Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat – Amsterdam, 1698 – Early Glosses – Copy of Rebbe Elazar of Oshpitzin, Son-in-Law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz

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Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, with Be'er HaGolah. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, [1698].
The margins contain dozens of lengthy glosses in small, neat Ashkenazic script (typical of the Galician Torah scholars, ca. 18th century). The glosses mostly refer to the teachings of the Shach, Bach and Sema, and some of them contain the author's own explanations (he was apparently an outstanding Torah scholar). Inscription on the title page: "Who resides here, Br[ody]".
Many owners' stamps of Rebbe "Elazar HaLevi Rosenfeld, who resides in Oshpitzin".
Rebbe Elazar HaLevi Rosenfeld of Oshpitzin (Oświęcim; 1861-1943) was the youngest son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and son of Rebbe Yehoshua of Kaminka (who was a son of R. Shalom of Kaminka). In 1885, he was appointed rabbi of Bochnia, succeeding his father as rebbe of Kaminka in 1897. In 1900, he went to serve as rabbi and rebbe in Oshpitzin. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1936, establishing his Beit Midrash in Jerusalem (the Oshpitzin Beit Midrash exists until this day on Chesed LeAvraham St., near Me'a Sh'earim), yet returned to Poland just before the outbreak of WWII, and perished in the Sosnowiec ghetto.
[2], 3-432, [1] leaves. Approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Wear and a few tears. Minor worming. New leather binding.
Without the engraved frontispiece depicting putti.
Books Owned by Chassidic Leaders – Signatures, Glosses, Ownership Inscriptions and Stamps
Books Owned by Chassidic Leaders – Signatures, Glosses, Ownership Inscriptions and Stamps