely known laws. The author had planned that his book be composed of 10 parts with each part containing 10 chapters. Unfortunately, his untimely death at the age of 60 severed this monumental project. Rabbi Moshe Klirs toiled hard on this composition and he reviewed his writings, perfecting them time after time. Part 2 was printed immediately after his death in 1934 and was edited by his sons. This handwritten edition has many changes of style compared to the printed book [possibly this manuscript is from a more perfect and edited edition than the one which was printed at that time. This requires in-depth research comparing the manuscript to all the new editions of Part 2 which have been printed throughout the years].
[335] leafs. Separate pagination for each chapter and for "Kuntress Acharon": 50 leaves; 37 leaves; 36 leaves; [6], 9-40 leaves; 44 leaves; 50 leaves; 32 leaves; 24 leaves; 23, [1] leaves. 20X15 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and wear to some leaves. Elaborate leather binding.
Rabbi Moshe Klirs (1874-1934), Rabbi of Tiberias and head of the Or Torah yeshiva, leading Slonim Chassid in Eretz Israel. Son in law of Rabbi Yudel of Slonim, and brother in law of Rebbe Mordechai Chaim Slonim "Rabbi Motel Dayan", who served as dayan in the Beit Din of Rabbi Moshe Klirs.
He was one of the leading rabbis in Eretz Israel and an outstanding Torah scholar and Torah authority, a holy pious humble man. He was one of the few learned scholars who extensively studied the laws of the mitzvoth which can only be fulfilled in Eretz Israel. Before writing this work, he thoroughly studied the entire Seder Zera'im in the Talmud Yerushalmi 14 times. The first part of the book Torat HaAretz was printed in the lifetime of the author in 1925, and after its printing it became one of the basic books of these most important yet relatively vaguely known laws. The author had planned that his book be composed of 10 parts with each part containing 10 chapters. Unfortunately, his untimely death at the age of 60 severed this monumental project. Rabbi Moshe Klirs toiled hard on this composition and he reviewed his writings, perfecting them time after time. Part 2 was printed immediately after his death in 1934 and was edited by his sons. This handwritten edition has many changes of style compared to the printed book [possibly this manuscript is from a more perfect and edited edition than the one which was printed at that time. This requires in-depth research comparing the manuscript to all the new editions of Part 2 which have been printed throughout the years].
[335] leafs. Separate pagination for each chapter and for "Kuntress Acharon": 50 leaves; 37 leaves; 36 leaves; [6], 9-40 leaves; 44 leaves; 50 leaves; 32 leaves; 24 leaves; 23, [1] leaves. 20X15 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and wear to some leaves. Elaborate leather binding.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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· Handwritten notebook, novellae on Tractate Shabbat. At the end of the volume is an ownership inscription of Rabbi "Yisrael David Levitan of Kovna". [Lithuania, 19th/20th centuries?].
48 written pages. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Unbound.
· Typewritten volume: "Novellae of Rimad Levital on Tractate Megillah". At the top of the pages are titles "Novellae of Rabbi Yisrael Moshe David son of Rabbi Shlomo Hirsh Levital, on Tractate Megillah". On Leaf 16 is a colophon after concluding the volume dated the 11th of Tevet 1952.
16 printed leaves in three copies (3X16 bound together). 33 cm. Good condition. Old binding.
We have no information about Rimad Levitan or Levital. However, the Levitan family was a well-known family of Lithuanian rabbis. The most renowned member of the family is Rabbi Eliezer Zvi (R' Hirshel) Levitan of Kovna who founded the yeshiva in Slabodka and was a leading force behind the mussar movement in Lithuania and in Jerusalem.
48 written pages. Approx. 21 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Unbound.
· Typewritten volume: "Novellae of Rimad Levital on Tractate Megillah". At the top of the pages are titles "Novellae of Rabbi Yisrael Moshe David son of Rabbi Shlomo Hirsh Levital, on Tractate Megillah". On Leaf 16 is a colophon after concluding the volume dated the 11th of Tevet 1952.
16 printed leaves in three copies (3X16 bound together). 33 cm. Good condition. Old binding.
We have no information about Rimad Levitan or Levital. However, the Levitan family was a well-known family of Lithuanian rabbis. The most renowned member of the family is Rabbi Eliezer Zvi (R' Hirshel) Levitan of Kovna who founded the yeshiva in Slabodka and was a leading force behind the mussar movement in Lithuania and in Jerusalem.
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Manuscript, Mishna Ketana, commentaries and novellae on the Tosefta and Mishnayot Tractate Mikvaot, Chapters 1-6, by Rabbi Moshe son of R' Pesach Katan. [Moscow, 1928].
A complete manuscript, handwritten by the author, Rabbi Moshe son of R' Pesach Katan, author of Beit Yisrael on Tractate Midot, Kinim and others (Vilna, 1908). In the introduction, the author quotes a part of a letter he received from his teacher Rabbi Yosef Rosen, "the Rogatchover", after Beit Yisrael on Tractate Midot was originally published. Rabbi Rosen wrote: "I received your book Beit Yisrael and reviewed it and saw that it explains difficult matters in a straightforward manner". Further in the introduction, he writes a commemoration for his two sons, Pesach and Michel who died without offspring. The first was murdered during riots and the younger son died during surgery.
On the title page of the book is the approbation of Rabbi Yoel son of Rabbi Ben Zion Sorotzkin, Moscow, the 8th of Elul 1928, who signed as "Rabbi and Rosh Metivta here". [Rabbi Yoel Sorotzkin, brother of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, served as Rabbi of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) and in Stolbtsy. During World War I, he arrived in Moscow and only in 1930 was he able to escape to Poland. He settled in Otwock until his death in 1938].
This book, which was never printed, is a vestige of the Torah of those illustrious Torah scholars, who in spite of persecution by the Bolshevik government in Russia did not forsake the study of Torah for the sake of Heaven. They continued to try to fathom its depths and even wrote books on profound Talmudic treatises. Most of their writings have disappeared during the seventy subsequent years of religious severance, in a country without a subsequent generation of Torah scholars who can discern the erudition of previous times. [The work Tevuna - Toldot Yitzchak on the Yerushalmi Talmud, written by a Torah scholar in those days is well-known and was later printed by the Mutzal Me'Esh - Al Tidon institute].
[2], 27, 27-28, [1], 28-60 leaves. [Approximately 124 large written pages], 35 cm. Brittle paper. Fair condition. Tears to margins and detached leaves. Worn and torn binding.
A complete manuscript, handwritten by the author, Rabbi Moshe son of R' Pesach Katan, author of Beit Yisrael on Tractate Midot, Kinim and others (Vilna, 1908). In the introduction, the author quotes a part of a letter he received from his teacher Rabbi Yosef Rosen, "the Rogatchover", after Beit Yisrael on Tractate Midot was originally published. Rabbi Rosen wrote: "I received your book Beit Yisrael and reviewed it and saw that it explains difficult matters in a straightforward manner". Further in the introduction, he writes a commemoration for his two sons, Pesach and Michel who died without offspring. The first was murdered during riots and the younger son died during surgery.
On the title page of the book is the approbation of Rabbi Yoel son of Rabbi Ben Zion Sorotzkin, Moscow, the 8th of Elul 1928, who signed as "Rabbi and Rosh Metivta here". [Rabbi Yoel Sorotzkin, brother of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, served as Rabbi of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) and in Stolbtsy. During World War I, he arrived in Moscow and only in 1930 was he able to escape to Poland. He settled in Otwock until his death in 1938].
This book, which was never printed, is a vestige of the Torah of those illustrious Torah scholars, who in spite of persecution by the Bolshevik government in Russia did not forsake the study of Torah for the sake of Heaven. They continued to try to fathom its depths and even wrote books on profound Talmudic treatises. Most of their writings have disappeared during the seventy subsequent years of religious severance, in a country without a subsequent generation of Torah scholars who can discern the erudition of previous times. [The work Tevuna - Toldot Yitzchak on the Yerushalmi Talmud, written by a Torah scholar in those days is well-known and was later printed by the Mutzal Me'Esh - Al Tidon institute].
[2], 27, 27-28, [1], 28-60 leaves. [Approximately 124 large written pages], 35 cm. Brittle paper. Fair condition. Tears to margins and detached leaves. Worn and torn binding.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Seven notebooks of Torah novellae of basic treatises found in the Talmud and in books by Torah authorities, unknown writers. Jerusalem, 1917, c. 1932.
Six notebooks (with covers) by one writer. Long comprehensive texts about various topics, neat writing, well arranged including table of contents and indexes. One notebook is dated in 1932.
Another notebook (unbound), by a different writer: "Menachem Av 1917, Jerusalem". Inscribed at the beginning of the notebook: "I will begin to write my Torah novellae which I have heard from my father and teacher, R' D. Shapira". Mentioned in the novellae is also a thought which the writer heard from his teacher "Rabbi Y. Frankel".
7 notebooks, 20.5 cm. Condition varies. Most in good condition.
Six notebooks (with covers) by one writer. Long comprehensive texts about various topics, neat writing, well arranged including table of contents and indexes. One notebook is dated in 1932.
