Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
February 2, 2021
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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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Sefer Yetzirah with ten commentaries, including the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna and Pri Yitzchak by R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Warsaw, 1884.
The commentary of the Gaon of Vilna was printed in the second part of the book, with a separate title page, in which the publisher, R. Shmuel Luria, states that this is an emended, complete edition based on the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna, with the glosses of the kabbalist R. Moshe Shlomo, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna.
On the front endpaper, inscription handwritten and signed by the dayan of Pupa (Pápa): "I acquired it in honor of my Creator, Moshe Yosef son of R. M. Hoffman, dayan in Pupa".
R. Moshe Yosef Hoffman, dayan of Pupa (1843-1928), was a leading Torah scholar of Hungary and Jerusalem. Son of Michael Hoffman, disciple of the Chatam Sofer. He was appointed dayan and posek of Pupa in 1882. In 1909, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he established his Beit Midrash and earned the reputation of one of the foremost rabbis in the city. He authored Mei Be'er and Mayim Chaim.
[2], 3-60 leaves; [1], 62-74 leaves; [1], 2-32 leaves. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Browned paper. Stains. Inscription on title page. Original, slightly worn binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 687.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
The commentary of the Gaon of Vilna was printed in the second part of the book, with a separate title page, in which the publisher, R. Shmuel Luria, states that this is an emended, complete edition based on the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna, with the glosses of the kabbalist R. Moshe Shlomo, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna.
On the front endpaper, inscription handwritten and signed by the dayan of Pupa (Pápa): "I acquired it in honor of my Creator, Moshe Yosef son of R. M. Hoffman, dayan in Pupa".
R. Moshe Yosef Hoffman, dayan of Pupa (1843-1928), was a leading Torah scholar of Hungary and Jerusalem. Son of Michael Hoffman, disciple of the Chatam Sofer. He was appointed dayan and posek of Pupa in 1882. In 1909, he immigrated to Jerusalem, where he established his Beit Midrash and earned the reputation of one of the foremost rabbis in the city. He authored Mei Be'er and Mayim Chaim.
[2], 3-60 leaves; [1], 62-74 leaves; [1], 2-32 leaves. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Browned paper. Stains. Inscription on title page. Original, slightly worn binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 687.
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: $150
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Aliyot Eliyahu, biography of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Yehoshua Heshel Levin. Warsaw, 1901.
Copy of R. Yitzchak (Itche) Grodzinski – "the Tzaddik of Warsaw", inherited by his son R. Moshe Grodzinski and grandson R. Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski.
Signatures of R. Itche Grodzinski on the front endpaper and title page: " Yitzchak son of R. Ze'ev", " Yitzchak Grodzinski". Inscription on title page: "…R. Moshe Grodzinski" (son of R. Itche), signed: "A.P.G." [=Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski, son of R. Moshe]. The signature "A.P.G." appears on the front endpaper as well.
R. Yitzchak (Itche) Grodzinski, "the Tzaddik of Warsaw" (d. 1921), outstanding Torah scholar, dean of the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Warsaw. A leading Torah disseminator, he toiled to strengthen Torah observance in Warsaw ("pillar of Torah and Chessed in Warsaw and the surroundings", as his colleague the Chafetz Chaim described him in Yad Yosef, Pirkei Chaim, pp. 419-420). Whenever the Chafetz Chaim would visit Warsaw, he would stay in the home of R. Itche, who was his friend and confidant, and they worked together to strengthen Torah study and Mitzvah observance in the cities of Poland. When R. Itche passed away, the Chafetz Chaim travelled from Radin to Warsaw to attend his funeral and eulogize him, despite his old age. One of his sons was R. Avraham Grodzinski, mashgiach in the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania (1822-1944; perished in the Holocaust), author of Torat Avraham.
His son, R. Moshe Grodzinski (1875-1929) – owner of this book, was a disciple of the Chafetz Chaim in the Radin yeshiva. Served as mashgiach in the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Warsaw. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1924 and was murdered in the Hebron massacre in 1929. His illustrious son-in-law was R. Yaakov Neiman (ca. 1886-1983), dean of the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Lida and Petach Tikva.
