Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer Hayashar – Signatures and Glosses by "the Papa Dayan"
Opening: $500
Sold for: $875
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Sefer Hayashar, commentaries and novllae on the Talmud, by Rabeinu Tam ba'al HaTosefot. Vienna, 1811. First edition. Approbations from Rabbi Mordechai Benet and the "Chatham Sofer".
Several handwritten glosses by Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman.
Signatures on title page: "Yudah of Serdehli…" [probably Rabbi Yehudah Assad who served in Serdehli as a rabbinical judge from 1826-1831, and in 1853 returned as the town Rabbi].
signature, ink stamps and glosses of Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman – "the Papa Dayan", and ranked amongst the greatest Torah scholars of Hungary and Jerusalem (Otzar HaRabbanim 15466). Born in 1843. In 1982 served as Rabbi in Papa, and from 1909–1928, in Jerusalem. Authored "Mei Be'er" and "Mayim Chaim".
[2], 87 leaves. Final page is missing. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Moth damaged. Stains. Lower part of title page is missing and has been restored. Ink stamps.
Several handwritten glosses by Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman.
Signatures on title page: "Yudah of Serdehli…" [probably Rabbi Yehudah Assad who served in Serdehli as a rabbinical judge from 1826-1831, and in 1853 returned as the town Rabbi].
signature, ink stamps and glosses of Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman – "the Papa Dayan", and ranked amongst the greatest Torah scholars of Hungary and Jerusalem (Otzar HaRabbanim 15466). Born in 1843. In 1982 served as Rabbi in Papa, and from 1909–1928, in Jerusalem. Authored "Mei Be'er" and "Mayim Chaim".
[2], 87 leaves. Final page is missing. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Moth damaged. Stains. Lower part of title page is missing and has been restored. Ink stamps.
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