Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tur Orach Chaim and Even HaEzer - Vienna, 1810 - Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Avraham Shaag
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Tur Orach Chaim and Even HaEzer, with commentaries. Vienna, 1810-1813.
Ownership inscriptions signed by R. Avraham Shaag: "…The holy Torah should not leave my mouth and the mouths of my progeny forever…Avraham son of R. Leib Shaag". More inscriptions and signatures of disciples.
A number of glosses, short and long, on the leaves of both volumes, in the handwriting of R. Avraham Shaag. One is signed: "Avraham Shaag".
R. Avraham Shaag-Zwebner (1801-1873), a prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer and a leading Torah scholar of his generation. In 1827, he served in the Shatelsdorf rabbinate and from 1852 Rabbi of Kobersdorf. In 1873, he immigrated to Jerusalem together with his prominent disciple Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
Two volumes. Vol. 1: [4], 28, 31-154, 156-222; 60; 1-30, 41-60, 31-40, 61-67, 9 leaves. (Some leaves were bound out of order. Originally: [4], 28, 31-154, 156-222; 60; 67; 9 leaves). Vol. 2: 162, 169-172 leaves. (Originally: 172 leaves. Lacking leaves 163-168). 37 cm. Overall fair-poor condition. Stains. Heavy worming (primarily to Vol. 1). Without bindings.
Ownership inscriptions signed by R. Avraham Shaag: "…The holy Torah should not leave my mouth and the mouths of my progeny forever…Avraham son of R. Leib Shaag". More inscriptions and signatures of disciples.
A number of glosses, short and long, on the leaves of both volumes, in the handwriting of R. Avraham Shaag. One is signed: "Avraham Shaag".
R. Avraham Shaag-Zwebner (1801-1873), a prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer and a leading Torah scholar of his generation. In 1827, he served in the Shatelsdorf rabbinate and from 1852 Rabbi of Kobersdorf. In 1873, he immigrated to Jerusalem together with his prominent disciple Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
Two volumes. Vol. 1: [4], 28, 31-154, 156-222; 60; 1-30, 41-60, 31-40, 61-67, 9 leaves. (Some leaves were bound out of order. Originally: [4], 28, 31-154, 156-222; 60; 67; 9 leaves). Vol. 2: 162, 169-172 leaves. (Originally: 172 leaves. Lacking leaves 163-168). 37 cm. Overall fair-poor condition. Stains. Heavy worming (primarily to Vol. 1). Without bindings.
Books with Signatures and Dedications
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