Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
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![Mikdash Melech, commentary on the Zohar, Part III (Vayikra), by R. Shalom Buzaglo. Amsterdam, [1752]. First edition.
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![Mikdash Melech, commentary on the Zohar, Part III (Vayikra), by R. Shalom Buzaglo. Amsterdam, [1752]. First edition.
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![Mikdash Melech, commentary on the Zohar, Part III (Vayikra), by R. Shalom Buzaglo. Amsterdam, [1752]. First edition.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
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Mikdash Melech, commentary on the Zohar, Part III (Vayikra), by R. Shalom Buzaglo. Amsterdam, [1752]. First edition.
Copy of the kabbalist R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, with dozens of his handwritten kabbalistic glosses, some lengthy. Most of the glosses appear in the margins; the particularly lengthy glosses were written on the blank leaves at the beginning of the book (four handwritten pages). The glosses were never published.
Some of the glosses are signed with initials: "N.L.M.Sh." = so it seems to me, Moshe Shlomo.
In one of the lengthy glosses at the beginning of the book, R. Moshe Shlomo mentions his teacher the Gaon of Vilna: " And see in the writings of my teacher R. E. of Vilna in the commentary on…".
R. Moshe Shlomo son of R. Yitzchak of Tolochin, a maggid in Vilna and an outstanding kabbalist, a disciple-colleague of the Gaon of Vilna in Kabbalah and the one who arranged his kabbalistic writings. In the list of their father's prominent disciples in the foreword to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, the sons of the Gaon of Vilna rank R. Shlomo of Tolochin as the fifth. They relate that their father taught him Zohar and Sefer Yetzirah, and explained to him anything he found difficult in the writings of the disciples of the Arizal. They also mention that there were teachings the Gaon of Vilna did not reveal to him, and that the Gaon later regretted this, saying that R. Shlomo was exceptionally G-d fearing from youth. R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam, attested that R. Moshe Shlomo was extremely well versed in Kabbalah, to the extent that the Gaon of Vilna declared him fitting to be taught Torah secrets.
R. Moshe Shlomo was an outstanding kabbalist even before coming to Vilna. After he began studying under the Gaon of Vilna, he became his close disciple in kabbalah, meriting to receive oral teachings from him, to the point that R. Shmuel Luria, who published his book Shaar HaShirim (Warsaw 1890), called him "a disciple-colleague of the Gaon of Vilna in Kabbalah". Apart from being one of the closest disciples of the Gaon of Vilna, he was very active in disseminating his teachings, transcribing the writings of the Gaon of Vilna on kabbalah from the original manuscripts, arranging them and complementing them with his glosses. In fact, there is almost no composition by the Gaon of Vilna on Kabbalah to which he did not add his notes.
One of the prominent works of the Gaon of Vilna on Kabbalah is the book Hadrat Kodesh, which was compiled and arranged by R. Moshe Shlomo. This work is the source of kabbalistic teachings brought in the name of the Gaon of Vilna in many books. It was recently published based on a manuscript by R. Dovid Kamenetzky (Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem 2014; see introduction there, see also: R. Dovid Kamenetzky, Torat HaGra, pp. 605 onwards).
Most of the teachings of R. Moshe Shlomo remain in manuscript. His book Shaar HaShirim – songs for meals of Shabbat and festivals (part of a larger manuscript which was lost), was printed in Warsaw, 1890. His supercommentary to the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Chad Gadya was printed at the end of the Passover Haggadah, Jerusalem 1863 (see item 151). For more information about R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin, see: R. Dovid Kamenetzky, Torat HaGra, pp. 712-714; R. Dovid Kamenetzky, R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin – Disciple-Colleague of the Gaon of Vilna, Yeshurun, 29, 2013, pp. 831-840.
[1], 183 leaves (lacking first title page and leaf of approbations) + 4 handwritten leaves. Fair condition. Stains. Detached leaves and gatherings (including handwritten leaves at beginning of book). Binding damaged, with loss.
Copy of the kabbalist R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, with dozens of his handwritten kabbalistic glosses, some lengthy. Most of the glosses appear in the margins; the particularly lengthy glosses were written on the blank leaves at the beginning of the book (four handwritten pages). The glosses were never published.
Some of the glosses are signed with initials: "N.L.M.Sh." = so it seems to me, Moshe Shlomo.
In one of the lengthy glosses at the beginning of the book, R. Moshe Shlomo mentions his teacher the Gaon of Vilna: " And see in the writings of my teacher R. E. of Vilna in the commentary on…".
