Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Derech Chaim VeTochachat Mussar Haskel – Shaar HaTeshuvah and Shaar HaTefillah, by Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Kopust (Kopys): R. Yisrael Yoffe, prominent disciple of the Baal HaTanya, [after 1819?].
[5], 1, 3-188 leaves. Lacking two leaves: leaf 2 and final leaf (189). 16.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Extensive worming, affecting text. Large open tears to title page, affecting text. Tears to other leaves, affecting text. Stamp. New binding.
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Derech Chaim VeTochachat Mussar Haskel, by Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1863.
111 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor marginal open tears to several leaves, not affecting text. New binding.
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Shaarei Avodah, foundations of worship of G-d according to Kabbalah and Chabad Chassidic teachings, by Rebbe Aharon HaLevi Segal Horowitz of Starosel'ye. Shklow, [1821]. First edition.
The book endeavors to explain the fundamentals of the worship of G-d, based on the principles of the Arizal's doctrine, as received by the author from his prime teacher, the Baal HaTanya.
[14], 12, 17-49, 52, 70, 60, 22 leaves. Lacking [2] leaves at beginning of book with abbreviations and errata. 16.5 cm. Bluish paper. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming, affecting text. Open tears to title page, affecting text, repaired with paper (and photocopy replacement). Closed and open tears to other leaves, repaired in part with paper. Inscriptions, signature and stamps. New leather binding.
The books of Rebbe Aharon of Starosel'ye were not reprinted for many years, and are therefore considered rare.
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Torah Or, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Shemot, Chanukah and Purim, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Kopust (Kopys), 1836. First edition. Two title pages.
The book was written from teachings heard directly from the Baal HaTanya by his brother R. Yehuda Leib of Janowiec, author of She'erit Yehuda, and was arranged and edited for print by his disciple and grandson Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch.
Ownership inscription dated 1872, and glosses by the same writer on final page of the Book of Bereshit. Lengthy glosses in several places – copyings of various segulot, written in Urmia (present day: west Azerbaijan, Iran) in 1872. Other brief glosses in Oriental script. Signature and stamp of R. Shlomo Zalman Moses, prominent Agudah activist, secretary of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel.
[2], 2-167 leaves. Lacking final leaf of errata. Title pages printed in red and black. 21.5 cm. Condition varies. Most leaves in good condition, with some stains. First eight leaves in fair condition. Dark dampstains to first leaves, with minor mold stains. Large tears to title pages, slightly affecting text of second title page, repaired with paper. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
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Torah Or, Chassidic essays on Bereshit and Shemot, Chanukah and Purim, with Hosafot L'Sefer Torah Or (Supplements to Torah Or), by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the rabbi of Slavita, 1862. First edition of the supplements. Two volumes. Two title pages for the Torah Or volume; first title page printed in red and black.
The supplements include 15 new essays by the Baal HaTanya. While most of the book follows the writings of the author's brother, R. Yehuda Leib of Janowiec, the essays printed in the supplements were written by the author's son, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, as attested to on the title page of this section.
Two volumes. Vol. I: 102 leaves. Two title pages. Vol. II (supplements): 24 leaves. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New bindings.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 612.
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Shulchan Aruch HaRav, laws of Niddah, Shechitah, Terefot, and responsa, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Kopust (Kopys): R. Yisrael son of Yitzchak Yoffe, [1814]. First edition.
Stamps of R. Yitzchak Yehuda Eizik Leib [Stolyar] Sapir, rabbi of Odelsk, Kozhnitz, Raczki, and later Petach Tikva.
[1], 48; 54; [16] leaves. 22.5 cm. Bluish paper. Wide margins. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears, not affecting text. Inscriptions and stamps. New leather binding.
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Shulchan Aruch HaRav, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. [Sudylkiv, 1826]. Six parts in six volumes. Only edition with the approbation by R. Mordechai of Chernobyl.
This edition was printed almost leaf by leaf, line by line, after the first edition. This is the first edition of sections 175-176, laws of blessings.
The first edition was printed in 1814-1816 in Shklow and Kopust (Belarus), and not all its volumes reached Ukraine. The present edition was long-awaited by the people of Ukraine and by R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, as he attests in his enthusiastic approbation.
Six volumes. Vol. I: [2], 1-193, 197-200, 181-188, 209-319 leaves. Lacking first [2] leaves (including title page). Leaves of section 128 printed out of sequence. Vol. II: [1], 256, 261-377 leaves. Vol. III: [4], 180, 185-192, 189-252, 213-220, 261-268 leaves. Vol. IV: 29, 33-248 leaves. Lacking first two leaves (including title page) and leaf 249. Vol. V: [1], 226, 229-254, 257-288 leaves. Lacking leaves 225-226, 229-240. Vol. VI: 65 leaves. Lacking title page and leaf 66. Approx. 17.5-18 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Vol. IV in poor-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming to vols. I and III. In vols. IV and V, worming affecting text. Tears and open tears, not affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Open tears to vol. IV, primarily to first and final leaves, affecting text. Margins of vol. III trimmed close to text in several places, with damage to text. Inscriptions. Stamps. New bindings.
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Siddur based on the text of the Arizal, two parts in two volumes, prayers for weekdays, Shabbat and festivals, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Warsaw: R. Natan Schriftgiesser, 1866-1867.
The text of the Siddur, the laws and the two Chassidic essays (HaKol Kol Yaakov and He'ara LeTikkun Chatzot) were compiled and composed by the Baal HaTanya. The other Chassidic discourses (commentaries to the prayers) were delivered by the Baal HaTanya and recorded by his son R. Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. This siddur is known amongst Chabad chassidim as Siddur im Dach.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [2], 154 leaves. Vol. II: 62, 94 leaves. Approx. 34 cm. Vol. I in good condition, vol. II in good-fair condition. Stains. Minor worming to vol. I. Dark stains to several leaves in vol. II (primarily to Passover Haggadah), and worming affecting text. Inscriptions. Stamps. Old bindings, partially restored.
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Chiddushei Shnei HaMeorot, novellae on the writings of the Rambam and the Ramban in Sefer HaMitzvot, by R. Shneur Feivish son of R. Menachem of Bolekhiv. Constantinople, [1749].
An inscription in Sephardic script appears at the top of the title page. The first line of the inscription is missing, due to the trimming of the upper margin. The second line reads: "Avraham Gershon Kitover". Apparently, the book belonged to R. Avraham Gershon of Kitov, the famous brother-in-law of the Baal Shem Tov and a leading kabbalist. Possibly, the book was given to him by the author himself, R. Shneur Feivish of Bolekhiv, an Ashkenazi scholar in Jerusalem and emissary of the Ashkenazi community at the time R. Gershon resided in Jerusalem. Calligraphic signature on title page: "Shlomo Halegua" (his signature appears on the last page as well: "Salomon Halegua").
[1], 35 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Worming, mostly to margins. Tears and damage to several leaves, slightly affecting text in some places. Tape repairs to inner margins of title page and several other leaves. Top margins trimmed with damage and loss to headings. Bottom margins trimmed with loss of text on verso of title page. New leather binding.
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Divrei Agur, principles and rules of Hebrew grammar, by R. Yaakov Finzi. Venice: Zuan (Giovanni) di Gara, [1605]. Only edition.
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura (d. 1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, with his stamps on the title page.
Signature of R. Avraham Chai Mussafia, Torah scholar of Turkey and Jerusalem, author of Tehillah LeDavid on Tehillim.
16 leaves. 13 cm. Good condition. Stains, including yellow stains to lower margins. Leaves trimmed with damage to catchwords. Fine new leather binding.
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Tosafei HaRosh, on Tractates Yevamot and Ketubot. Livorno, [1776].
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber of Sadigura (d. 1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, with his stamps on the title page. Emendations and brief glosses in several places.
[2], 59; 4, 65-97 leaves. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. New binding.
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Responsa Tzemach Tzedek, Even HaEzer, Part I, responsa on agunot, weddings and marriage, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Vilna, 1870. First edition.
Two title pages at beginning of the book; title and imprint printed in gold. Separate title page for laws of weddings.
Stamps of Rebbe Yehoshua Asher Rabinowitz of Porisov-Otwosk (d. Tishrei 1937) on the first title page and other leaves.
[2], 147; [1], 82, [1] leaves. Leaves 95-96 bound out of sequence. 35 cm. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor wear. Minor marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting text on final leaf (with paper repairs). Minor worming. Many stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Original leather binding, worn and damaged, partially detached. Initials lettered in gilt in corner of front board.
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