Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Tehilim of Sochatchov Rebbe – Rebbe David Bornstein – Stamps, Signature and Glosses
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Kitvei Kodesh, Sefer Tehilim with the commentaries of Rashi and Metzudot, Warsaw, 1890. Bound together with: Kitvei Kodesh, Mishlei, with commentaries of Rashi and Metzudot, Warsaw, 1890.
Various stamps of Rebbe David Bornstein, during his father's life. At the beginning of Tehilim his signature in pencil appears. Short glosses in his handwriting and various inscriptions throughout the leaves of Tehilim. On Leaf 44b, a different page was mistakenly printed and the Tehillim with the Rashi commentary was completed on an attached leaf [handwritten].
Rebbe David Bornstein was born in 1876 in Nashelsk to his father, author of Shem M'Shmuel, son of the Avnei Nezer of Sochachov. At the age of 20 he was appointed as Rabbi of Vishogrod, where he led a yeshiva for older boys. After World War I, he served as rabbi in Tomashov and Zgirezh. With the passing of his father in 1926, he was appointed Rebbe and became one of the most prominent rebbes in Poland. He died in the Warsaw Ghetto in Kislev, 1942. His wife, children and sons-in law were killed in the holocaust. His many books and writings on the Talmud were lost during the upheavals of those years.
120 leaves; 51 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and use marks, few stains. Original binding, worn and partly detached. Placed in fancy wooden and leather box.
Various stamps of Rebbe David Bornstein, during his father's life. At the beginning of Tehilim his signature in pencil appears. Short glosses in his handwriting and various inscriptions throughout the leaves of Tehilim. On Leaf 44b, a different page was mistakenly printed and the Tehillim with the Rashi commentary was completed on an attached leaf [handwritten].
Rebbe David Bornstein was born in 1876 in Nashelsk to his father, author of Shem M'Shmuel, son of the Avnei Nezer of Sochachov. At the age of 20 he was appointed as Rabbi of Vishogrod, where he led a yeshiva for older boys. After World War I, he served as rabbi in Tomashov and Zgirezh. With the passing of his father in 1926, he was appointed Rebbe and became one of the most prominent rebbes in Poland. He died in the Warsaw Ghetto in Kislev, 1942. His wife, children and sons-in law were killed in the holocaust. His many books and writings on the Talmud were lost during the upheavals of those years.
120 leaves; 51 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair condition, wear and use marks, few stains. Original binding, worn and partly detached. Placed in fancy wooden and leather box.
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