R. Moshe Shlomo son of R. Yitzchak of Tolochin, a maggid in Vilna and an outstanding kabbalist, a disciple-colleague of the Gaon of Vilna in Kabbalah and the one who arranged his kabbalistic writings. In the list of their father's prominent disciples in the foreword to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, the sons of the Gaon of Vilna rank R. Shlomo of Tolochin as the fifth. They relate that their father taught him Zohar and Sefer Yetzirah, and explained to him anything he found difficult in the writings of the disciples of the Arizal. They also mention that there were teachings the Gaon of Vilna did not reveal to him, and that the Gaon later regretted this, saying that R. Shlomo was exceptionally G-d fearing from youth. R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam, attested that R. Moshe Shlomo was extremely well versed in Kabbalah, to the extent that the Gaon of Vilna declared him fitting to be taught Torah secrets.
R. Moshe Shlomo was an outstanding kabbalist even before coming to Vilna. After he began studying under the Gaon of Vilna, he became his close disciple in kabbalah, meriting to receive oral teachings from him, to the point that R. Shmuel Luria, who published his book Shaar HaShirim (Warsaw 1890), called him "a disciple-colleague of the Gaon of Vilna in Kabbalah". Apart from being one of the closest disciples of the Gaon of Vilna, he was very active in disseminating his teachings, transcribing the writings of the Gaon of Vilna on kabbalah from the original manuscripts, arranging them and complementing them with his glosses. In fact, there is almost no composition by the Gaon of Vilna on Kabbalah to which he did not add his notes.
One of the prominent works of the Gaon of Vilna on Kabbalah is the book Hadrat Kodesh, which was compiled and arranged by R. Moshe Shlomo. This work is the source of kabbalistic teachings brought in the name of the Gaon of Vilna in many books. It was recently published based on a manuscript by R. Dovid Kamenetzky (Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem 2014; see introduction there, see also: R. Dovid Kamenetzky, Torat HaGra, pp. 605 onwards).
Most of the teachings of R. Moshe Shlomo remain in manuscript. His book Shaar HaShirim – songs for meals of Shabbat and festivals (part of a larger manuscript which was lost), was printed in Warsaw, 1890. His supercommentary to the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Chad Gadya was printed at the end of the Passover Haggadah, Jerusalem 1863 (see item 151). For more information about R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin, see: R. Dovid Kamenetzky, Torat HaGra, pp. 712-714; R. Dovid Kamenetzky, R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin – Disciple-Colleague of the Gaon of Vilna, Yeshurun, 29, 2013, pp. 831-840.
[1], 183 leaves (lacking first title page and leaf of approbations) + 4 handwritten leaves. Fair condition. Stains. Detached leaves and gatherings (including handwritten leaves at beginning of book). Binding damaged, with loss.
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Lot 68 Baal HaNefesh – Berlin, 1762 – Signature of Rabbi Yissachar Ber, Brother of the Gaon of Vilna
Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
Opening: $4,000
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Baal HaNefesh, laws of Niddah by the Raavad, with laws of Niddah by the Ramban, and Chiddushei HaRan on Tractate Niddah. Berlin, [1762].
Copy of R. Yissachar Ber, brother of the Gaon of Vilna. Signature at the top of the title page: " Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman". This is presumably the signature of R. Yissachar Ber, brother of the Gaon of Vilna.
The signature is followed by two inscriptions, in a different hand: "Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman"; "Shlomo Zalman Sh.Y.L.[?]".
R. Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman (d. Elul 1807), brother of the Gaon of Vilna. An outstanding Torah scholar, both in revealed and kabbalistic realms of the Torah. R. Yissachar Ber was the son-in-law of the wealthy R. Asher Ginzburg, and was known in Vilna as "R. Ber R. Asher's". Samuel Joseph Fünn of Vilna relates that "he authored a commentary on the Torah, a large book… from that composition it appears that he also authored commentaries on the Talmud; his heirs are also in possession of a commentary on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah in manuscript" (Fünn, Kiryah Ne'emana, p. 205). Yitzchak Eizik Ben Yaakov, in his book Otzar HaSefarim (p. 479, letter Peh, no. 718), lists a manuscript composition by R. Yissachar Ber: "I saw in the hands of one of his descendants, here in our city, a truly wonderful composition according to the depth of the Peshat, which he asked to be arranged for print, and he titled it Tzuf Devash". The manuscript of this work was recently discovered and published in Yeshurun IV, New York-Jerusalem 1999, pp. 269-328.
His son-in-law was R. Yaakov Kahana, author of Geon Yaakov on Tractate Eruvin. In his foreword to this book, R. N.N. Rabinowitz relates how R. Yissachar Ber took R. Yaakov as a son-in-law, and brought him to study under his brother the Gaon of Vilna. The latter took him under his wings and R. Yaakov studied under him with exceptional diligence and purity for twenty-one years, until the passing of the Gaon of Vilna.
