Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
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Manuscript, Mishmeret Elazar - Index for the books Yalkut Chadash and Shichechat Leket, by R. Elazar ben Abdel Yitzchak Rabbi of Holešov. [Poland, 1654].
Thick manuscript, in ancient Ashkenazi script. Contains detailed indexes for the books Yalkut Chadash by R. Yisrael son of R. Binyamin of Bełżec (first printed in Lublin in 1648) and Shichechat Leket by R. Natan Bonn (first printed in Prague in 1652). This work has never been printed.
At the end of the work with the indexes is a colophon dated "Sunday, the 5th of Adar 1654". At the end of the manuscript are verses from Tehillim in alphabetical order (incomplete), and several pages with Aggadic novellae.
At the beginning of the manuscript is an inscription in a later writing, regarding the identity of the author: "This book was composed by my step-grandfather, the illustrious elder R. Elazar, Rabbi of Holešov, author of the book Tikun Sofrim and the book Ben Meshek, from Jerusalem - and I will name this book after him, Mishmeret Elazar". The author, R. Elazar ben Abdel Yitzchak (Isaac) printed his book Tikun Sofrim in Prague in 1658. Written on the title page is that this is the second part of his book Ben Meshek which has not yet been printed. There the author is described: "Highly respected elder, who studied in yeshivot of several Polish communities and in Holešov and he taught many disciples… the honorable R. Elazar from Poland". The publisher adds that the composition has only been partially printed "due to lack of funds and even more because he yearns to go to the Holy Land to the city of Jerusalem… He only copied a few topics from his large composition and all the Torah scholars agreed to print his large composition, the aforementioned Ben Meshek…". We have not found more details about him.
[158] leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Several detached leaves. Unbound.
Thick manuscript, in ancient Ashkenazi script. Contains detailed indexes for the books Yalkut Chadash by R. Yisrael son of R. Binyamin of Bełżec (first printed in Lublin in 1648) and Shichechat Leket by R. Natan Bonn (first printed in Prague in 1652). This work has never been printed.
At the end of the work with the indexes is a colophon dated "Sunday, the 5th of Adar 1654". At the end of the manuscript are verses from Tehillim in alphabetical order (incomplete), and several pages with Aggadic novellae.
At the beginning of the manuscript is an inscription in a later writing, regarding the identity of the author: "This book was composed by my step-grandfather, the illustrious elder R. Elazar, Rabbi of Holešov, author of the book Tikun Sofrim and the book Ben Meshek, from Jerusalem - and I will name this book after him, Mishmeret Elazar". The author, R. Elazar ben Abdel Yitzchak (Isaac) printed his book Tikun Sofrim in Prague in 1658. Written on the title page is that this is the second part of his book Ben Meshek which has not yet been printed. There the author is described: "Highly respected elder, who studied in yeshivot of several Polish communities and in Holešov and he taught many disciples… the honorable R. Elazar from Poland". The publisher adds that the composition has only been partially printed "due to lack of funds and even more because he yearns to go to the Holy Land to the city of Jerusalem… He only copied a few topics from his large composition and all the Torah scholars agreed to print his large composition, the aforementioned Ben Meshek…". We have not found more details about him.
[158] leaves. 19 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Several detached leaves. Unbound.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,200
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Manuscript, Sefer HaNakdan, by Rabbi Moses ben R. Yom Tov. [Europe, 17th/18th century].
This composition is also known by the title Darkei HaNikud V'Haneginot (printed several times in the editions of the Mikra'ot Gedolot which were printed in the 15th and 16th centuries). The author is R. Moses of London, one of the Ba'alei Tosfot in England, also known as R. "Moses HaNakdan".
[21] leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains, dampstains. Ancient damaged binding.
Provenance: The Montefiore Collection. Signed by the researcher "S.Z.C.H" [Shlomo Zalman Chaim Halberstam].
This composition is also known by the title Darkei HaNikud V'Haneginot (printed several times in the editions of the Mikra'ot Gedolot which were printed in the 15th and 16th centuries). The author is R. Moses of London, one of the Ba'alei Tosfot in England, also known as R. "Moses HaNakdan".
