Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Two Books of the Maharal – With Signatures of Rebbe “Zvi Hirsh Rabbi of Liskow”

Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $7,750
Including buyer's premium
Tiferet Yisrael, by the Maharal of Prague. Lemberg, 1859. * Bound with Netzach Yisrael, by the Maharal. Lemberg, 1860. * No'am Megadim, on prayer, by the author of “Pri Megadim”. [Lemberg, 1860].
On the title pages of the first two books are signatures of "Zvi Hirsh the Rabbi of Liskow". Faded notation on first title page "I received a gift from the Rebbetzin wife of ---". Owners' signature "I have been privileged to own these holy books… at the end of the summer of 1907, Asher Anshel Weiss" [Av Beit Din of Siladi Nagyfalu, see Item 406]. On last leaf is a notation in his son's handwriting: "The holy books Tiferet Yisrael and Netzach Yisrael with the handwriting of the Gaon Kadosh… the Rabbi of Liskow. Chaim Aharon Weiss…".
Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Freidman, the Rabbi of Liskow (1798-1874), a leading rebbe in Hungary. A disciple of the author of “Yismach Moshe” and of Rebbe Shalom of Belz, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rabbi Meir of Premishlan and the “Divrei Chaim” of Sanz. Known as a wonder-worker, people flocked to him from all over the country for blessings. Author of “Ach Pri Tevuah”, “HaYashar V'Hatov” etc. His great disciple was Rabbi Yeshaya of Kerestir, who always stamped: "Who served the Rabbi Tzaddik of Liskow".
92 leaves; 83 leaves; [22] leaves. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear damage and use stains. Worn, flawed binding.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications