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Shemirat HaLashon (Part I), complement to the book Chafetz Chaim, words of inspiration and ethics on guarding one's tongue and Torah study. Vilna, 1876. First edition.
One of the first books by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim, published anonymously (the author's name was printed in Russian at the foot of the title pages).
[1] printed front wrapper, 76 pp. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Original binding with leather spine, damaged.
The front wrapper is rare; not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Large volume of stenciled and handwritten leaves – notes taken of lectures delivered by R. Yosef Leib Bloch and by R. Chaim Rabinowitz (R. Chaim Telzer) in the Telshe Yeshiva in 1922-1926 – from the estate of the yeshiva student R. Mordechai Bohrer, rabbi of Gailingen.
The notes cover dozens of lectures delivered to the entire yeshiva body (shiur klali), by R. Y.L. Bloch, and the lectures of R. Chaim Telzer to the students of the various levels (primarily the second and third levels). Most are stenciled, others are handwritten. The notes were collected and bound by the yeshiva student R. Mordechai Bohrer, who later served as rabbi of Gailingen and Randegg in Baden.
The stenciled notes were distributed among the yeshiva student (printed from handwritten notes of one of the students). Faded ink in many places, reinforced by pen. The notes of about 18 lectures on Tractate Bava Batra are handwritten.
The volume opens with a title page made by R. Mordechai Bohrer, reading: "Lectures of R. Y.L… on eight tractates: Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Gittin, Kiddushin, Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, which I had the privilege of hearing in Telshe Yeshiva in Lithuania from Shavuot 1922 until Elul 1926, Koenigsberg, Elul 1927, Mordechai son of Meir".
On the title page, R. Bohrer pasted a group photo of the student body and the rabbis and managers of the yeshiva taken in 1925.
Each tractate opens with a title page. An index is bound at the beginning.
Ownership inscriptions of yeshiva students, most of R. Mordechai Bohrer. Several leaves bear the signature of R. Azriel Rabinowitz, one of the yeshiva heads, son of R. Chaim. Other leaves are signed by Chaim Leib Bernstein and by Koppel Vitkin.
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Bohrer (1895-1938) was born in Ansbach to a non-observant Jewish family, and later moved to Munich. There, Dr. Bohrer adopted a religious way of life under the guidance and tutelage of the community rabbi, R. Chanoch HaKohen Ehrentreu, eventually continuing his studies at the Telshe Yeshiva, which was one of the most important yeshivas in Lithuania, producing leading Torah scholars and yeshiva heads. He was a prominent educator and rabbi in various communities. During the Nazi regime, he assisted in the escape of hundreds of Jews, for which he was imprisoned. On Kristallnacht he was arrested and sent to Dachau, where he died.
244 leaves (approx. 470 pages). Most are stenciled, some 50 leaves are handwritten. 33 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tears. Detached and loose gatherings. The ink on some stencils has faded and the letters are reinforced by pen. Damaged binding, partially detached, without a spine.
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Or Yisrael, ethical essays by R. Yisrael of Salant and his disciple R. Yitzchak (R. Itzele) Blazer. Vilna, 1900. First edition.
The book is comprised of four parts. The main part, Or Yisrael, contains "a collection of letters and various essays to enthuse hearts to the fear of G-d and the study of ethics", by R. Yisrael of Salant. The other parts named Shaarei Or, Netivot Or and Kochvei Or, were composed by his close disciple R. Yitzchak Blazer.
The front endpaper bears a stamp: "Yitzchak Blazer, previously rabbi of the capital city of Petersburg, Kovno".
R. Yitzchak Blazer, known as R. Itzele Peterburger (1837-1907), was a prominent disciple of R. Yisrael of Salant, disseminator of the Musar Movement in Lithuanian yeshivas. Served as rabbi of St. Petersburg from 1862-1878 and later moved to Kovno (Kaunas). He delivered musar discourses to his companions of the Musar Movement and at the Knesset Yisrael Yeshiva in Slabodka (Vilijampolė). In 1904, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Batei Strauss, Jerusalem, joining other leading figures of the Musar Movement who had previously immigrated to Jerusalem. He authored Responsa Pri Yitzchak in two parts.
184 pages. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Bookplate of R. Sigmund Seligman. Original binding, with minor damage.
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Tur, Choshen Mishpat, part II, sections 175-426, with the Beit Chadash and Perisha UDerisha commentaries. Frankfurt am Main, [1716].
Inscription on the title page handwritten and signed by R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah, attesting that he was gifted the book by his uncle "…may G-d grant me the merit of studying His holy Torah for the sake of Heaven, so says B. Wolf".
R. Binyamin Wolf Löw (1777-1851), author of Shaarei Torah, rabbi of Vrbové (Hungary) and other cities. A prominent Torah scholar in the times of the Chatam Sofer and R. Akiva Eger. Composed many works on all parts of the Torah, published as the Shaarei Torah series. His first composition, published at the age of 26, received enthusiastic approbations by the leading Torah scholars of his generation, including R. Akiva Eger, the Chatam Sofer, and others.
[1], 120; 187 leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Tears to title page, slightly affecting border. Tears to several other leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
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Sefer HaTerumah, halachic rulings on various topics, by R. Baruch of Worms. Zhovkva, 1811.
Copy of the Malbim. His stamp (slightly blurred) appears on the title page: "Meir Leibush Malbim Rabbi of Bucharest and the region".
Signatures and stamps, including that of R. Naftali Hirsh Bleichrode (rabbi of Kórnik, disciple of R. Akiva Eger) and R. Tzvi Hirsh Plato (rabbi in Cologne).
[1], 4, 9-19; 102 leaves. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions on endpaper and title page. Worming to title page. New leather binding.
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Chok Yosef on Shulchan Aruch Hilchot Pesach (with the text of the Shulchan Aruch), by R. Yosef of Breslau. Amsterdam: Moses Frankfurt, [1730]. Only edition.
Ownership inscriptions on the title page, including that of R. Yaakov Chaim Sofer, author of Kaf HaChaim.
Additional inscription on the title page from Chaim Madpis (presumably R. Chaim Madpis of Fürth, possibly one of the print workers who participated in the printing of this book).
Another handwritten inscription (trimmed) in margin of title page.
[1], 33, 38-49, 34-37, 50-52, [1] leaves. Leaves 34-37 bound out of sequence. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Stamps. New binding.
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9 books from the 17th-19th centuries, with signatures, ownership inscription and glosses.
• Knesset HaGedolah, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, by R. Chaim Benveniste. Fürth, [1692]. Second edition. Ownership inscriptions on last leaf: "This book belongs to… Naftali Hertz…"; "R. Nachman Halperin Dobrovitz".
• Torat Moshe, novellae on the Torah, by R. Moshe Alshech. Amsterdam, [1710]. Stamps: "Shlomo Kornberg – SK".
• Sheyarei Knesset HaGedolah, novellae on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Chaim Benveniste. Salonika, [1729]. Signature on title page: "Yitzchak Moshe Abulafia" [R. Yitzchak Abulafia, Torah scholar of Tiberias and Damascus, author of Pnei Yitzchak]. Long inscription on inside binding. Several glosses.
• Parashat Derachim, 26 homilies, and Derech Mitzvotecha on the 613 commandments, by R. Yehuda Rosanes, author of Mishne LaMelech. Venice, 1743. Second edition. Inscriptions on endpapers. Glosses on pp. 9a, 26a and 32b.
• Minchat Yaakov – Torat Chatat, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yaakov Reisher. Fürth, [1763]. Inscriptions on endpaper.
• Sefer HaAruch MiShach, Part I on Tur Yoreh De'ah, by R. Shabtai Katz, the Shach. Berlin, [1767]. Ownership inscriptions, including: "Chaim son of… of Ravitch…"; "Eliezer Lipman of Mezeritch…". Signed gloss on p. 33a: "I have written in my novellae… Chaim of Ravitch".
• Responsa Maharam Lublin. Metz, [1769]. Signature on title page: "Meir Shneur Zalman". Ownership inscription on second leaf: "…Avraham Ash of Poznań…" [R. Avraham Ash, author of Mareh Esh]. Russian stamps of Sh.B. Schneerson of Sirotino. Open tears to title page.
• Yad Yosef and Yad Shaul – Yadot Nedarim, on the laws of nedarim and shevuot, by R. Yosef Shaul Natansohn. Lviv, 1851. Signature on title page (partially deleted).
• Responsa Bar Sheshet – Responsa HaRivash. Vilna, 1878. Signatures on title page of Rabbi "Menachem Mendel… Kofeld of Warta".
9 books. Size and condition vary.
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Tehillim HaMeforash – Kavanat HaLev, with Shir HaShirim, Perek Shira and prayers. Petach Tikvah, 2014.
On the front flyleaf, a blessing handwritten and signed by R. Shimon Galai: "May he who prays from this book of Tehillim be blessed by the Almighty, may He fulfill all his wishes, spiritual and material, may his enterprises be successful and may he merit good health. Shimon Galai".
R. Shimon Galai, a rabbi in Bnei Brak, is known as a holy wonder-worker with thousands of followers who benefit from his blessings and good counsel.
R. Shimon Galai was born in 1949, to R. Shalom – a close disciple of the Chafetz Chaim. He studied at the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Petach Tikvah and later studied and taught at the Beit Meir yeshiva. In his youth, he was a Chassid of Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua of Biala. Member of the Beit Din of R. Nissim Karelitz and rabbi in Bnei Brak.