[1], 74 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Stamps on title page. Old binding, worn and damaged. Tears to spine. Placed in a fine case.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of R. Yissachar Ber, brother of the Gaon of Vilna. Signature at the top of the title page: " Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman". This is presumably the signature of R. Yissachar Ber, brother of the Gaon of Vilna.
The signature is followed by two inscriptions, in a different hand: "Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman"; "Shlomo Zalman Sh.Y.L.[?]".
R. Yissachar Ber son of R. Shlomo Zalman (d. Elul 1807), brother of the Gaon of Vilna. An outstanding Torah scholar, both in revealed and kabbalistic realms of the Torah. R. Yissachar Ber was the son-in-law of the wealthy R. Asher Ginzburg, and was known in Vilna as "R. Ber R. Asher's". Samuel Joseph Fünn of Vilna relates that "he authored a commentary on the Torah, a large book… from that composition it appears that he also authored commentaries on the Talmud; his heirs are also in possession of a commentary on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah in manuscript" (Fünn, Kiryah Ne'emana, p. 205). Yitzchak Eizik Ben Yaakov, in his book Otzar HaSefarim (p. 479, letter Peh, no. 718), lists a manuscript composition by R. Yissachar Ber: "I saw in the hands of one of his descendants, here in our city, a truly wonderful composition according to the depth of the Peshat, which he asked to be arranged for print, and he titled it Tzuf Devash". The manuscript of this work was recently discovered and published in Yeshurun IV, New York-Jerusalem 1999, pp. 269-328.
His son-in-law was R. Yaakov Kahana, author of Geon Yaakov on Tractate Eruvin. In his foreword to this book, R. N.N. Rabinowitz relates how R. Yissachar Ber took R. Yaakov as a son-in-law, and brought him to study under his brother the Gaon of Vilna. The latter took him under his wings and R. Yaakov studied under him with exceptional diligence and purity for twenty-one years, until the passing of the Gaon of Vilna.
[1], 74 leaves. 21 cm. Good condition. Stains. Stamps on title page. Old binding, worn and damaged. Tears to spine. Placed in a fine case.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
Opening: $300
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, from the Tanna R. Eliezer HaGadol son of Hurcanus, with the commentary of R. David Luria (the Radal) of Bichov (Bykhaw) and the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Two parts. Warsaw, 1852. First edition.
The corrections of the Gaon of Vilna were integrated in the commentary of R. David Luria, who brings them as "corrections attributed to the Gaon".
The two parts in this copy differ in size (part II has wider margins). The front endpaper of part I bears an inscription handwritten by R. Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi Denenburg, the rabbi of Choroszcz, who writes that he received the book (part I) from the author: "The author, the Radal sent me this book by post… so says Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi Denenburg, posek in this city". R. Yaakov Tzvi acquired part II at a later point. An inscription recording the sale of this book to R. Yaakov Tzvi appears at the beginning of part II. On both title pages and on other leaves, signatures of R. "Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi, posek in Choroszcz" and his stamp: "Tzvi Yaakov son of R. Menachem Eli. Denenburg".
Dozens of handwritten glosses in both parts, some lengthy and some brief, containing references and additions.
[3], 2-14, [1], 1-51 leaves; [2 blank leaves], 52-120, [1], 123-129, [1] leaves. 31.5-35 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. Minor worming. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 312.
Without the [4] leaves of "Errata and Corrections" added to some copies (see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book).
Vinograd lists a title page for part II with the year 1854. There is also a title page for part I with that year (in Aliyat Kir, section 17, the book is listed as printed in 1854).
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
The corrections of the Gaon of Vilna were integrated in the commentary of R. David Luria, who brings them as "corrections attributed to the Gaon".
The two parts in this copy differ in size (part II has wider margins). The front endpaper of part I bears an inscription handwritten by R. Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi Denenburg, the rabbi of Choroszcz, who writes that he received the book (part I) from the author: "The author, the Radal sent me this book by post… so says Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi Denenburg, posek in this city". R. Yaakov Tzvi acquired part II at a later point. An inscription recording the sale of this book to R. Yaakov Tzvi appears at the beginning of part II. On both title pages and on other leaves, signatures of R. "Tzvi Yaakov HaLevi, posek in Choroszcz" and his stamp: "Tzvi Yaakov son of R. Menachem Eli. Denenburg".
Dozens of handwritten glosses in both parts, some lengthy and some brief, containing references and additions.
[3], 2-14, [1], 1-51 leaves; [2 blank leaves], 52-120, [1], 123-129, [1] leaves. 31.5-35 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. Minor worming. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 312.
Without the [4] leaves of "Errata and Corrections" added to some copies (see Bibliography of the Hebrew Book).
Vinograd lists a title page for part II with the year 1854. There is also a title page for part I with that year (in Aliyat Kir, section 17, the book is listed as printed in 1854).
