Auction 046 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of 11th Nisan - Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and in Honor of Pesach
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Derech Chaim VeTochachat Mussar Haskel – two parts: Shaar HaTeshuvah and Shaar HaTefillah, by Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Yas [Iași]: Zvi Goldner, 1859.
Sefer Derech Chaim, third part of the book Shaar HaTeshuvah VeHaTefillah (also called Shaarei Teshuvah; first printed in Kopust in 1819).
The present copy contains the final three pages – including a list of the names of pre-publication subscribers.
[2], 2-148, [3] ff. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Browning to some leaves. Minor wear. New leather binding.
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Sefer Ner Mitzvah V'Torah Or, by Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch.
Two parts in two volumes:
* Part I – Shaar HaEmunah, discusses the topics of the Exodus from Egypt, the eating of Matzah and the Parting of the Red Sea. [Lviv: F. Galinski u. S.L. Flecker, 1860].
Old ownership inscription to front endpaper.
[1]. 107 ff. Approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Minor tears and wear. Russian stamp. New leather binding.
* Part II - Shaar HaYichud, a concise explanation of the kabbalistic notions of Hishtalshelut HaOlamot and Sefirot. Czernowitz: Johann Eckhardt und Sohn, 1858.
[1], 2-40 ff. Approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor wear. Transparent adhesive tape to margins of title page, for reinforcement. New binding.
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"Sefer Refuot – Sefer Poke'ach Ivrim and Sefer Taale Aruka". [Lviv]: S. L. Kugel, Lewin & Comp., [1861?]. Hebrew and Yiddish.
Booklet containing the Mitteler Rebbe's book "Poke'ach Ivrim", on topics of Mussar, written for women and uneducated men, and a medical book, "Sefer Ta'ale Aruka".Added at the end of the volume is "Sefer Darkei Yesharim", by Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg.
[16] ff. Approx. 17 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Extensive wear. Tears and marginal open tears, slightly affecting text in some places. New binding.
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Maamarim Yekarim, Chassidic essays by Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. [Königsberg, 1864]. Only edition. Two title pages (half title and primary title page).
Containing two long Chassidic homilies: 1. "Gevia HaKesef", on various blessings pertaining to food and wine. 2. "Birkat Chatanim", on topics pertaining to faith and matrimony. These homilies were given by the Mitteler Rebbe between the years 1822 and 1823, and are based on teachings of his father, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch.
[2], 63, [1] leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and worming to many leaves, affecting text. Handwritten inscription. New leather binding; bound with original wrappers (Handwritten inscription on the wrappers).
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Sefer Iyun Tefillah, by Rabbi Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Lacking imprint. [Warsaw, 1871]. Yiddish.
A treatise on the Chassidic approach to prayer, attributed to the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch; probably written in 1827 (in Yiddish). The volume also includes a letter written by the Mitteler Rebbe for his disciples in 1823, on the topic of prayer.
14, [2], 19-22 pp. 18 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including large dark stains. Wear. Inscriptions to title page. New binding.
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Avodat HaLevi, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and festivals, Haftarot, Megillot, letters, selections on various topics of Kabbalah and Chassidut, and responsa, by Rebbe Aaron HaLevi Segal Horowitz of Staroselye. [Lviv]-Warsaw, [1842-1866]. First edition. Complete set – four parts in four volumes.
* Vol. I (Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, festivals and Megillot – Lviv, 1842): [2], 93, [1]; 76; 56 ff. Title page variant – different wording.
* Vol. II (Selections and responsa – Lviv, 1842): [1], 35, [2], 45-106 ff. + 18 ff. (Booklets of response, not listed by bibliographers).
* Vol. III (BaMidbar – Warsaw, 1866): [2], 76 ff.
* Vol. IV (Devarim – Warsaw, 1866): [3], 2-62; 18, [4] ff. (corrections and omissions leaves, bound at the end of the volume).
Approx. 23.5-24.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and dampstains. Minor creases and wear. Tears, some repaired with tape. Large open tear to final leaf of part II, not affecting text. Signature and few stamps in volume I. New bindings.
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Sefer Pelach HaRimon, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Chanukah, according to Chabad Chassidic teachings, by R. Hillel HaLevi Malisov Rabbi of Paritch and Bobroisk (R. Hillel Paritcher). Vilna: Fin, Rozenkrantz and Shriftzettser, 1887. First Edition. Two title pages.
Important approbations.
VIII pp., 140 ff. Approx. 26 cm. Good condition. Minor Stains. Minor creases and tears. Fine new leather binding.
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Sefer Chanah Ariel, homilies on the Torah portions and Moadim, and four Amarot Tehorot, by Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Epstein, Rabbi of Homiel ("Reb Eizik Homler"). Berditchev: Sheftil, [1912]. First edition. Complete set.
Chassidic and Kabbalistic essays and homilies, in the tradition of Chabad.
Six parts in three volumes:
* Vol. I (Bereshit and Chanukah, Shemot and Amarot Tehorot): [2], 2-75 ff.; [1], 2-76; [2], 2-79, [1], 2-5 ff. Lacking title page of Bereshit and [1] subsequent leaf (printers foreword). Title page of Shemot bound at the head of the volume. Leaves 45-48 of third sequence bound out of order (after leaf 40).
* Vol. II (Vayikra, Lag BaOmer and Shir HaShirim, and BaMidbar): [3], 2-51 ff; [3], 2-69 ff.
* Vol. III (Devarim and responsa): [3], 56 ff.; [1] 2-6 ff.
Approx. 23.5-25 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and wear. Tears and minor worming. Adhesive tape for reinforcement to some places. New binding (matching leather binding to vol. II-III).
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Responsa Torat Chesed, part II on Even HaEzer, by R. Shneur Zalman Fradkin Rabbi of Polotsk and Lublin, prominent disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek. Jerusalem, [1909]. First Edition.
Responsa by the Gaon of Lublin, R. Shneur Zalman Fradkin, Rabbi of Polotsk and Lublin. Born in Liadi and named after the Alter Rebbe, from a young age Rabbi Fradkin was considered an "Iluyi"; he was among the most prominent disciples of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, who once said of him he was "dependable". After the passing of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Fradkin became a disciple of the subsequent Chabad Rebbes – Rebbe Maharash and Rebbe Rashab.
[3], 6, 9-10, 9-117, [5] ff. 32.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Tears to title page (reinforced with tape; paper repairs to inner margins), and to margins of several leaves. Browning to leaves 57-58 (brittle paper). New binding.
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Magen Avot, Chassidic essays on the Torah portions and the festivals, Shir HaShirim, selections on Neviim and Ketuvim and wedding homilies, by Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn of Kopust, grandson and close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Berditchev (Berdychiv): Hayyim Ya'akov Sheftil, 1902. First edition. Complete set; seven parts in two volumes; two title pages for each volume.
The first six parts comprise essays printed from Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn's manuscripts. Part VII is composed of sermons, taken down by the author's disciples ("Shomim Muvhakim"), edited and corrected by him.
Ownership inscription to front endpaper of vol. I.
Seven parts in two volumes.
* Volume I (Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra and BaMidbar): [4], 48 ff.; [2], 57 ff.; [2], 50 ff.; [2], 80, [2] ff.
* Volume II (Devarim, Shir HaShirim, selections and wedding homilies, and essays recorded by the author's listeners): [2], 105, [1] ff.; [2], 49 ff.; [2], 74, [1] ff.; 15 ff.
Approx. 30.5-32 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Creases and minor wear. Tears and minor worming. New matching bindings.
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Sefer Meshivat Nefesh, part II, responsa on three parts of the Shulchan Aruch – Orach Chayim, Yoreh De'ah and Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Zuenz, Rabbi of Płock. Warsaw: Samuel Orgelbrand, 1864. First edition. Part II (part I printed separately, in Warsaw 1850).
Ownership inscription on title page: "Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson, Rabbi of Velizh, son of R. Shneur" – Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson, son of Rabbi Shneur Schneerson, son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Schneerson of Nizhyn, son of the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch (his father Rabbi Shneur Schneerson was in his first marriage the son-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek and in his second marriage the son-in-law of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneerson, eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek) - Sefer HaTze'etzaim, no. 84, page 169.
Bound with: Sefer Shemot BaAretz, novellae on tractates Rosh Hashanah, Yoma and Sukkah, by R. Moshe Ibn Chaviv, author of Get Pashut. Warsaw, 1861.
Meshivat Nefesh: [3], 2-82 ff. Shemot BaAretz: [2], 76 ff.
33.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Minor worming. Open tears to first title page, not affecting text, restored with paper. Leaves trimmed unevenly. New leather binding.
Hilchot Rav Alfas. Pressburg: Anton Schmidt, 1836. Two parts in one volume; separate title page to each part; parts of title pages printed in red ink.
Large elegant wide-margined volume; thick paper. Frontispiece portrait (imaginary) of R. Yitzchak Alfasi – the Rif. Approbations by the Chatam Sofer, Rabbi Akiva Eiger and the Yismach Moshe. Handwritten Glosses.
Between leaves 75-76, before "Hilchot Tzitzit", is bound a part of "Hagaot VeHearot" on the Alfasi, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneersohn, author of the "Nimukei Shazbani". Jerusalem: Rabbi Yisrael Bak, [1865]. With the author's inked-stamp on the margins of the first page. See: Shoshana Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishhonim, no. 111, p. 50 (Hebrew).
13 leaves after leaf [86] contain "Beur Mordechai", by Rabbi Mordecai Bennet; these leaves are not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (which raises the possibility that they were never printed at all).
Two parts in one volume: * Part I: [6], 3-86; [2], 2-13; [2], 103 ff. + [1] plate (portrait of the Rif). * Kuntres Hagaot veHearot (bound between leaves 75-76): 2 ff. (lacking two additional leaves) * Part II: [3], 2-89, [1], 90-132, [1] ff.
Approx. 43 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor creases. Minor marginal tears to some leaves. Stamp to margin of title page of part I. Original leather binding (with new spine). Defects to bindings.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman son of Rabbi Nachum Yosef.Schneerson (ca. 1828-1882), the "Nimukei Shazbani". Third generation to the Alter Rebbe, the Baal HaTanya – eldest son to Rebbetzin Sarah Rivka, eldest daughter of Rabbi Moshe, the son of the Alter Rebbe. Born in Lubavitch, the "Nimukei Shazbani" emigrated to Hebron alongside Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel Slonim.
Rabbi Schneur Zalman was a prominent Chassid of his relative, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. An important member of the Chabad community of Jerusalem, Rabbi Schneur Zalman served as Shadar (fund raising emissary) and as the manager of Colel Chabad, and was a Torah scholar and author, and a passionate collector of books and manuscripts. Rabbi Shneur Zalman eventually purchased the library of the Chida, and published several ancient manuscripts found in it. He made his living as a proofreader at R. Moshe Beck's famous Jerusalem printing house, and published several books, among them "Sefer Nimukei Shazbani", glosses and commentary on Rabbi Alfasi, and more.