[21] leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains, dampstains. Ancient damaged binding.
Provenance: The Montefiore Collection. Signed by the researcher "S.Z.C.H" [Shlomo Zalman Chaim Halberstam].
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
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Be'er Rehovot, exegesis on Rashi's grammatical commentaries on the Torah. Sulzbach, 1730. First edition.
In 1762, a second edition of this book was published in Fürth [after the death of the author, Isaac Auerbach in 1748]. This edition was printed page per page according to the first edition except for changes in the ornaments and with the addition of 15 pages containing additions and further commentary on the megillot.
This is the first edition of the book, with the addition of 30 pages handwritten in cursive Ashkenazi script - additions and commentary on the megillot. The order of the additions differs from the printed version, indicating that the handwritten pages were definitely not copied from the printed version, but were written in the period of time between the two editions, sometime during 1730-1762. Possibly they was written by the author himself.
59 leaves. With the addition of 16 handwritten leaves [30 written pages]. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition, minor dampstains and slight worming to last leaves. Manuscript is in very good condition. Old worn cardboard binding.
Enclosed: Photocopies from the second edition (Fürth 1762) for comparison with the manuscript.
In 1762, a second edition of this book was published in Fürth [after the death of the author, Isaac Auerbach in 1748]. This edition was printed page per page according to the first edition except for changes in the ornaments and with the addition of 15 pages containing additions and further commentary on the megillot.
This is the first edition of the book, with the addition of 30 pages handwritten in cursive Ashkenazi script - additions and commentary on the megillot. The order of the additions differs from the printed version, indicating that the handwritten pages were definitely not copied from the printed version, but were written in the period of time between the two editions, sometime during 1730-1762. Possibly they was written by the author himself.
59 leaves. With the addition of 16 handwritten leaves [30 written pages]. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition, minor dampstains and slight worming to last leaves. Manuscript is in very good condition. Old worn cardboard binding.
Enclosed: Photocopies from the second edition (Fürth 1762) for comparison with the manuscript.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,750
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Diverse collection of handwritten pamphlets and leaves. Novellae, responsa, commentaries on the Torah and on the Bible, Hebrew and Yiddish sermons, by various writers of various times. [Germany, Hungary and Ashkenazi countries. C. 18th and 19th centuries].
Approximately 12 items. More than 60 written pages. Size and condition vary.
Approximately 12 items. More than 60 written pages. Size and condition vary.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Large leaf, with novellae on Tractate Chulin, in Ashkenazi script. Handwritten by the author, with additions and erasures. [Beginning of the 19th century].
The handwriting was identified as belonging to R. Aharon Fuld, a rabbi in Frankfurt am Main [see enclosed photocopy for comparison].
Rabbi Aharon Fuld (1790-1847) was a disciple of the Ba'al Hafla'ah and member of the Frankfurt Beit Din together with Rabbi Zalman Trier and Rabbi Ber Adler. In his book Minchat Kena'ot, the Maharatz Chajes writes: "The great Rabbi, aged Chassid, R. Zalman Trier, Av Beit Din of Frankfurt am Main, with two leading sages of the generation R. Aharon Fuld and the great R. Ber Adler". Corresponded extensively with Rabbi Akiva Eiger and with the Chatam Sofer [who would send with R. Fuld gifts to his mother who resided in Frankfurt], etc. He was among his generation's greatest combatants against the Reform Movement. He wrote: Beit Aharon responsum and glosses and comments on Shem HaGedolim.
Leaf, 33 cm. [2] written pages. High-quality thin paper. Good condition. Folding creases.
The handwriting was identified as belonging to R. Aharon Fuld, a rabbi in Frankfurt am Main [see enclosed photocopy for comparison].