The son of R. Moshe – whose signature (initials) appears in this book, was R. Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski, author of MiBeit Avraham (ca. 1900-1984), a prominent student of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania and Hebron. Disciple of the Alter of Slabodka and close disciple of his uncle R. Avraham Grodzinski.
[1], 2-48 leaves. 22 cm. Fair-good condition. Dry and browned paper. Stains. Tears and minor worming (long tear on leaf 34). Printing defect on leaf 2. Front board and several leaves detached. Original binding, damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1001.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of R. Yitzchak (Itche) Grodzinski – "the Tzaddik of Warsaw", inherited by his son R. Moshe Grodzinski and grandson R. Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski.
Signatures of R. Itche Grodzinski on the front endpaper and title page: " Yitzchak son of R. Ze'ev", " Yitzchak Grodzinski". Inscription on title page: "…R. Moshe Grodzinski" (son of R. Itche), signed: "A.P.G." [=Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski, son of R. Moshe]. The signature "A.P.G." appears on the front endpaper as well.
R. Yitzchak (Itche) Grodzinski, "the Tzaddik of Warsaw" (d. 1921), outstanding Torah scholar, dean of the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Warsaw. A leading Torah disseminator, he toiled to strengthen Torah observance in Warsaw ("pillar of Torah and Chessed in Warsaw and the surroundings", as his colleague the Chafetz Chaim described him in Yad Yosef, Pirkei Chaim, pp. 419-420). Whenever the Chafetz Chaim would visit Warsaw, he would stay in the home of R. Itche, who was his friend and confidant, and they worked together to strengthen Torah study and Mitzvah observance in the cities of Poland. When R. Itche passed away, the Chafetz Chaim travelled from Radin to Warsaw to attend his funeral and eulogize him, despite his old age. One of his sons was R. Avraham Grodzinski, mashgiach in the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania (1822-1944; perished in the Holocaust), author of Torat Avraham.
His son, R. Moshe Grodzinski (1875-1929) – owner of this book, was a disciple of the Chafetz Chaim in the Radin yeshiva. Served as mashgiach in the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Warsaw. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1924 and was murdered in the Hebron massacre in 1929. His illustrious son-in-law was R. Yaakov Neiman (ca. 1886-1983), dean of the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Lida and Petach Tikva.
The son of R. Moshe – whose signature (initials) appears in this book, was R. Avraham Pinchas Grodzinski, author of MiBeit Avraham (ca. 1900-1984), a prominent student of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania and Hebron. Disciple of the Alter of Slabodka and close disciple of his uncle R. Avraham Grodzinski.
[1], 2-48 leaves. 22 cm. Fair-good condition. Dry and browned paper. Stains. Tears and minor worming (long tear on leaf 34). Printing defect on leaf 2. Front board and several leaves detached. Original binding, damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1001.
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: $120
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Two books of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna – with stamps and glosses by R. Yosef Feimer (the second) of Slutsk and the United States:
1. Tanna DeVei Eliyahu, commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Mishlei. Königsberg, [1857].
Stamps of R. Yosef Feimer: "Yosef son of R. Meir Feimer of Slutsk". Many handwritten glosses in the margins, by R. Yosef Feimer. Other signatures and glosses.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 92.
2. Seder Olam Rabba and Seder Olam Zuta, with Seder HaKabbalah by the Raavad and Seder Malchei Yisrael, with the commentaries and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Warsaw, 1862.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 300.
Stamps of "Yosef son of R. Meir Feimer of Slutsk". A few handwritten glosses in the margins, by R. Yosef Feimer. Other inscriptions.
R. Yosef Feimer (1874-1939, Otzar HaRabbanim 8500), son of R. Meir Feimer and grandson of R. Yosef Feimer of Slutsk (disciple of R. Chaim of Volozhin). Served as rabbi of the laymen in Slutsk (where his father and grandfather served as rabbis) for twenty years, until his immigration to Brooklyn in 1925.
2 books. Approx. 18 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Worming in one book. Old bindings with leather spines, damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
1. Tanna DeVei Eliyahu, commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Mishlei. Königsberg, [1857].
Stamps of R. Yosef Feimer: "Yosef son of R. Meir Feimer of Slutsk". Many handwritten glosses in the margins, by R. Yosef Feimer. Other signatures and glosses.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 92.