Another notebook (unbound), by a different writer: "Menachem Av 1917, Jerusalem". Inscribed at the beginning of the notebook: "I will begin to write my Torah novellae which I have heard from my father and teacher, R' D. Shapira". Mentioned in the novellae is also a thought which the writer heard from his teacher "Rabbi Y. Frankel".
7 notebooks, 20.5 cm. Condition varies. Most in good condition.
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A large, varied, collection of manuscripts and printed leaves, novellae and homilies, prayers and amulets. Letters and documents, receipts and printed leaves. Various origins (Prague and Hungary, Germany and Lithuania, Holland, Italy and Oriental countries), from various times.
For a partial list, see Hebrew description.
42 items. Size and condition vary.
For a partial list, see Hebrew description.
42 items. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Large, varied collection of manuscripts, pamphlets and leaves. Letter of Torah teachings, and letter drafts. 19th century until the 20th century.
Among the many items: · Homilies from c. 1850s-1870s. · Letters of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Ya'akov Klems, Rabbi Ya'akov Meskin, Rabbi Yitzchak David Etrog, Rabbi Shlomo David Kahane, and others. · Letter drafts by Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv and by Rabbi M.Y. Lefkowitz. · Drafts in the handwriting of Rabbi Abramsky, of his book Chazon Yechezkel on the Tosefta. · Many more items of handwritten Torah teachings.
More than 50 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
Among the many items: · Homilies from c. 1850s-1870s. · Letters of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Ya'akov Klems, Rabbi Ya'akov Meskin, Rabbi Yitzchak David Etrog, Rabbi Shlomo David Kahane, and others. · Letter drafts by Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv and by Rabbi M.Y. Lefkowitz. · Drafts in the handwriting of Rabbi Abramsky, of his book Chazon Yechezkel on the Tosefta. · Many more items of handwritten Torah teachings.
More than 50 items. Size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Large collection of letters and manuscripts (Hebrew and German), from the archive of Rabbi Elchanan Herman Gumpertz, Ra'avad and leader of the Hamburg community, 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
Letters written to Rabbi Gumpertz: Including long letters with Torah teachings by various rabbis. Among the letters: · Letter of Torah teachings and on the subject of serving in the Hamburg rabbinate, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Shpitzer, Av Beit Din of Miskolc [at that time he was offered a position in the Hamburg rabbinate]. Miskolc, 1910. · Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Shpitzer. Hamburg 1912. · Letter with halachic responsum on the laws of sefirat ha'omer, by Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman. 1916. · Three long letters of Torah thoughts and about community matters, by Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsh Rabbi of Hamburg. Hamburg, 1906-1907. · Two letters of Torah thoughts, by Rabbi Yosef son of R' Matityahu HaLevi [Stern]. London, 1906. · Letter of Torah teachings and wishes for the New Year. By Rabbi Ya'akov Freimanen Av Beit Din of Holleschau. Elul, 1906. · More.
Family letters and documents: · Handwritten ketubah on vellum. Mainz, 1842. · Yiddish Shtar Tena'im. Frankfurt am Main, 1802. · Document signed by Rabbi Hertz son of R' Michel Shlass, concerning the estate of Rabbi Michel Emrich. Frankfurt am Main, Tishrei 1819. · Letter with New Year wishes, by Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Wirmesh. Elul 1846. · Many more letters and documents in Hebrew and German [enclosed is an English list, with details of the content of the German documents and letters].
Manuscripts of Torah thoughts: · Bar-Mitzvah sermon, [Germany, c. 1800]. · Halachic and Aggadic sermons, delivered in 1931. · Novellae on Tractate Bava Kama. [ca. 1870-1900]. · Many (Hebrew and German) halachic rulings, novellae and homiletics, in the handwriting of Rabbi Gumpertz. (Including a bundle of German articles on Kabbalistic wisdom, philosophy, religion and history).
Rabbi Elchanan (Herman) Gumpertz (born in 1851 in Frankfurt am Main, died in Hamburg in 1938), disciple of the Wurzburg Rabbi and of Rabbi Yosef Altman of Karlsruhe (disciple of the Aruch LaNer), was an illustrious Torah scholar and community leader. Founder and teacher in the Hamburg Chevrat Shas. For decades, he headed the Hamburg Charedi Jewish community. Served as Dayan and at times as Ra'avad of the Hamburg Beit Din. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in German and one of the heads of the Charedi Union in Germany [which later developed into the worldwide Agudat Yisrael movement] and for over 30 years, served as chairman of the Committee of the Beit Midrash L'Rabbanim in Berlin.