Rabbi Aharon Fuld (1790-1847) was a disciple of the Ba'al Hafla'ah and member of the Frankfurt Beit Din together with Rabbi Zalman Trier and Rabbi Ber Adler. In his book Minchat Kena'ot, the Maharatz Chajes writes: "The great Rabbi, aged Chassid, R. Zalman Trier, Av Beit Din of Frankfurt am Main, with two leading sages of the generation R. Aharon Fuld and the great R. Ber Adler". Corresponded extensively with Rabbi Akiva Eiger and with the Chatam Sofer [who would send with R. Fuld gifts to his mother who resided in Frankfurt], etc. He was among his generation's greatest combatants against the Reform Movement. He wrote: Beit Aharon responsum and glosses and comments on Shem HaGedolim.
Leaf, 33 cm. [2] written pages. High-quality thin paper. Good condition. Folding creases.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
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Collection of handwritten pamphlets:
· Three eulogies handwritten by R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe Rabbi of Raseiniai (Lithuania) and of Yehud (Eretz Yisrael): eulogy for the Malbim and for R. Nachum of Grodno (with many unknown details of the history of R. Nachum of Grodno); eulogy for R. Aryeh Leib son of R. Noach Pines of Raseiniai who died in Nice, France in 1880; eulogy for R. Ya'akov Mordechai Pines who died in Cheshvan 1885. At the end of the eulogies is a chart for deciphering the many acronyms in the manuscript.
· Masa Evel - eulogy for Baron David Ginzburg, in the handwriting of the grandson of R. Mordechai Gimpel, R. Ya'akov HaCohen Walk of Pinsk. [Pinsk-Vilna, Tevet 1911].
· 2 leaves written by one of R. Mordechai Gimpel's grandsons. Outline of the biography of his illustrious grandfather.
Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (1820-1891), a leading Lithuanian Torah scholar during the days of the Netziv and of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor. Disciple of R. Yitzchak of Volozhin who foretold that R. Jaffe would become a prominent Torah leader. He served in the Derechin rabbinate and later relocated to serve in the Raseiniai rabbinate, a position he held for 36 years until his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1888. After his aliya, he settled in the new settlement of Yehud, attracting a group of Torah scholars to form a study group. Upon his arrival in Yehud, R. Mordechai Gimpel became the spiritual-religious leader of the new yishuv in Eretz Israel. During the shemitah polemic of 1889, R. Mordechai Gimpel was one of the key leaders opposing any deviations from the laws of shemitah (claiming that the Jewish people exiled from Eretz Israel because they transgressed the laws of shemitah and the very existence of the new settlements hang upon adherence to these laws) and he supported the farmers who staunchly kept the laws of shemitah in spite of the dire circumstances.
Very few of R. Mordechai Gimpel's writings were printed and most of his works were lost throughout the years (during the great fire in Slonim, WWI and WWII, see the introduction by his grandson R. Ya'akov Walk to the book Techelet Mordechai, Jerusalem 1954).
R. Ya'akov HaCohen Volk (1875-1965), son of R. Zvi Hirsh Walk Rabbi of Pinsk, author of Keter Kehuna on the Sifri was R. Gimpel's grandson.
[30] pages, 19 cm, handwritten by R. Mordechai Gimpel + [3] biography pages written in pencil by his grandson + [10] pages, 21 cm, handwritten by his grandson R. Ya'akov Walk.
· Three eulogies handwritten by R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe Rabbi of Raseiniai (Lithuania) and of Yehud (Eretz Yisrael): eulogy for the Malbim and for R. Nachum of Grodno (with many unknown details of the history of R. Nachum of Grodno); eulogy for R. Aryeh Leib son of R. Noach Pines of Raseiniai who died in Nice, France in 1880; eulogy for R. Ya'akov Mordechai Pines who died in Cheshvan 1885. At the end of the eulogies is a chart for deciphering the many acronyms in the manuscript.
· Masa Evel - eulogy for Baron David Ginzburg, in the handwriting of the grandson of R. Mordechai Gimpel, R. Ya'akov HaCohen Walk of Pinsk. [Pinsk-Vilna, Tevet 1911].
· 2 leaves written by one of R. Mordechai Gimpel's grandsons. Outline of the biography of his illustrious grandfather.
Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (1820-1891), a leading Lithuanian Torah scholar during the days of the Netziv and of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor. Disciple of R. Yitzchak of Volozhin who foretold that R. Jaffe would become a prominent Torah leader. He served in the Derechin rabbinate and later relocated to serve in the Raseiniai rabbinate, a position he held for 36 years until his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1888. After his aliya, he settled in the new settlement of Yehud, attracting a group of Torah scholars to form a study group. Upon his arrival in Yehud, R. Mordechai Gimpel became the spiritual-religious leader of the new yishuv in Eretz Israel. During the shemitah polemic of 1889, R. Mordechai Gimpel was one of the key leaders opposing any deviations from the laws of shemitah (claiming that the Jewish people exiled from Eretz Israel because they transgressed the laws of shemitah and the very existence of the new settlements hang upon adherence to these laws) and he supported the farmers who staunchly kept the laws of shemitah in spite of the dire circumstances.
Very few of R. Mordechai Gimpel's writings were printed and most of his works were lost throughout the years (during the great fire in Slonim, WWI and WWII, see the introduction by his grandson R. Ya'akov Walk to the book Techelet Mordechai, Jerusalem 1954).
R. Ya'akov HaCohen Volk (1875-1965), son of R. Zvi Hirsh Walk Rabbi of Pinsk, author of Keter Kehuna on the Sifri was R. Gimpel's grandson.
[30] pages, 19 cm, handwritten by R. Mordechai Gimpel + [3] biography pages written in pencil by his grandson + [10] pages, 21 cm, handwritten by his grandson R. Ya'akov Walk.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,750
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Large collection of leaves handwritten by Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te'omim - the Aderet. [Lithuania, c. 1890-1901]. Contains one leaf from his youth [c. 1860].
Drafts of responsa and letters of queries and comments on books and pamphlets containing Torah thoughts; sermon outlines; a signed letter from 1901 to the heads of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem which appointed him president of the yeshiva; and more.
The leaves include the following: "Comments on the book Ahavat Chesed by R. Yisrael Meir HaCohen" [author of the Chafetz Chaim]; comments on the book Zecher Yehosef apparently sent to the author; comments written in the summer of 1897 on the proofreading sheets of the book Chasdei Yehonatan; comments on the book Ben HaYemin sent to him in the winter of 1899 for receiving his approbation [the comments differ from those which the Aderet added to his approbation which was printed in the 1889 edition of the book Ben HaYemin, Warsaw - see enclosed photocopy]. Most of the leaves are complete writings, not partial sections of notebooks.
Especially interesting and special is a letter which the Aderet wrote [apparently in response to a pamphlet which he received with comments on his novellae], which gives a slight peek into his study method. In the letter he modestly apologizes for an error found in his work [which portrays his brilliance]. He praises the writer who does not blindly accept any citation without first studying its source, and he blames himself for believing authors, and even believing himself, and relying on his memory, because due to his excessive frailty "the trouble of rising from his writing table to go to the bookshelves at the other side of the room is great…". Further in the letter, he cites errors caused by inaccurate quotes which occurred in the past and errors of the greatest Torah scholars throughout the generations, who relied on their superb memories and did not take the trouble to study the material inside, and therefore were caught with errors. [This letter was printed in the
book Aderet Eliyahu about the history of the Aderet, pp. 186-187].
R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te'omim - the Aderet (1845-1905), Rabbi of Ponevezh, Mir and Jerusalem was renowned from his childhood for his love of Torah study and his diligence. At a young age, he had already grown to be an exceptional Torah scholar, erudite and astute in all the Torah and writer of brilliant novellae. As a young man he was appointed to the Ponevezh rabbinate and after 20 years moved to serve in the Mir rabbinate. Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the aged rabbi of Jerusalem, summoned him as his successor in the Jerusalem rabbinate. In 1905, approximately two and a half years after he accepted this position, he died at the age of 60 in the lifetime of Rabbi Shmuel Salant [who died in 1909, at nearly 100 years old]. His son-in-law was R. Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, who moved to Eretz Israel to serve as Rabbi of Jaffa and in 1921 succeeded his father-in-law in the Jerusalem rabbinate eventually becoming Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel.