2. Seder Olam Rabba and Seder Olam Zuta, with Seder HaKabbalah by the Raavad and Seder Malchei Yisrael, with the commentaries and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Warsaw, 1862.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 300.
Stamps of "Yosef son of R. Meir Feimer of Slutsk". A few handwritten glosses in the margins, by R. Yosef Feimer. Other inscriptions.
R. Yosef Feimer (1874-1939, Otzar HaRabbanim 8500), son of R. Meir Feimer and grandson of R. Yosef Feimer of Slutsk (disciple of R. Chaim of Volozhin). Served as rabbi of the laymen in Slutsk (where his father and grandfather served as rabbis) for twenty years, until his immigration to Brooklyn in 1925.
2 books. Approx. 18 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and wear. Worming in one book. Old bindings with leather spines, damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
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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
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Emunah VeHashgacha, regarding Divine Providence, based on the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, with selections by the Gaon of Vilna and additions, compiled by R. Shmuel Moltzan. [Königsberg, 1864]. First edition. Bound with: Or HaShanim, on the 613 commandments, by R. Aryeh Leib Epstein Rabbi of Königsberg, author of Sefer HaPardes. Vilna, 1869.
Copy of R. Aryeh Levin. His signature appears on the front endpaper: " Aryeh Levin, in the Etz Chaim boys' school…". R. Aryeh Levin gave this book to his disciple Binyamin Rivlin (son of the writer Eliezer Rivlin) as a Bar-Mitzva gift; a dedication handwritten by him appears beneath his signature.
The endpaper and title page of Emunah VeHashgacha bear stamps of the recipient: "Binyamin Rivlin…".
The "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" R. Aryeh Levin (1885-1969)excelled in Torah and in charitable deeds. He studied the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna extensively, and many of the traditions in the name of the Gaon were transmitted by him, as he heard them from his teachers, including the famous Goral HaGra. A product of Lithuanian yeshivot and the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a cherished disciple of the leading Torah scholars of the generation: R. Refael Shapiro of Volozhin, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Shlomo Elyashiv the Leshem, R. Baruch Ber Leibovitz, R. Avraham Chaim HaKohen Kook, his brother-in-law R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik of Brisk. He immigrated to Jerusalem as an adolescent and married the granddaughter of the head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira. He served as the spiritual director and supervisor of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah (boy's school). Renowned for his dedication to acts of benevolence, and for his frequent visits to the British Mandate prison, he was later appointed as the Jewish Prison Chaplain. He offered a listening ear to one and all, absorbing their difficulties as well as joys, engaging in acts of kindness his whole life. He merited having sons and sons-in-law who were noted Torah scholars (R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, R. Shmuel Aharon Yudelevitz, R. Aharon Jakobovitz and R. Eliezer Palchinsky).
Two books in one volume. Emunah VeHashgacha: [12], 44, 46-47, [2] leaves. Or HaShanim: 80 pages. Approx. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains on several leaves. Open tear to title page of Emunah VeHashgacha, affecting border and text, repaired. Worming, slightly affecting text. Original binding, with leather spine. Damage and worming to binding. Bookplate.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book only lists [8] leaves at the beginning of Emunah VeHashgacha. In this copy, [4] more leaves were added, with additional approbations, including selections and teachings in the name of the Gaon of Vilna, as well as a homily for Yom Kippur and Shavuot, by the author.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 901.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of R. Aryeh Levin. His signature appears on the front endpaper: " Aryeh Levin, in the Etz Chaim boys' school…". R. Aryeh Levin gave this book to his disciple Binyamin Rivlin (son of the writer Eliezer Rivlin) as a Bar-Mitzva gift; a dedication handwritten by him appears beneath his signature.
The endpaper and title page of Emunah VeHashgacha bear stamps of the recipient: "Binyamin Rivlin…".
