Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Binyan Yehoshua, commentary on Avot DeRabbi Natan, Tractate Semachot and Tractate Derech Eretz, by R. Yehoshua Falk of Lissa and Breslau. Dyhernfurth: R. Yechiel Michel May, 1788. First edition.
Copy of the Rashash of Vilna, with his signature on the title page: "Shmuel Strashun". Inscription in square script at the end of the foreword: "Shmuel Strashuner". Two brief glosses in his handwriting.
R. Shmuel Strashun – the Rashash (1793-1872) was a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. Son of R. Yosef of Zaskevich and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from the village of Strashun, who moved with his family to Vilna and became one of the leaders of the Vilna community. His glosses on the Talmud were printed in the Vilna editions of the Talmud under the title Hagahot HaRashash, and they cover the entire Talmud (with the exception of only 8 pages – Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). Hagahot HaRashash is a classic work on the Talmud, widely discussed in the books of the Acharonim and in discourses of yeshiva deans. His glosses to the Mishnah, Midrash Raba and the Rambam were also printed.
[2], 24, 24-29; 9; 9 leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Copy of the Rashash of Vilna, with his signature on the title page: "Shmuel Strashun". Inscription in square script at the end of the foreword: "Shmuel Strashuner". Two brief glosses in his handwriting.
R. Shmuel Strashun – the Rashash (1793-1872) was a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. Son of R. Yosef of Zaskevich and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from the village of Strashun, who moved with his family to Vilna and became one of the leaders of the Vilna community. His glosses on the Talmud were printed in the Vilna editions of the Talmud under the title Hagahot HaRashash, and they cover the entire Talmud (with the exception of only 8 pages – Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). Hagahot HaRashash is a classic work on the Talmud, widely discussed in the books of the Acharonim and in discourses of yeshiva deans. His glosses to the Mishnah, Midrash Raba and the Rambam were also printed.
[2], 24, 24-29; 9; 9 leaves. 31 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Yam shel Shlomo, on Tractate Chullin, by R. Shlomo Luria – the Maharshal. Fürth: Joseph Petschau and his son Mendel Be'er, [1766].
Important ownership. On the title page, ownership inscriptions of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia and his son-in-law R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger; stamps of R. Akiva Yosef (depicting the Western Wall); signature and stamp of R. Yechezkel Roth (later Karlsburger Rav, United States – Meron). Early, trimmed signature at the top of the title page.
R. Hillel Lichtenstein (1815-1891), prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Born in Vécs to the dayan R. Baruch Bendit. He was renowned from a young age for his fear of G-d and attachment to his Creator, and when he studied in the Pressburg yeshiva, he was a cherished disciple of the Chatam Sofer, who held him in high regard for his pure fear of G-d. He served as rabbi of Marghita (Hungary, present day: Romania) and Szikszó, Hungary, and in 1867 was appointed rabbi of Kolomyia, Galicia (present day: Ukraine). A famous preacher, he battled to preserve faithful Judaism, and reproved his generation for breaches made to Torah observance. He was held in high esteem by the leading rabbis of his generation, and the Divrei Chaim Rebbe of Sanz praised him profusely. His responsa were published in Teshuvot Beit Hillel (Satmar 1908) and his sermons were published in the four parts of his book Maskil El Dal, Et Laasot, and more.
His son-in-law, R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1838-1922), author of Lev HaIvri. Born in Pressburg, he was circumcised by the Chatam Sofer. He studied under leading Hungarian rabbis, and was extremely zealous in fighting the Reform and Haskalah movements, continuing this struggle after immigrating to Jerusalem in 1870. He was active in support of Jewish settlement and agriculture in Eretz Israel, and also came into conflict with members of the Old Yishuv over his opposition to the methods of the Chaluka (distribution of funds), and over other affairs. The Bnei Ayish settlement was named after him.
R. Yechezkel Roth, the Karlsburger Rav (1935-2021), grandson of R. Moshe Roth Rabbi of Homorod, a descendant of Rebbe Yechezkel Paneth Rabbi of Karlsburg. He immigrated to Eretz Israel after the Holocaust and studied in the Beit Yosef Tzvi and Yitav Lev yeshivot in Jerusalem, under R. Moshe Aryeh Freund. After his marriage, he served as posek of the Edah HaCharedit and rabbi of the Satmar community in Katamon. In 1972, he was summoned by the rebbe of Satmar to serve as rabbi of the Satmar community in Boro Park, U.S., where he founded his Beit Midrash – K'hal Yir'ei Hashem – Karlsburg. In 1983, he built a house and Beit Midrash in Meron, and in his later years, he would spend many months a year in Meron. He authored many works: Emek HaTeshuvah, Emek Shemateta, Chazon Yechezkel, Keren HaTorah, and more.
[1], 2-98 leaves. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. New leather binding.
Important ownership. On the title page, ownership inscriptions of R. Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia and his son-in-law R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger; stamps of R. Akiva Yosef (depicting the Western Wall); signature and stamp of R. Yechezkel Roth (later Karlsburger Rav, United States – Meron). Early, trimmed signature at the top of the title page.