In spite of his frailty, ailments and limited eyesight which afflicted him from childhood, the Aderet toiled in Torah study day and night, writing his brilliant Torah novellae in abbreviated notes in notebooks and on available leaves. He left behind a trove of hundreds of Torah compositions, most of which have not yet been printed and some have been lost with passing years.
21 items, including approx. 56 written pages. Size and condition vary. Good-fair to fair-poor condition.
Drafts of responsa and letters of queries and comments on books and pamphlets containing Torah thoughts; sermon outlines; a signed letter from 1901 to the heads of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem which appointed him president of the yeshiva; and more.
The leaves include the following: "Comments on the book Ahavat Chesed by R. Yisrael Meir HaCohen" [author of the Chafetz Chaim]; comments on the book Zecher Yehosef apparently sent to the author; comments written in the summer of 1897 on the proofreading sheets of the book Chasdei Yehonatan; comments on the book Ben HaYemin sent to him in the winter of 1899 for receiving his approbation [the comments differ from those which the Aderet added to his approbation which was printed in the 1889 edition of the book Ben HaYemin, Warsaw - see enclosed photocopy]. Most of the leaves are complete writings, not partial sections of notebooks.
Especially interesting and special is a letter which the Aderet wrote [apparently in response to a pamphlet which he received with comments on his novellae], which gives a slight peek into his study method. In the letter he modestly apologizes for an error found in his work [which portrays his brilliance]. He praises the writer who does not blindly accept any citation without first studying its source, and he blames himself for believing authors, and even believing himself, and relying on his memory, because due to his excessive frailty "the trouble of rising from his writing table to go to the bookshelves at the other side of the room is great…". Further in the letter, he cites errors caused by inaccurate quotes which occurred in the past and errors of the greatest Torah scholars throughout the generations, who relied on their superb memories and did not take the trouble to study the material inside, and therefore were caught with errors. [This letter was printed in the
book Aderet Eliyahu about the history of the Aderet, pp. 186-187].
R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Te'omim - the Aderet (1845-1905), Rabbi of Ponevezh, Mir and Jerusalem was renowned from his childhood for his love of Torah study and his diligence. At a young age, he had already grown to be an exceptional Torah scholar, erudite and astute in all the Torah and writer of brilliant novellae. As a young man he was appointed to the Ponevezh rabbinate and after 20 years moved to serve in the Mir rabbinate. Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the aged rabbi of Jerusalem, summoned him as his successor in the Jerusalem rabbinate. In 1905, approximately two and a half years after he accepted this position, he died at the age of 60 in the lifetime of Rabbi Shmuel Salant [who died in 1909, at nearly 100 years old]. His son-in-law was R. Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, who moved to Eretz Israel to serve as Rabbi of Jaffa and in 1921 succeeded his father-in-law in the Jerusalem rabbinate eventually becoming Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel.
In spite of his frailty, ailments and limited eyesight which afflicted him from childhood, the Aderet toiled in Torah study day and night, writing his brilliant Torah novellae in abbreviated notes in notebooks and on available leaves. He left behind a trove of hundreds of Torah compositions, most of which have not yet been printed and some have been lost with passing years.
21 items, including approx. 56 written pages. Size and condition vary. Good-fair to fair-poor condition.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
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Three sermons in Ashkenazi script. A sermon for inauguration of a synagogue. A sermon for Parshat Beshalach, 1884. [Jerusalem, c. 1880s].
5 leaves [approx. 10 written pages]. 21 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears.
The writer is unidentified and apparently, was one of the leading Jerusalem rabbis, since the manuscripts originated from the archive of R. Shmuel Salant.
5 leaves [approx. 10 written pages]. 21 cm. Fair condition, wear and tears.
The writer is unidentified and apparently, was one of the leading Jerusalem rabbis, since the manuscripts originated from the archive of R. Shmuel Salant.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $350
Sold for: $438
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Colection of manuscripts, drafts of halachic responsa and of Torah novellae, by R. Meir Stallewicz, the Khislavichi (Choslovitz) Rabbi, author of M'Beit Meir. [Jerusalem, c. 1930s].