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
Opening: $2,000
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Tosefta of Orders Zera'im and Moed, with the Tanna Tosfaa commentary by R. Shmuel Avigdor Tosfaa of Karlin, and with textual corrections by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1841. First edition.
Copy of R. Shmuel Strashun (the Rashash) of Vilna, with his signature and glosses.
The signatures of the Rashash appear at the top of the front endpaper in three languages: In Hebrew, Latin characters and Cyrillic characters. This leaf also bears several other inscriptions, and a stamp of the Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin library.
The book contains five scholarly glosses handwritten by the Rashash.
R. Shmuel Strashun – author of Hagahot HaRashash (1793-1872), a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. He was the son of R. Yosef of Zaskovitz, and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from Strashun, who moved to Vilna with his family and became one of the heads of the Vilna community. His composition of glosses on the Talmud was printed in the Vilna Talmud editions under the title Hagahot HaRashash. This work encompasses the entire Talmud (there are glosses of the Rashash on each page of the Talmud, apart from eight pages; see: Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). The glosses of the Rashash have become a classic work for the study of the Talmud, and his teachings are discussed extensively in the works of the Acharonim and in lectures by yeshiva deans. Hagahot HaRashash were also printed on Mishnayot, Midrash Rabba and the Rambam.
[2], 55; [1], 56-118 leaves. 38.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Final leaf detached. Stamps. Bookplate. New binding.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of R. Shmuel Strashun (the Rashash) of Vilna, with his signature and glosses.
The signatures of the Rashash appear at the top of the front endpaper in three languages: In Hebrew, Latin characters and Cyrillic characters. This leaf also bears several other inscriptions, and a stamp of the Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin library.
The book contains five scholarly glosses handwritten by the Rashash.
R. Shmuel Strashun – author of Hagahot HaRashash (1793-1872), a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. He was the son of R. Yosef of Zaskovitz, and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from Strashun, who moved to Vilna with his family and became one of the heads of the Vilna community. His composition of glosses on the Talmud was printed in the Vilna Talmud editions under the title Hagahot HaRashash. This work encompasses the entire Talmud (there are glosses of the Rashash on each page of the Talmud, apart from eight pages; see: Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). The glosses of the Rashash have become a classic work for the study of the Talmud, and his teachings are discussed extensively in the works of the Acharonim and in lectures by yeshiva deans. Hagahot HaRashash were also printed on Mishnayot, Midrash Rabba and the Rambam.
[2], 55; [1], 56-118 leaves. 38.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Final leaf detached. Stamps. Bookplate. New binding.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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![Mevo She'arim by R. Chaim Vital. Korets, [1783]. First edition.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale76-public/71_1.jpg "Mevo She'arim – Korets, 1783 – First Edition – Copy from the Beit Midr")
![Mevo She'arim by R. Chaim Vital. Korets, [1783]. First edition.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale76-public/71_2.jpg "Mevo She'arim – Korets, 1783 – First Edition – Copy from the Beit Midr")
![Mevo She'arim by R. Chaim Vital. Korets, [1783]. First edition.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale76-public/71_3.jpg "Mevo She'arim – Korets, 1783 – First Edition – Copy from the Beit Midr")
Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
Opening: $300
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Mevo She'arim by R. Chaim Vital. Korets, [1783]. First edition.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Stamps of the Beit Midrash (two different versions) on the title page and other leaves: "Stamp of the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin – Shklow", "From the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin of Shklow".
Handwritten ownership inscription extending over many leaves: " Belongs to the Beit Midrash of R. Shlomo son of R. Binyamin son of R. Zalman of Shklow".
R. Binyamin son of R. Shlomo Zalman Rivlin (Riveles) of Shklow (1728-1812/1813), author of Gevii Gevia HaKesef. Head of the prominent Rivlin family. An associate of the Gaon of Vilna and his relative (descendant of R. Moshe Rivkes author of Be'er HaGolah). A leading Torah scholar of Shklow, and a pillar of the community. He founded, together with his colleague R. Yehoshua Zeitlin, a yeshiva for brilliant Torah scholars in the city, "he advanced the city of Shklow and its Torah scholars by transmitting the light of his teacher the Gaon of Vilna" (for further information about him, see Hebrew description).
His grandson, R. Shlomo Zalman son of R. Hillel Rivlin, author of Divrei Shlomo (Warsaw 1868-1880), a leading Torah scholar in Shklow and a great Lithuanian Torah leader, a disciple of R. Menashe of Ilya and the prime teacher of R. David Friedman of Karlin.
[1], 118 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings. Worming, slightly affecting text. Binding detached and damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Stamps of the Beit Midrash (two different versions) on the title page and other leaves: "Stamp of the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin – Shklow", "From the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin of Shklow".
Handwritten ownership inscription extending over many leaves: " Belongs to the Beit Midrash of R. Shlomo son of R. Binyamin son of R. Zalman of Shklow".
R. Binyamin son of R. Shlomo Zalman Rivlin (Riveles) of Shklow (1728-1812/1813), author of Gevii Gevia HaKesef. Head of the prominent Rivlin family. An associate of the Gaon of Vilna and his relative (descendant of R. Moshe Rivkes author of Be'er HaGolah). A leading Torah scholar of Shklow, and a pillar of the community. He founded, together with his colleague R. Yehoshua Zeitlin, a yeshiva for brilliant Torah scholars in the city, "he advanced the city of Shklow and its Torah scholars by transmitting the light of his teacher the Gaon of Vilna" (for further information about him, see Hebrew description).
His grandson, R. Shlomo Zalman son of R. Hillel Rivlin, author of Divrei Shlomo (Warsaw 1868-1880), a leading Torah scholar in Shklow and a great Lithuanian Torah leader, a disciple of R. Menashe of Ilya and the prime teacher of R. David Friedman of Karlin.
[1], 118 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings. Worming, slightly affecting text. Binding detached and damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
Opening: $200
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Three books with handwritten glosses, ownership inscriptions and signatures:
1-2. Two copies of Mechilta, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna (entitled Efat Tzedek), by R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau. Vilna, 1844. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau (brother of the author of Damesek Eliezer) was a maggid in Vilna who authored books on Neviim and Ketuvim and on the teachings of the sages. In his foreword, he relates at length how a copy of Mechilta with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna came into his possession, and he published them in this work (see: R. D. Kamenetsky, Torat HaGra, pp. 405-407).
Signature on the title page of the first copy: "Yaakov Ashkenazi, grandson of the Gaon of Lissa". Handwritten comments on the front endpaper and in the book, presumably in his handwriting.
The second copy bears the stamp and signature of R. Refael Gordon Rabbi of Wasilków, author of Nachal Eden. The book contains dozens of his handwritten glosses, in which he quotes and discusses the words and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. One of his glosses (p. 19b) is signed at the end: " This clearly seems to be the meaning of the Mechilta, in my humble opinion – Refael Gordon author of Nachal Eden".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 255.
• Enclosed: Nachal Eden, various studies and commentaries – including study of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Refael Gordon, rabbi of Wasilków. Vilna, 1898.
3. Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna (without the printed wrappers bound with some copies; see next item).
Handwritten glosses on the front endpaper and in the book, by R. Eliezer Harkavy Rabbi of Zaslav. Two glosses are signed by him: "Eliezer Harkavy".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
3 books (with an additional book enclosed), size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
1-2. Two copies of Mechilta, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna (entitled Efat Tzedek), by R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau. Vilna, 1844. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau (brother of the author of Damesek Eliezer) was a maggid in Vilna who authored books on Neviim and Ketuvim and on the teachings of the sages. In his foreword, he relates at length how a copy of Mechilta with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna came into his possession, and he published them in this work (see: R. D. Kamenetsky, Torat HaGra, pp. 405-407).
Signature on the title page of the first copy: "Yaakov Ashkenazi, grandson of the Gaon of Lissa". Handwritten comments on the front endpaper and in the book, presumably in his handwriting.
The second copy bears the stamp and signature of R. Refael Gordon Rabbi of Wasilków, author of Nachal Eden. The book contains dozens of his handwritten glosses, in which he quotes and discusses the words and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. One of his glosses (p. 19b) is signed at the end: " This clearly seems to be the meaning of the Mechilta, in my humble opinion – Refael Gordon author of Nachal Eden".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 255.
• Enclosed: Nachal Eden, various studies and commentaries – including study of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Refael Gordon, rabbi of Wasilków. Vilna, 1898.
3. Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna (without the printed wrappers bound with some copies; see next item).
Handwritten glosses on the front endpaper and in the book, by R. Eliezer Harkavy Rabbi of Zaslav. Two glosses are signed by him: "Eliezer Harkavy".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
3 books (with an additional book enclosed), size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
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Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
Printed wrappers. General title on the front wrapper. An announcement by the publisher R. Shmuel Luria on the back wrapper, in which he relates that he relied primarily on two copyings of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna, and requests that whoever is in possession of the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna with these glosses should send him corrections.
• Bound with: Derushim Na'im, sermons for Shabbat HaGadol and Shabbat Teshuva, by the Maharal of Prague. Warsaw, 1870.
The front wrapper of the first book bears an ownership inscription and signature of R. Yosef Chaver, son of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Stamps of R. Yosef Chaver on the title pages and leaves of both books. Several handwritten glosses.
[3], 272, [3] pages; [1], 41 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dark stains to front wrapper of first book. Stamps. Binding damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Printed wrappers. General title on the front wrapper. An announcement by the publisher R. Shmuel Luria on the back wrapper, in which he relates that he relied primarily on two copyings of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna, and requests that whoever is in possession of the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna with these glosses should send him corrections.