R. Hillel Lichtenstein (1815-1891), prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Born in Vécs to the dayan R. Baruch Bendit. He was renowned from a young age for his fear of G-d and attachment to his Creator, and when he studied in the Pressburg yeshiva, he was a cherished disciple of the Chatam Sofer, who held him in high regard for his pure fear of G-d. He served as rabbi of Marghita (Hungary, present day: Romania) and Szikszó, Hungary, and in 1867 was appointed rabbi of Kolomyia, Galicia (present day: Ukraine). A famous preacher, he battled to preserve faithful Judaism, and reproved his generation for breaches made to Torah observance. He was held in high esteem by the leading rabbis of his generation, and the Divrei Chaim Rebbe of Sanz praised him profusely. His responsa were published in Teshuvot Beit Hillel (Satmar 1908) and his sermons were published in the four parts of his book Maskil El Dal, Et Laasot, and more.
His son-in-law, R. Akiva Yosef Schlesinger (1838-1922), author of Lev HaIvri. Born in Pressburg, he was circumcised by the Chatam Sofer. He studied under leading Hungarian rabbis, and was extremely zealous in fighting the Reform and Haskalah movements, continuing this struggle after immigrating to Jerusalem in 1870. He was active in support of Jewish settlement and agriculture in Eretz Israel, and also came into conflict with members of the Old Yishuv over his opposition to the methods of the Chaluka (distribution of funds), and over other affairs. The Bnei Ayish settlement was named after him.
R. Yechezkel Roth, the Karlsburger Rav (1935-2021), grandson of R. Moshe Roth Rabbi of Homorod, a descendant of Rebbe Yechezkel Paneth Rabbi of Karlsburg. He immigrated to Eretz Israel after the Holocaust and studied in the Beit Yosef Tzvi and Yitav Lev yeshivot in Jerusalem, under R. Moshe Aryeh Freund. After his marriage, he served as posek of the Edah HaCharedit and rabbi of the Satmar community in Katamon. In 1972, he was summoned by the rebbe of Satmar to serve as rabbi of the Satmar community in Boro Park, U.S., where he founded his Beit Midrash – K'hal Yir'ei Hashem – Karlsburg. In 1983, he built a house and Beit Midrash in Meron, and in his later years, he would spend many months a year in Meron. He authored many works: Emek HaTeshuvah, Emek Shemateta, Chazon Yechezkel, Keren HaTorah, and more.
[1], 2-98 leaves. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and tears. New leather binding.
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Books of Important Ownership – Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
Responsa of R. Yitzchak HaLevi, brother and teacher of the Taz. Part I. Neuwied (Germany): Johann Balthasar Haupt, 1736.
Ownership inscription handwritten and signed by the Malbim at the top of the title page: " I acquired this book… Meir Leibush Malbim author of Artzot HaChaim VehaShalom, rabbi of Wreschen". A different signature on leaf [2]: "Nathan of Lissa". On the final leaf, stamp of R. Chaim Berlin, who later owned a large part of the Malbim's library.
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, well versed in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
The signature in this book is from the time the Malbim served as rabbi of Wreschen (Września, Poznań County), between 1837-1841, and mentions the first books he printed: Artzot HaChaim on the Shulchan Aruch (printed in Breslau, 1837), and Artzot HaShalom, homilies (printed in Krotoszyn, 1839).
[2], 24, 27-33 leaves (originally: [1], 33 leaves; lacking leaves 25-26). Approx. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear, open tears and extensive worming, affecting text. Marginal paper repairs to most leaves. New cloth binding.
This copy includes an additional leaf (leaf [2] – approbations), which is not found in all copies. It is printed on one side only (the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists a copy in which this leaf was pasted on the verso of the title page, over the proofreader's foreword).
Ownership inscription handwritten and signed by the Malbim at the top of the title page: " I acquired this book… Meir Leibush Malbim author of Artzot HaChaim VehaShalom, rabbi of Wreschen". A different signature on leaf [2]: "Nathan of Lissa". On the final leaf, stamp of R. Chaim Berlin, who later owned a large part of the Malbim's library.
R. Meir Leibush Malbim (=Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel; 1809-1879), a Biblical commentator and leading rabbi of his generation, well versed in both revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (his teacher for Kabbalah was R. Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov). In his youth, he authored the book Artzot HaChaim on Shulchan Aruch, which earned the effusive approbation of the Chatam Sofer and gained him renown as an exceptional Torah scholar.
Wherever he served as rabbi or visited (he served as rabbi of Wreschen, Kempen, Bucharest, Kherson, Łęczyca, Mogilev and Königsberg), he was renowned for the uncompromising battle he waged against modernism, Haskalah and Reform, which elicited much harassment. During his tenure in Bucharest, he fought the Maskilim, who retaliated by contriving a blood libel. This resulted in him being imprisoned and sentenced to death, and only thanks to the intervention of Sir Moses Montefiore was his punishment reduced to expulsion from Romania.
The spread of Haskalah drove him to devote his time and skills to composing a systematic commentary to the Bible, with the goal of clarifying the depth of wisdom which lies in the words of the sages, and proving the veracity of Oral law. Thus came to be his famous commentary to the Bible, which was well-received throughout the Jewish world and reprinted in hundreds of editions.
The signature in this book is from the time the Malbim served as rabbi of Wreschen (Września, Poznań County), between 1837-1841, and mentions the first books he printed: Artzot HaChaim on the Shulchan Aruch (printed in Breslau, 1837), and Artzot HaShalom, homilies (printed in Krotoszyn, 1839).
[2], 24, 27-33 leaves (originally: [1], 33 leaves; lacking leaves 25-26). Approx. 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear, open tears and extensive worming, affecting text. Marginal paper repairs to most leaves. New cloth binding.
This copy includes an additional leaf (leaf [2] – approbations), which is not found in all copies. It is printed on one side only (the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists a copy in which this leaf was pasted on the verso of the title page, over the proofreader's foreword).
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