Contains a long (4 pages) autograph letter, signed by R. Moshe Chaskin, regarding his acclimation to Eretz Israel, rescue of Russian Jews and Torah thoughts on the laws of Shevi'it. Rehovot, Tamuz 1933.
Rabbi Meir Stallewicz (1870-1949, Otzar Harabbanim 12917), a leading rabbi in Lithuania and Russia, and later Rabbi in Jerusalem. Disciple of Rabbi Alexander Shlomo Lapidot, served in the Rabbinate of various towns, including Sebezh (Vitebsk region) and Khislavichi (Choslovitz). In 1932, he moved to Jerusalem and was appointed Rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood and its vicinity. In his lifetime, he printed four volumes of his book "M'Beit Meir - Chikrei Halachot", on various treatises.
Rabbi Moshe Chaskin (1872-1950, Otzar HaRabbanim 14708), was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and of the Chafetz Chaim. He served as Rabbi in Krekenava for 15 years, and headed the Mechina [preparatory program] for the Slabodka Yeshiva. During the war, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Pryluky. Moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and became a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem.
[18] written pages. Size varies, 20-22 cm. good condition.
Contains a long (4 pages) autograph letter, signed by R. Moshe Chaskin, regarding his acclimation to Eretz Israel, rescue of Russian Jews and Torah thoughts on the laws of Shevi'it. Rehovot, Tamuz 1933.
Rabbi Meir Stallewicz (1870-1949, Otzar Harabbanim 12917), a leading rabbi in Lithuania and Russia, and later Rabbi in Jerusalem. Disciple of Rabbi Alexander Shlomo Lapidot, served in the Rabbinate of various towns, including Sebezh (Vitebsk region) and Khislavichi (Choslovitz). In 1932, he moved to Jerusalem and was appointed Rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood and its vicinity. In his lifetime, he printed four volumes of his book "M'Beit Meir - Chikrei Halachot", on various treatises.
Rabbi Moshe Chaskin (1872-1950, Otzar HaRabbanim 14708), was a close disciple of R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and of the Chafetz Chaim. He served as Rabbi in Krekenava for 15 years, and headed the Mechina [preparatory program] for the Slabodka Yeshiva. During the war, he relocated to serve as Rabbi of Pryluky. Moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and became a prominent rabbi in Jerusalem.
[18] written pages. Size varies, 20-22 cm. good condition.
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
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Large collection of manuscripts, about 16 notebooks and gathered leaves, most handwritten by R. David Wiezel and some handwritten by his son R. Shmuel Wiezel and other writers.
Talmudic novellae, halachic responsa and homilies, Bible exegesis and Aggadot Chazal, various collected works (from books of responsa and homilies, mussar and Hasidism, books of segulot, and more). Most of the notebooks are from 1946-1948, written after the Rabbi of Baranovichi returned from exile in Siberia, at the time he passed through DP camps in Prague and France. In these notebooks are inscriptions of dates and places in which he stayed during this period (13th of Tishrei 1946 - here in the Ďáblice camp, a suburb of Prague, Czechoslovakia"; "Six days of the month of Mar-Cheshvan 1946…"; "The 28th of Nissan 1947…on the day of the yartzeit of my father"; "The 19th of Cheshvan 1947"; "The 8th of Menachem Av 1948, here in Roissy, a suburb of Paris").
R. David Weizel (1875-1957), son-in-law of R. Chaim Yehuda Leib Lubchansky (the first rabbi of the Jewish community of Baranovichi). After Yehuda Leib Lubchansky passed away, he was succeeded by his son R. Yisrael Ya'akov Lubchansky (mashgiach of the Baranovitch Yeshiva) who then resigned and passed the position on to his brother-in-law R. David Weizel. R. Weizel served in the city's rabbinate for 35 years, from 1906 until he was exiled to Siberia in 1941. He was renowned for his humility and piety. R. Yerucham of Mir attested that Rabbi Weizel was the epitome of a person who flees honor yet honor pursues him (HaNe'eman Year 10, Issue 8, p. 35). After WWII, R. David served as member of the Ichud HaRabbanim in the DP camps in Prague and in 1947 arrived in Paris. He immigrated to Tel Aviv in 1949; there he lived to an old age and died in Tishrei 1957.