• Bound with: Derushim Na'im, sermons for Shabbat HaGadol and Shabbat Teshuva, by the Maharal of Prague. Warsaw, 1870.
The front wrapper of the first book bears an ownership inscription and signature of R. Yosef Chaver, son of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Stamps of R. Yosef Chaver on the title pages and leaves of both books. Several handwritten glosses.
[3], 272, [3] pages; [1], 41 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dark stains to front wrapper of first book. Stamps. Binding damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
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Piskei HaGaon Rabbenu Eliyahu MiVilna on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with the Amudei Esh novellae, by R. Tzvi Hirsh Lampert Rabbi of Godlewo. Vilna, 1875. First edition.
This composition is based on the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Shulchan Aruch. R. Tzvi Hirsh Lampert selected and compiled the rulings of the Gaon of Vilna following the order of Shulchan Aruch, and added a commentary named Amudei Esh. This is the author's copy with several glosses and corrections in his handwriting. In his glosses, R. Tzvi Hirsh Lampert refers to what he wrote in other parts of this work, on Yoreh De'ah and Even HaEzer.
X, 98 pages. Original printed wrappers. Approx. 28 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Marginal tears and damage to some leaves (including wrappers). New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 788.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
This composition is based on the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Shulchan Aruch. R. Tzvi Hirsh Lampert selected and compiled the rulings of the Gaon of Vilna following the order of Shulchan Aruch, and added a commentary named Amudei Esh. This is the author's copy with several glosses and corrections in his handwriting. In his glosses, R. Tzvi Hirsh Lampert refers to what he wrote in other parts of this work, on Yoreh De'ah and Even HaEzer.
X, 98 pages. Original printed wrappers. Approx. 28 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Several detached leaves. Marginal tears and damage to some leaves (including wrappers). New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 788.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
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Maaseh Rav, practices of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Yissachar Dov Ber of Vilna. Vilna and Horodna, 1832. First edition. Approbations by R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Avraham Abele of Vilna and R. Avraham Danzig author of Chayei Adam.
First edition of one of the most important books regarding the practices of the Gaon of Vilna. The book describes the practices and rulings of the Gaon of Vilna, based on the personal testimonies of his disciples (see Maaseh Rav chapter).
The book was compiled and published by R. Yissachar Dov Ber of Vilna, who based himself on what he personally observed and on a testimony handwritten by R. Saadia, a disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, who did not depart from the presence of his teacher for many years.
Stamps of the Menachem Tzion Beit Midrash in Jerusalem. The front endpaper bears a gloss handwritten by the gabbai of the Beit Midrash, R. Yosef Zundel of Salant, regarding the custom of reciting Shir shel Yom on Sukkot, according to the Gaon of Vilna. In a brief handwritten gloss on p. 53, R. Zundel refers to his comment on the endpaper.
R. Yosef Zundel of Salant (1787-1866) was a foremost disciple of R. Chaim of Volozhin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, and the prime teacher of R. Yisrael of Salant. R. Zundel studied in the Volozhin yeshiva, and was attached to the yeshiva dean, R. Chaim of Volozhin, who recognized his great stature and admitted him into the circle of his closest disciples, to whom he transmitted all the teachings of his great teacher the Gaon of Vilna, in revealed and hidden realms of the Torah. R. Zundel was the main transmitter of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna and R. Chaim of Volozhin. In his writings, which contain numerous excerpts and notes from their teachings and ways, he refers to R. Chaim of Volozhin as "my master and teacher" and to the Gaon of Vilna as "the great rabbi".
R. Yosef Zundel is considered the father of the mussar movement since he was the teacher of the movement's founder, R. Yisrael of Salant. In his youth in Salant, R. Yisrael cleaved to R. Yosef Zundel, who transmitted to him the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, and under his directives began studying mussar intensely and disseminating the mussar approach to the multitudes.
Parts of his writings were published in the book HaTzaddik R. Yosef Zundel MiSalant VeRabbotav (Jerusalem, 1927), which includes his biography, his writings and the writings of his teachers R. Chaim of Volozhin and the Gaon of Vilna, of which he was the main transmitter. His prominent son-in-law was R. Shmuel Salant, who immigrated after him to Jerusalem and served as its rabbi for close to seventy years.
The Menachem Tzion Beit Midrash was the first Ashkenazi synagogue built by the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Churvah synagogue courtyard (the Menachem Tzion synagogue was inaugurated in 1836, while the Churvah of R. Yehuda HaChassid was only built several decades later). For close to thirty years, R. Yosef Zundel of Salant served as gabbai of the Beit Midrash and oversaw its important library.
