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Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
SignaturesShulchan Aruch Even HaEzer – Signature of the Ohev Yisrael of Apta
Opening: $20,000
Sold for: $50,000
Including buyer's premium
Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, with Apei Ravrevei, Chelkat Mechokek and Beit Shmuel. Furth, [1761]. At the top of the title page are owners' signatures: "My name Avraham Yehoshua Heschel son of… who lives in the Kolbasov community". Underneath a later inscription was added in the same handwriting "and in the community --- Iasi ---".
Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heschel (1748-1825, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, 1, pages 84-91), was the son of Rabbi Shmuel of Zhmigrod. His first position as rabbi was in the city of Kolbasov in Galicia, where he was visited by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rabbi Moshe of Sasov, who brought him near to chassidut. He became a disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotshov and Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. In 1800, he was appointed to the Apta Rabbinate and in 1808 he moved to serve as Rabbi of Iasi until he moved to Medzhibozh. He was considered the eldest and greatest of the rebbes in his generation and of the leaders of the rabbinate and the Jewish people of his time. Stories of the many wonders and salvations he performed have been passed from generation to generation. Some of his renowned disciples: Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Zhiditchov.
He was renowned for his love of the people of Israel and was used to saying that with this attribute he will stand before the Heavenly Court with the love for his fellow Jew that is ingrained in his heart, [see in the book Igrot HaOhev Yisrael a letter where he signs: "who loves all Jews… "]. On his tombstone he asked to write only the praise Ohev Yisrael, and Ohev Yisrael is also the name of his book, which is considered one of the basic books on chassidut.
Before us is the full signature of the Rebbe of Apta in his holy handwriting from his younger years – during his father's life and after he was appointed as rabbi of Kolbasov.
[1], 4-192 leaves. (4 pages after the title page are missing), 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition, marks of use, candle wax drops, few moth damages. Detached leaves and detached and torn binding. (Ancient strands of hair from beards are hidden between the leaves as is the custom of Chassidim according to the Kabbalah).
Dov Meisel collection.
Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heschel (1748-1825, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, 1, pages 84-91), was the son of Rabbi Shmuel of Zhmigrod. His first position as rabbi was in the city of Kolbasov in Galicia, where he was visited by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rabbi Moshe of Sasov, who brought him near to chassidut. He became a disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotshov and Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. In 1800, he was appointed to the Apta Rabbinate and in 1808 he moved to serve as Rabbi of Iasi until he moved to Medzhibozh. He was considered the eldest and greatest of the rebbes in his generation and of the leaders of the rabbinate and the Jewish people of his time. Stories of the many wonders and salvations he performed have been passed from generation to generation. Some of his renowned disciples: Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Zhiditchov.
He was renowned for his love of the people of Israel and was used to saying that with this attribute he will stand before the Heavenly Court with the love for his fellow Jew that is ingrained in his heart, [see in the book Igrot HaOhev Yisrael a letter where he signs: "who loves all Jews… "]. On his tombstone he asked to write only the praise Ohev Yisrael, and Ohev Yisrael is also the name of his book, which is considered one of the basic books on chassidut.
Before us is the full signature of the Rebbe of Apta in his holy handwriting from his younger years – during his father's life and after he was appointed as rabbi of Kolbasov.
[1], 4-192 leaves. (4 pages after the title page are missing), 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition, marks of use, candle wax drops, few moth damages. Detached leaves and detached and torn binding. (Ancient strands of hair from beards are hidden between the leaves as is the custom of Chassidim according to the Kabbalah).
Dov Meisel collection.
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