His son, R. Shmuel Weizel (1905-1978), was a leading disciple of the Beit Yosef - Navahrudak Yeshiva in Białystok and a childhood friend of the Steipler. Son-in-law of R. Shalom Yitzchak Segal, Rabbi of Tryškiai. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1935 and served as Rabbi of Tel Aviv neighborhoods (Ya'avetz Hatavor and from 1958 - the Brenner neighborhood).
16 items, notebooks and groups of leaves, totaling approx. 300 written pages. Size and condition vary.
Talmudic novellae, halachic responsa and homilies, Bible exegesis and Aggadot Chazal, various collected works (from books of responsa and homilies, mussar and Hasidism, books of segulot, and more). Most of the notebooks are from 1946-1948, written after the Rabbi of Baranovichi returned from exile in Siberia, at the time he passed through DP camps in Prague and France. In these notebooks are inscriptions of dates and places in which he stayed during this period (13th of Tishrei 1946 - here in the Ďáblice camp, a suburb of Prague, Czechoslovakia"; "Six days of the month of Mar-Cheshvan 1946…"; "The 28th of Nissan 1947…on the day of the yartzeit of my father"; "The 19th of Cheshvan 1947"; "The 8th of Menachem Av 1948, here in Roissy, a suburb of Paris").
R. David Weizel (1875-1957), son-in-law of R. Chaim Yehuda Leib Lubchansky (the first rabbi of the Jewish community of Baranovichi). After Yehuda Leib Lubchansky passed away, he was succeeded by his son R. Yisrael Ya'akov Lubchansky (mashgiach of the Baranovitch Yeshiva) who then resigned and passed the position on to his brother-in-law R. David Weizel. R. Weizel served in the city's rabbinate for 35 years, from 1906 until he was exiled to Siberia in 1941. He was renowned for his humility and piety. R. Yerucham of Mir attested that Rabbi Weizel was the epitome of a person who flees honor yet honor pursues him (HaNe'eman Year 10, Issue 8, p. 35). After WWII, R. David served as member of the Ichud HaRabbanim in the DP camps in Prague and in 1947 arrived in Paris. He immigrated to Tel Aviv in 1949; there he lived to an old age and died in Tishrei 1957.
His son, R. Shmuel Weizel (1905-1978), was a leading disciple of the Beit Yosef - Navahrudak Yeshiva in Białystok and a childhood friend of the Steipler. Son-in-law of R. Shalom Yitzchak Segal, Rabbi of Tryškiai. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1935 and served as Rabbi of Tel Aviv neighborhoods (Ya'avetz Hatavor and from 1958 - the Brenner neighborhood).
16 items, notebooks and groups of leaves, totaling approx. 300 written pages. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten pamphlets and leaves. Sermons in Hebrew and in German (in Hebrew letters), novellae on the Shulchan Aruch, etc. Ashkenazi script [Hungary, 19th century].
Most of these manuscripts are in the handwriting of R. Meir Tzipser. Among the sermons are sermons for Shabbat Teshuva and for the Festivals - 1850-1870, delivered in Rechnitz (Rohonc) and in Stuhl-Weissenburg. These include a sermon for Shabbat Chanuka delivered in 1852 and repeated in Rechnitz in 1862; a eulogy on the death of R…Leib Konigsberger" and the version of yizkor upon his demise [R. Yehuda Leib Konigsberger disciple of the Chatam Sofer, first rabbi of the Szombathely community which separated from the Rechnitz community and became independent in 1830. He died on the 11th of Tevet 1861]; collection of interesting letters and letter-drafts. Among the drafts: a trenchant polemic letter against the Rabbis of Nikolsburg and Budapest concerning the kashrut of tefillin boxes.