[1], 67 pages. Lacking first title page. 18 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains. Wear and minor tears. Various inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 808.
First edition of one of the most important books regarding the practices of the Gaon of Vilna. The book describes the practices and rulings of the Gaon of Vilna, based on the personal testimonies of his disciples (see Maaseh Rav chapter).
The book was compiled and published by R. Yissachar Dov Ber of Vilna, who based himself on what he personally observed and on a testimony handwritten by R. Saadia, a disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, who did not depart from the presence of his teacher for many years.
Stamps of the Menachem Tzion Beit Midrash in Jerusalem. The front endpaper bears a gloss handwritten by the gabbai of the Beit Midrash, R. Yosef Zundel of Salant, regarding the custom of reciting Shir shel Yom on Sukkot, according to the Gaon of Vilna. In a brief handwritten gloss on p. 53, R. Zundel refers to his comment on the endpaper.
R. Yosef Zundel of Salant (1787-1866) was a foremost disciple of R. Chaim of Volozhin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, and the prime teacher of R. Yisrael of Salant. R. Zundel studied in the Volozhin yeshiva, and was attached to the yeshiva dean, R. Chaim of Volozhin, who recognized his great stature and admitted him into the circle of his closest disciples, to whom he transmitted all the teachings of his great teacher the Gaon of Vilna, in revealed and hidden realms of the Torah. R. Zundel was the main transmitter of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna and R. Chaim of Volozhin. In his writings, which contain numerous excerpts and notes from their teachings and ways, he refers to R. Chaim of Volozhin as "my master and teacher" and to the Gaon of Vilna as "the great rabbi".
R. Yosef Zundel is considered the father of the mussar movement since he was the teacher of the movement's founder, R. Yisrael of Salant. In his youth in Salant, R. Yisrael cleaved to R. Yosef Zundel, who transmitted to him the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, and under his directives began studying mussar intensely and disseminating the mussar approach to the multitudes.
Parts of his writings were published in the book HaTzaddik R. Yosef Zundel MiSalant VeRabbotav (Jerusalem, 1927), which includes his biography, his writings and the writings of his teachers R. Chaim of Volozhin and the Gaon of Vilna, of which he was the main transmitter. His prominent son-in-law was R. Shmuel Salant, who immigrated after him to Jerusalem and served as its rabbi for close to seventy years.
The Menachem Tzion Beit Midrash was the first Ashkenazi synagogue built by the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Churvah synagogue courtyard (the Menachem Tzion synagogue was inaugurated in 1836, while the Churvah of R. Yehuda HaChassid was only built several decades later). For close to thirty years, R. Yosef Zundel of Salant served as gabbai of the Beit Midrash and oversaw its important library.
[1], 67 pages. Lacking first title page. 18 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains. Wear and minor tears. Various inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 808.
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Part of a siddur with Derech HaChaim, halachic rulings by R. Yaakov of Lissa [Vienna 1860 edition. Lacking first part of the siddur]. With many handwritten marginal glosses by an unidentified writer, quoting customs of the Gaon of Vilna. Two handwritten leaves at the end of the volume, with additions to the customs of the Gaon of Vilna.
The content of the glosses is for the most part paralleled in the book Maaseh Rav, sometimes with significant textual variations, yet the glosses appear to also include some material which does not appear in other sources documenting the customs of the Gaon of Vilna (see Hebrew description).
One can presume that the writer belonged to the Perushim community in Eretz Israel, since he notes the customs practiced in Eretz Israel ("the Jerusalem custom", p. 406b); nevertheless, he also discusses customs practiced in Europe (such as the second day of Yom Tov and the like).
Part of a siddur. Leaves 284-420 only (lacking over half the siddur. Originally: [7], 420 leaves). 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Worming. Lacking front board. Original back board, damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
The content of the glosses is for the most part paralleled in the book Maaseh Rav, sometimes with significant textual variations, yet the glosses appear to also include some material which does not appear in other sources documenting the customs of the Gaon of Vilna (see Hebrew description).
One can presume that the writer belonged to the Perushim community in Eretz Israel, since he notes the customs practiced in Eretz Israel ("the Jerusalem custom", p. 406b); nevertheless, he also discusses customs practiced in Europe (such as the second day of Yom Tov and the like).
Part of a siddur. Leaves 284-420 only (lacking over half the siddur. Originally: [7], 420 leaves). 22 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Worming. Lacking front board. Original back board, damaged.
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![Nefesh HaChaim by R. Chaim of Volozhin. [Königsberg, 1860]. Third edition.
In the margins of the leaves of Shaar IV an](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale76-public/77.jpg "Nefesh HaChaim – Königsberg, 1860 – Sharp Handwritten Comments")
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Nefesh HaChaim by R. Chaim of Volozhin. [Königsberg, 1860]. Third edition.
In the margins of the leaves of Shaar IV and in the eight chapters preceding Shaar IV (in which R. Chaim of Volozhin polemicizes with the Chassidic movement), there are handwritten comments, containing sharp retorts on the contents of the book; for example: " It seems to me that this is not from the author, rather a lowly person said this", and (at the end of chapter VIII): " These eight chapters were not said by the author, and if in fact they were, he was mistaken, and He is merciful and will expiate his iniquity and forgive him".
The comments were presumably written by a proponent of the Chassidic movement. They were all later covered with pieces of paper. Some of these pieces of paper were removed, yet some comments are still illegible.
[2], 3-126 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Fair condition. Large stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1419.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
In the margins of the leaves of Shaar IV and in the eight chapters preceding Shaar IV (in which R. Chaim of Volozhin polemicizes with the Chassidic movement), there are handwritten comments, containing sharp retorts on the contents of the book; for example: " It seems to me that this is not from the author, rather a lowly person said this", and (at the end of chapter VIII): " These eight chapters were not said by the author, and if in fact they were, he was mistaken, and He is merciful and will expiate his iniquity and forgive him".
The comments were presumably written by a proponent of the Chassidic movement. They were all later covered with pieces of paper. Some of these pieces of paper were removed, yet some comments are still illegible.
[2], 3-126 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Fair condition. Large stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1419.
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Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
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Tikunei HaZohar, with Tikkunim from Zohar Chadash and the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1867. First edition. First title page within woodcut border.
Copy of the kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi rabbi of Jaffa. His stamp appears on the second title page: "Naftali Hertz HaLevi, residing here in Jaffa". The book contains many glosses and corrections handwritten by R. Naftali Hertz, correcting the text according to the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna (these glosses were published by R. Kalman David Redish in his book MiGinzei HaGra UBeit Midrasho, Lakewood 1999, pp. 77-93. See Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, p. 129, where Vinograd describes the present copy of Tikunei HaZohar, which was part of his library). On p. [5a], there is a note by the publisher R. Shemarya Zuckerman where he mentions the existence of a copy of Tikunei HaZohar with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna, and apologizes that he is unable to publish them due to the urgency of completing the printing.
The renowned kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi (Weidenbaum) Rabbi of Jaffa (1852-1902) was one of the leading kabbalists in Lithuania and Jerusalem. He was a disciple of the Maharil Diskin. He immigrated to Jerusalem from Białystok in 1884. He delivered halachic lectures in the Degel Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, as well as profound lectures on Kabbalah (which were attended even by the elder Lithuanian kabbalists in Jerusalem). In 1886, he was appointed by R. Shmuel Salant as rabbi of Jaffa and the moshavot of Eretz Israel, and was the first rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Jaffa. He composed and compiled many kabbalistic books from his own teachings and from the teachings of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna: Yahel Or, Omer Man, Brit Olam, Kesef Mishneh on Mishnat Chassidim, Siddur HaGra BeNigleh UbeNistar, and more.
[5], 172, 52 leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Paper repairs to second title page and final leaf. First title page entirely repaired with paper. New binding with leather spine.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 724.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of the kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi rabbi of Jaffa. His stamp appears on the second title page: "Naftali Hertz HaLevi, residing here in Jaffa". The book contains many glosses and corrections handwritten by R. Naftali Hertz, correcting the text according to the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna (these glosses were published by R. Kalman David Redish in his book MiGinzei HaGra UBeit Midrasho, Lakewood 1999, pp. 77-93. See Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, p. 129, where Vinograd describes the present copy of Tikunei HaZohar, which was part of his library). On p. [5a], there is a note by the publisher R. Shemarya Zuckerman where he mentions the existence of a copy of Tikunei HaZohar with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna, and apologizes that he is unable to publish them due to the urgency of completing the printing.
The renowned kabbalist R. Naftali Hertz HaLevi (Weidenbaum) Rabbi of Jaffa (1852-1902) was one of the leading kabbalists in Lithuania and Jerusalem. He was a disciple of the Maharil Diskin. He immigrated to Jerusalem from Białystok in 1884. He delivered halachic lectures in the Degel Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, as well as profound lectures on Kabbalah (which were attended even by the elder Lithuanian kabbalists in Jerusalem). In 1886, he was appointed by R. Shmuel Salant as rabbi of Jaffa and the moshavot of Eretz Israel, and was the first rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Jaffa. He composed and compiled many kabbalistic books from his own teachings and from the teachings of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna: Yahel Or, Omer Man, Brit Olam, Kesef Mishneh on Mishnat Chassidim, Siddur HaGra BeNigleh UbeNistar, and more.
[5], 172, 52 leaves. 23.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming, affecting text. Paper repairs to second title page and final leaf. First title page entirely repaired with paper. New binding with leather spine.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 724.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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