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
Opening: $300
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Zmir Aritzim, polemic against Chassidut, by R. David of Makow. [Königsberg, ca. 1860]. Second edition. The title page gives the date 1798 (taken from the first edition).
Polemic book against Chassidut. The title page states: " Zmir Aritzim… since a sect arose amongst the Jews who call themselves Chassidim… their prayers are loud and fiery… witch doctors… changed the text of the prayers… rejecting Torah which gives light to those who study. Therefore I, who sits at the feet of Torah scholars, and defers to the Gaon R. Eliyahu, arose and printed this small book, as a reminder for all generations".
The book Zmir Aritzim printed in Warsaw, 1798 is not the same book as the earlier polemic book against Chassidim, Zmir Aritzim VeCharvot Tzurim, first printed in Oleksynets, 1772, attributed to R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib son of R. Mordechai Sofer of Brody. The present book was printed anonymously, yet it is well-known that it was authored by R. David son of R. Ben Tzion of Makov.
16 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Binding, title page and final leaf detached. Marginal open tear to title page, slightly affecting border. Worming and tears to final leaf. Binding damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1266.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Polemic book against Chassidut. The title page states: " Zmir Aritzim… since a sect arose amongst the Jews who call themselves Chassidim… their prayers are loud and fiery… witch doctors… changed the text of the prayers… rejecting Torah which gives light to those who study. Therefore I, who sits at the feet of Torah scholars, and defers to the Gaon R. Eliyahu, arose and printed this small book, as a reminder for all generations".
The book Zmir Aritzim printed in Warsaw, 1798 is not the same book as the earlier polemic book against Chassidim, Zmir Aritzim VeCharvot Tzurim, first printed in Oleksynets, 1772, attributed to R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib son of R. Mordechai Sofer of Brody. The present book was printed anonymously, yet it is well-known that it was authored by R. David son of R. Ben Tzion of Makov.
16 leaves. 18.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Binding, title page and final leaf detached. Marginal open tear to title page, slightly affecting border. Worming and tears to final leaf. Binding damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1266.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Category
Polemic Between Chassidim and Mitnagdim
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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
Sold for: $188
Including buyer's premium
Five books concerning the polemic between Chassidim and Mitnagdim, including three editions of Vikucha Rabba – fictional dialogue between a Chassid and Mitnaged.
1. Vikucha Rabba. Munkacs, 1894.
2. Vikucha Rabba. Piotrkow, [1912].
3. Vikucha Rabba. Piotrkow, 1928.
4. Der Vilner Gaon, Der Gaystiger Fihrer fun Misnagdim [The Gaon of Vilna, Spiritual Leader of the Mitnagdim], by Peretz Wiernik. New York, 1906. Yiddish.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1037.
5. Der Vilner Gaon, Der Gaystiger Fihrer fun Misnagdim [The Gaon of Vilna, Spiritual Leader of the Mitnagdim], by Peretz Wiernik. New York [1920s?]. Yiddish.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1038.
Vikucha Rabba was authored by R. Yaakov of Keidan, and contains a fictional exchange of letters between two men regarding the prayer texts of the Arizal and the customs and ways of Chassidut. The title page ascribes this argument to two figures: R. Binyamin Ze'ev of Slonim, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, and R. Yosef of Nemirov, disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. The book defends the Chassidic movement.
5 books. Size and condition vary. Various owners' stamps.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
1. Vikucha Rabba. Munkacs, 1894.
2. Vikucha Rabba. Piotrkow, [1912].
3. Vikucha Rabba. Piotrkow, 1928.
4. Der Vilner Gaon, Der Gaystiger Fihrer fun Misnagdim [The Gaon of Vilna, Spiritual Leader of the Mitnagdim], by Peretz Wiernik. New York, 1906. Yiddish.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1037.
5. Der Vilner Gaon, Der Gaystiger Fihrer fun Misnagdim [The Gaon of Vilna, Spiritual Leader of the Mitnagdim], by Peretz Wiernik. New York [1920s?]. Yiddish.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1038.
Vikucha Rabba was authored by R. Yaakov of Keidan, and contains a fictional exchange of letters between two men regarding the prayer texts of the Arizal and the customs and ways of Chassidut. The title page ascribes this argument to two figures: R. Binyamin Ze'ev of Slonim, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, and R. Yosef of Nemirov, disciple of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. The book defends the Chassidic movement.
5 books. Size and condition vary. Various owners' stamps.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Category
Polemic Between Chassidim and Mitnagdim
Catalogue