Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Archive of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky – Manuscripts, Drafts and Galley Proofs of His Published Works – Unpublished Aggadic Novellae

Opening: $300
Sold for: $2,375
Including buyer's premium

Archive comprising thousands of paper items – including drafts, galley proofs of published books, and unpublished manuscripts on Aggadah, by R. Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. [1900s-1950s].
Hundreds of handwritten draft leaves, and hundreds of typewritten galley proofs with many handwritten glosses.
• Manuscript leaves with aggadic novellae on the festivals and various topics, including various homilies for Shabbat and the High Holidays, some dated 1916-1919. Presumably unpublished.
• Draft leaves and galley proofs of his books: Gesher HaChaim on burial and mourning, HaYomam on the dateline, Eretz Israel, Ir HaKodesh VehaMikdash and more. Some of the glosses are handwritten by his son R. Nissan Aharon.
• Drafts and galley proofs of various compositions related to Torah life in Jerusalem, from ca. 1918, such as memoirs of R. Shmuel Salant, account of the rabbinical meeting with Dr. Weizmann, and more.
• Maps and various sketches. Archeological and astronomical studies.
• Printed copy of the book HaYomam BeKadur HaAretz, regarding the international dateline. [Jerusalem, 1943].
Thousands of paper items. Size and condition vary.


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Manuscripts and Books with Glosses – Ashkenazi Rabbis
Manuscripts and Books with Glosses – Ashkenazi Rabbis