More than 50 letters and documents, and more than 100 other leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Letters written to Rabbi Gumpertz: Including long letters with Torah teachings by various rabbis. Among the letters: · Letter of Torah teachings and on the subject of serving in the Hamburg rabbinate, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Shpitzer, Av Beit Din of Miskolc [at that time he was offered a position in the Hamburg rabbinate]. Miskolc, 1910. · Letter of Torah teachings, by Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Shpitzer. Hamburg 1912. · Letter with halachic responsum on the laws of sefirat ha'omer, by Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman. 1916. · Three long letters of Torah thoughts and about community matters, by Rabbi Mordechai Amram Hirsh Rabbi of Hamburg. Hamburg, 1906-1907. · Two letters of Torah thoughts, by Rabbi Yosef son of R' Matityahu HaLevi [Stern]. London, 1906. · Letter of Torah teachings and wishes for the New Year. By Rabbi Ya'akov Freimanen Av Beit Din of Holleschau. Elul, 1906. · More.
Family letters and documents: · Handwritten ketubah on vellum. Mainz, 1842. · Yiddish Shtar Tena'im. Frankfurt am Main, 1802. · Document signed by Rabbi Hertz son of R' Michel Shlass, concerning the estate of Rabbi Michel Emrich. Frankfurt am Main, Tishrei 1819. · Letter with New Year wishes, by Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Wirmesh. Elul 1846. · Many more letters and documents in Hebrew and German [enclosed is an English list, with details of the content of the German documents and letters].
Manuscripts of Torah thoughts: · Bar-Mitzvah sermon, [Germany, c. 1800]. · Halachic and Aggadic sermons, delivered in 1931. · Novellae on Tractate Bava Kama. [ca. 1870-1900]. · Many (Hebrew and German) halachic rulings, novellae and homiletics, in the handwriting of Rabbi Gumpertz. (Including a bundle of German articles on Kabbalistic wisdom, philosophy, religion and history).
Rabbi Elchanan (Herman) Gumpertz (born in 1851 in Frankfurt am Main, died in Hamburg in 1938), disciple of the Wurzburg Rabbi and of Rabbi Yosef Altman of Karlsruhe (disciple of the Aruch LaNer), was an illustrious Torah scholar and community leader. Founder and teacher in the Hamburg Chevrat Shas. For decades, he headed the Hamburg Charedi Jewish community. Served as Dayan and at times as Ra'avad of the Hamburg Beit Din. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in German and one of the heads of the Charedi Union in Germany [which later developed into the worldwide Agudat Yisrael movement] and for over 30 years, served as chairman of the Committee of the Beit Midrash L'Rabbanim in Berlin.
More than 50 letters and documents, and more than 100 other leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
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Archives and Ledgers of Communities and Institutions
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten leaves, from the notebooks of societies of the city of Alytus (Lithuania), 1909-1914:
· "Notebook of the Linat Tzedek Chevra Kadisha, founded in Alytus, Russia…in the month of Tamuz 1909". Title page, with "introduction" [4 pages], regarding the importance of establishing the society and about the mitzvah of visiting the infirm, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. · "Notebook of the Mishnayot Society in Alytus Russia…and the notebook was written in…1914". Title page and "introduction" [3 pages], on the importance of the society's activities and Torah study, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Ya'akov Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. Another introduction in his handwriting "to explain practical benefits of societies for study of our holy Torah and its mitzvoth…" [4 pages. lacking at the end].
[13] written pages. Approximately 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears affecting text in several places. Detached leaves.
· "Notebook of the Linat Tzedek Chevra Kadisha, founded in Alytus, Russia…in the month of Tamuz 1909". Title page, with "introduction" [4 pages], regarding the importance of establishing the society and about the mitzvah of visiting the infirm, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. · "Notebook of the Mishnayot Society in Alytus Russia…and the notebook was written in…1914". Title page and "introduction" [3 pages], on the importance of the society's activities and Torah study, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Ya'akov Rosenberg Av Beit Din of the city. Another introduction in his handwriting "to explain practical benefits of societies for study of our holy Torah and its mitzvoth…" [4 pages. lacking at the end].
[13] written pages. Approximately 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. Tears affecting text in several places. Detached leaves.
Category
Archives and Ledgers of Communities and Institutions
Catalogue
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Personal handwritten notebook, of Nissim Mordechai Misistrano, containing lists of divorces, poetic phrases, tombstone epitaphs and inscriptions of "hekdesh" for various places, family inscriptions, versions of letters, etc. [Turkey], 1921-1926. Hebrew and Ladino.
Some pages have incantations and oaths (hashba'ot) for Ayin Hara. Several pages in Arabic.
[57] written pages (and more blank pages). 19 cm. Good condition. Slight wear.
Some pages have incantations and oaths (hashba'ot) for Ayin Hara. Several pages in Arabic.
[57] written pages (and more blank pages). 19 cm. Good condition. Slight wear.
Category
Archives and Ledgers of Communities and Institutions
Catalogue