Rabbi Meir Tsipser (1815-1869) Rabbi of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and from 1858, Rabbi of Rechnitz (Rohonc) was famed for his pamphlet Mei HaShelach (Ofen 1853) in which he toiled to prove the legality of a divorce he had arranged which had become subject to objection. This pamphlet was refuted by Rabbi Gottlieb Fisher [who later became Rabbi of the city's small Orthodox community], in his book Delatayim U'Vriach", Vienna 1856. (For details of this polemic, see Y. Katz, The Rift which Never Healed, Jerusalem 1995, pages 65-68).
More than 100 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
Most of these manuscripts are in the handwriting of R. Meir Tzipser. Among the sermons are sermons for Shabbat Teshuva and for the Festivals - 1850-1870, delivered in Rechnitz (Rohonc) and in Stuhl-Weissenburg. These include a sermon for Shabbat Chanuka delivered in 1852 and repeated in Rechnitz in 1862; a eulogy on the death of R…Leib Konigsberger" and the version of yizkor upon his demise [R. Yehuda Leib Konigsberger disciple of the Chatam Sofer, first rabbi of the Szombathely community which separated from the Rechnitz community and became independent in 1830. He died on the 11th of Tevet 1861]; collection of interesting letters and letter-drafts. Among the drafts: a trenchant polemic letter against the Rabbis of Nikolsburg and Budapest concerning the kashrut of tefillin boxes.
Rabbi Meir Tsipser (1815-1869) Rabbi of Székesfehérvár (Hungary) and from 1858, Rabbi of Rechnitz (Rohonc) was famed for his pamphlet Mei HaShelach (Ofen 1853) in which he toiled to prove the legality of a divorce he had arranged which had become subject to objection. This pamphlet was refuted by Rabbi Gottlieb Fisher [who later became Rabbi of the city's small Orthodox community], in his book Delatayim U'Vriach", Vienna 1856. (For details of this polemic, see Y. Katz, The Rift which Never Healed, Jerusalem 1995, pages 65-68).
More than 100 written leaves. Size and condition vary.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
February 7, 2017
Opening: $750
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Manuscript, "Sermon which I have delivered in Ujhely", by R. Yirmiyahu Loewe. Ujhely (Hungary), the 7th of Adar 1862.
Handwritten by the author. The sermon is written in a flowery-style typical of his other writings.
In the sermon, he writes of the attributes of Moshe Rabbeinu who was born and died on the 7th of Adar and of the qualities required for a Jewish leader, while severely criticizing rabbis who do notreproach members their congregations: "The tsaddikim, leaders of their generation, cause many to repent from their sins and teach the ways of G-d. This is contrary to those who only worry about themselves…and not about others. They do not speak to those who sway to set them on the straight path…".
The notable R. Yirmiyahu Loewe (1811-1874), son of the author of Sha'arei Torah, a venerable Torah scholar in Hungary in the times of the Ktav Sofer, served in the rabbinate of Vrbové and Ujhely. Authored Divrei Yirmiyahu on the Rambam, on the Talmud, novellae and homilies. These sermons were not printed in the book of sermons (Satmar, 1934).
8 leaves (16 written pages). 25 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New binding.
Handwritten by the author. The sermon is written in a flowery-style typical of his other writings.
In the sermon, he writes of the attributes of Moshe Rabbeinu who was born and died on the 7th of Adar and of the qualities required for a Jewish leader, while severely criticizing rabbis who do notreproach members their congregations: "The tsaddikim, leaders of their generation, cause many to repent from their sins and teach the ways of G-d. This is contrary to those who only worry about themselves…and not about others. They do not speak to those who sway to set them on the straight path…".
The notable R. Yirmiyahu Loewe (1811-1874), son of the author of Sha'arei Torah, a venerable Torah scholar in Hungary in the times of the Ktav Sofer, served in the rabbinate of Vrbové and Ujhely. Authored Divrei Yirmiyahu on the Rambam, on the Talmud, novellae and homilies. These sermons were not printed in the book of sermons (Satmar, 1934).
8 leaves (16 written pages). 25 cm. High-quality paper, good condition. New binding.
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Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
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