The "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" R. Aryeh Levin (1885-1969)excelled in Torah and in charitable deeds. He studied the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna extensively, and many of the traditions in the name of the Gaon were transmitted by him, as he heard them from his teachers, including the famous Goral HaGra. A product of Lithuanian yeshivot and the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a cherished disciple of the leading Torah scholars of the generation: R. Refael Shapiro of Volozhin, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Shlomo Elyashiv the Leshem, R. Baruch Ber Leibovitz, R. Avraham Chaim HaKohen Kook, his brother-in-law R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik of Brisk. He immigrated to Jerusalem as an adolescent and married the granddaughter of the head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira. He served as the spiritual director and supervisor of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah (boy's school). Renowned for his dedication to acts of benevolence, and for his frequent visits to the British Mandate prison, he was later appointed as the Jewish Prison Chaplain. He offered a listening ear to one and all, absorbing their difficulties as well as joys, engaging in acts of kindness his whole life. He merited having sons and sons-in-law who were noted Torah scholars (R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, R. Shmuel Aharon Yudelevitz, R. Aharon Jakobovitz and R. Eliezer Palchinsky).
Two books in one volume. Emunah VeHashgacha: [12], 44, 46-47, [2] leaves. Or HaShanim: 80 pages. Approx. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains on several leaves. Open tear to title page of Emunah VeHashgacha, affecting border and text, repaired. Worming, slightly affecting text. Original binding, with leather spine. Damage and worming to binding. Bookplate.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book only lists [8] leaves at the beginning of Emunah VeHashgacha. In this copy, [4] more leaves were added, with additional approbations, including selections and teachings in the name of the Gaon of Vilna, as well as a homily for Yom Kippur and Shavuot, by the author.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 901.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Category
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
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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: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Assorted collection of books from the library of the Kloiz of the Gaon in Vilna. All books bear various inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz.
1. Olat Tamid, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Shmuel Orgeler of Krakow. Amsterdam, [1681]. Stamps: "Donated to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna…".
2-4. Volume comprising 3 books: • Zohar, part I, on the Book of Bereshit. Vilna, 1882 (lacking 12 pages with "glosses attributed to the Gaon of Vilna). • Yahel Or – Hadrat Kodesh, commentaries on the Zohar by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1882 (first foliation sequence only - Bereshit). • Sefer Bahir or Karnei Or, commentary on the Zohar by R. Alexander Ziskind of Horodna. Vilna, 1883. On the Book of Bereshit only.
Stamps on the endpapers and title pages: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna". The title page of Yahel Or bears an inscription handwritten by the gabbai of the Kloiz: " Donated by the publisher, R. Shmuel Luria… so is the blessing of the gabbai of the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
5. Glosses to Simlah Chadashah on Terefot – Aderet Yehuda, novellae and glosses on the laws of Terefot, by R. Yehuda Ze'ev Riswasch. Warsaw, 1893. Two types of stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna. Handwritten inscription on the title page: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
6. Yefeh To'ar, Midrash Rabbot on the Torah, the Book of Shemot. [Venice, 1657]. Damaged copy, lacking many leaves. Stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna on the first leaf, and handwritten inscriptions: "Belongs to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon".
6 books in 4 volumes. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
1. Olat Tamid, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Shmuel Orgeler of Krakow. Amsterdam, [1681]. Stamps: "Donated to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna…".
2-4. Volume comprising 3 books: • Zohar, part I, on the Book of Bereshit. Vilna, 1882 (lacking 12 pages with "glosses attributed to the Gaon of Vilna). • Yahel Or – Hadrat Kodesh, commentaries on the Zohar by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1882 (first foliation sequence only - Bereshit). • Sefer Bahir or Karnei Or, commentary on the Zohar by R. Alexander Ziskind of Horodna. Vilna, 1883. On the Book of Bereshit only.
Stamps on the endpapers and title pages: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna". The title page of Yahel Or bears an inscription handwritten by the gabbai of the Kloiz: " Donated by the publisher, R. Shmuel Luria… so is the blessing of the gabbai of the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
5. Glosses to Simlah Chadashah on Terefot – Aderet Yehuda, novellae and glosses on the laws of Terefot, by R. Yehuda Ze'ev Riswasch. Warsaw, 1893. Two types of stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna. Handwritten inscription on the title page: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
6. Yefeh To'ar, Midrash Rabbot on the Torah, the Book of Shemot. [Venice, 1657]. Damaged copy, lacking many leaves. Stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna on the first leaf, and handwritten inscriptions: "Belongs to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon".
6 books in 4 volumes. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
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Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
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