512 pages. 23.5 cm. New condition. Leather binding. Placed in card slipcase.
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Ginat Egoz – kabbalah, by R. Yosef Gikatilla. [Hanau: Eliezer son of Chaim and Eliyahu son of Seligman Ulma, 1614]. First edition.
Many kabbalistic glosses in Ashkenazic script (some trimmed), with original commentaries and novellae. The writer is unidentified, though he was obviously well-versed in kabbalah.
2-44, 43-58, 58-75 leaves (misfoliation). Lacking title page. 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Tears and wear to several leaves. Large open tears to first and final leaves, affecting text, repaired in part with paper and handwritten text replacement. Old binding with leather spine, slightly damaged.
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Arzei Levanon, compendium of seven works. Venice: Giovanni (Zuan) di Gara, 1601. First edition.
The book comprises seven works, all first editions: Midrash Konen; HaEmunah VehaBitachon by the Ramban; Sefer HaNikud; Sod HaChashmal by R. Yosef Gikatilla; Maayan HaChochmah; Pirkei Hechalot by Rabbi Yishmael Kohen Gadol; Klalei Midrash Rabbah by R. Avraham Akra.
The book contains several kabbalistic diagrams.
50 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dampstains. Small holes to leaves 4 and 13 (presumably caused by a burning candle), affecting text. Two erased stamps on title page, not affecting text. Original parchment binding, damaged.
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Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah), by R. Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz. Amsterdam: Immanual son of Joseph Athias, 1698. Engraved title page (by Avraham son of Yaakov HaGer).
Shenei Luchot HaBrit contains many halachic novellae, kabbalistic principles, homiletics and ethics, and incorporates all realms of the Torah. The book was received with awe throughout the Jewish world, and its teachings are quoted in the books of leading poskim and kabbalists. Many renowned Chassidic leaders were extraordinarily devoted to the study of the books of the Shelah.
This edition of the Shelah was printed in Amsterdam in 1698, birth year of the Baal Shem Tov, and Chassidic lore ties these two events.
Stamps (very faded) on second title page of Rebbe Pinchas Hager of Borşa, and stamp of his son Rebbe Chaim Ben Tzion Hager (another of his stamps on following leaf). Stamps of the Vizhnitz Beit Midrash in Shotz.
Rebbe Pinchas Hager of Borşa (d. 1941), son of Rebbe Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz, renowned as a tremendous Torah scholar, wonder-worker and philanthropist.
His son, Rebbe Chaim Ben Tzion Hager, succeeded his father as rebbe, perished in the Holocaust in 1944.
Several brief handwritten glosses, by different writers.
[4], 422; 44 leaves. Lacking [12] leaves of indexes at end of book. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains. First title page damaged – tear across leaf (repaired); large, marginal open tears, affecting engraving, repaired with paper (illustration completed by hand); minor stains and traces of tape. Open tears to second title page and other leaves. Worming, slightly affecting text. Detached leaf. Stamps. New leather and cloth binding, slipcased.
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Semichat Chachamim, two parts. Part I: Birkat Hashem, Part II: Kedushah UVerachah, by R. Naphtali HaKohen Katz, rabbi of Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main, [1704-1706].
Both parts constitute one book, titled Semichat Chachamim. The first part constitutes a lengthy Kabbalistic introduction, while the second part contains novellae on tractate Berachot.
Printed in the lifetime of the author, the celebrated Ashkenazi kabbalist R. Naftali Katz (1650-1719), rabbi of Ostroh, Posen and Frankfurt am Main.
Two elaborate engraved title pages. The first title page is followed by a plate featuring a star-shaped poem (wider leaf, folded).
Ownership inscriptions on endpapers. Ownership inscription of R. Moshe Schuster Katz of Frankfurt am Main on front endpaper, partially deleted, with his signature on p. 40a (d. 1814, see his epitaph in Horowitz, Avnei Zikaron – HaKetav VeHamichtav, p. 568). Another (deleted) ownership inscription on first title page. In center of title page, inscription of R. Yitzchak Refael Finzi, rabbi of Padua (disciple of R. Yitzchak Lampronti author of Pachad Yitzchak, and member of Napoleon's Grand Sanhedrin), dated 1792. Glosses in Italian script on pp. 40a and 114b.
79; [1], 140 leaves. 33 cm. Thick, high-quality light-colored paper. Good condition. Some stains. Worming to lower margins of many leaves, generally not affecting text, apart from minor damage to title page of part II. Marginal tears to title page of part I, slightly affecting print, repaired with paper. Marginal tears to leaf 2 (star-shaped poem), affecting text, restored. New leather binding.
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