Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Books of the Libraries of the Szàszrégen Community - Rabbi Hillel Pollack (Disciple of the Chatam Sofer), Rabbi Yisrael Freund and his Son Rabbi David Yehuda Freund - Signatures and Glosses
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Collection of books from the library of Rabbi Yisrael Freund Av Bet Din of Szàszrégen, with glosses, stamps and signatures by the Szàszrégen rabbis:
• Avnei Milu'im, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller. Stettin, 1860. • Simlah Chadashah – Tvu'ot Shor, on the laws of Yoreh De'ah, by Rabbi Alexander Sender Schorr, with commentaries: Levushei Srad, Da'at Kedoshim, etc. Warsaw, [1901]. • Keren Le'David, responsa on Orach Chaim, Rabbi Eliezer David Greenwald. Satmar, 1929.
• Yad Ramah responsa, on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch and novellae on treatises, Rabbi Moshe Zvi Fuchs. Grosswardein, 1939.
On the flyleaf of Avnei Milu'im is the signature of Hillel Pollack. Rabbi Hillel Pollack (1810-1893, HaChatam Sofer and his Pupils, pages 124-126), a disciple of the Chatam Sofer who called him and his relative and friend, Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, "Kodesh Hillulim LaHashem". He was the rabbi of Szàszrégen (Hungary) from 1866 until his death.
All the books include glosses written by his grandson Rabbi Yisrael Freund, who also served in the Szàszrégen rabbinate, and was a disciple of the author of “Ktav Sofer” and Rabbi Moshe Zvi Fuchs - author of “Yad Rama”. He was a prominent rabbi in Hungary, and was murdered together with his community in the Holocaust in 1944. In Auschwitz, he delivered a testament to his son, and expressed his wish to print his writings.
In the book “Yad Rama”, written by his teacher Rabbi M. Z. Fuchs, Rabbi Freund writes his comments in awe and self-depreciation before his teacher: “I beg forgiveness from my Master, my Rebbe, I am dust under his feet but what can I do, for I did not understand his meaning… “. His stamp appears in the second book.
Signatures appear in both books. All books include stamps and glosses of his son Rabbi David Yehuda Freund (died 1985), son in law of Rabbi Yechezkel Panet, Rabbi in Batiz, later his father’s “assistant rabbi” in Szàszrégen and thereafter Rabbi of the ”Yere’im” congregation in Bucharest. He survived the Holocaust, married the sister of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kahn, The Rebbe of “Toldot Aharon”, moved to Palestine and served as rabbi in Netanya and then in Jerusalem. He authored “Alufei Yehuda”.
4 books. Varied size. Overall good condition.
• Avnei Milu'im, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller. Stettin, 1860. • Simlah Chadashah – Tvu'ot Shor, on the laws of Yoreh De'ah, by Rabbi Alexander Sender Schorr, with commentaries: Levushei Srad, Da'at Kedoshim, etc. Warsaw, [1901]. • Keren Le'David, responsa on Orach Chaim, Rabbi Eliezer David Greenwald. Satmar, 1929.
• Yad Ramah responsa, on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch and novellae on treatises, Rabbi Moshe Zvi Fuchs. Grosswardein, 1939.
On the flyleaf of Avnei Milu'im is the signature of Hillel Pollack. Rabbi Hillel Pollack (1810-1893, HaChatam Sofer and his Pupils, pages 124-126), a disciple of the Chatam Sofer who called him and his relative and friend, Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein, "Kodesh Hillulim LaHashem". He was the rabbi of Szàszrégen (Hungary) from 1866 until his death.
All the books include glosses written by his grandson Rabbi Yisrael Freund, who also served in the Szàszrégen rabbinate, and was a disciple of the author of “Ktav Sofer” and Rabbi Moshe Zvi Fuchs - author of “Yad Rama”. He was a prominent rabbi in Hungary, and was murdered together with his community in the Holocaust in 1944. In Auschwitz, he delivered a testament to his son, and expressed his wish to print his writings.
In the book “Yad Rama”, written by his teacher Rabbi M. Z. Fuchs, Rabbi Freund writes his comments in awe and self-depreciation before his teacher: “I beg forgiveness from my Master, my Rebbe, I am dust under his feet but what can I do, for I did not understand his meaning… “. His stamp appears in the second book.
Signatures appear in both books. All books include stamps and glosses of his son Rabbi David Yehuda Freund (died 1985), son in law of Rabbi Yechezkel Panet, Rabbi in Batiz, later his father’s “assistant rabbi” in Szàszrégen and thereafter Rabbi of the ”Yere’im” congregation in Bucharest. He survived the Holocaust, married the sister of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kahn, The Rebbe of “Toldot Aharon”, moved to Palestine and served as rabbi in Netanya and then in Jerusalem. He authored “Alufei Yehuda”.
4 books. Varied size. Overall good condition.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications