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November 22, 2022
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $6,875
Including buyer's premium
Arizal Siddur Kol Yaakov, Part I – weekday prayers, and Part II – prayers for Shabbat and festivals, with homilies and the kavanot of the Arizal, by the kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel Lifshitz of Mezeritch. [Slavita: R. Dov Ber Segal and R. Dov Ber son of R. Pesach, 1804]. First edition.
The Kol Yaakov siddur with commentaries, kavanot, laws and customs based on kabbalah, was particularly cherished by foremost Chassidic leaders. Many of them prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table, including the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal and R. Avraham of Tshechnov. Some of them even wrote glosses in the margins of the siddur. R. Asher Tzvi of Ostroh writes in his approbation to the siddur: "I have heard that the holy Baal Shem Tov saw this siddur and deemed it fit".
The kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch also composed the kabbalistic work Shaarei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803). The title page of the latter states that a reliable source related how this siddur was brought before the Baal Shem Tov, and he read a few verses from it, hugged and kissed it, expressing great reverence for it. The scholars of Mezeritch likewise write in their approbations of the veneration the Baal Shem Tov displayed for this siddur. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev praises the author in his approbation: "He is already renowned amongst the Jewish people as a reliable kabbalist, who's words all emanate from Divine Inspiration".
R. Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.
Copy of R. Yehuda Grünwald author of Zichron Yehuda, which was later passed down to his nephew and disciple R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman. On the final leaf, inscription (presumably handwritten by R. Avraham Chanoch): " From the estate of R. Y.G. author of Responsa Zichron Yehuda, Shevet Yehuda on the Torah, and other holy books"; the inscription concludes with the stamp of R. Avraham Chanoch: "Avraham Chanoch Friedman, Dayan of the Orthodox community, Satmar". Additional stamps of his (faded) on leaf 3.
R. Yehuda Grünwald (1848-1920), author of Zichron Yehuda, a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. An outstanding Torah scholar, renowned since his youth as a holy, G-d fearing man. A disciple of the Ketav Sofer, and son-in-law of the latter's brother R. Yozpa Sofer son of the Chatam Sofer (his teacher the Ketav Sofer acclaimed him at his wedding as "Holy of Holies"). Already as a student, he was a close friend of his fellow students R. Chaim Sonnenfeld (later rabbi of Jerusalem) and R. Moshe Grünwald (later rabbi of Khust, author of Arugat HaBosem), and maintained close ties with them throughout his life. He served as rabbi of Sobotište and Bonyhád, and in 1898, was appointed rabbi of Satmar. Wherever he served as rabbi he also maintained a large yeshiva, which in Satmar numbered hundreds of students, many of whom later served as rabbis and dayanim in Hungary and Romania (his renowned disciples include: R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer Rabbi of Selish and Kraków; R. Shemaya Löw Rabbi of Kerestir; R. Chaim Betzalel Paneth Rabbi of Reteag; R. Moshe David Ostreicher Rabbi of Cimpa; R. Naftali Herztke Hönig Rabbi of Sharmash [Sărmaşu]; and others).
When R. Yoel Teitelbaum settled in Satmar as a young Torah scholar, shortly after his wedding, he was held in high esteem by R. Yehuda Grünwald, who drew him close and supported him financially. When slanderers tried contending that R. Yoel was not truly needy, since he distributed much money to charity, R. Yehuda was moved, and exclaimed that in such a case, he was even more needy, and he thereafter increased his regular support. Years later, when R. Yoel served as rabbi of Satmar, he was very careful not to alter the halachic customs of the shechitah in the city, which were based on the holy instructions of the Zichron Yehuda.
R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman (1866-1944; perished in the Holocaust), grandson of the Chatam Sofer, close disciple and confidant of his uncle R. Yehuda Grünwald, who adopted him as a son and arranged his marriage with his niece. He arranged for print and published the writings of his teacher R. Yehuda Grünwald and of his grandfather the Chatam Sofer.
Ownership inscriptions on the front endpaper: "This siddur was allotted to me, as an inheritance from my holy forefathers, Moshe Aryeh son of R. Y.Y. HaKohen"; "Aharon Meir grandson of the aforementioned Tzaddik, and his brother Moshe Aryeh ---". Handwritten emendation on p. 106a.
[5], 156; 134, 146-153, 155-188 leaves. Title page lacking, replaced in photocopy. 20 cm. Partially printed on bluish paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark dampstains. Tears, including open tears affecting text (large open tears affecting most of leaf [2]), repaired in part with paper; with photocopy text replacement on several leaves. Worming, affecting text, repaired in part with paper (several leaves with significant worming to inner margins). Two detached leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
The Kol Yaakov siddur with commentaries, kavanot, laws and customs based on kabbalah, was particularly cherished by foremost Chassidic leaders. Many of them prayed regularly from this siddur, retaining it continually on their table, including the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, the Arvei Nachal and R. Avraham of Tshechnov. Some of them even wrote glosses in the margins of the siddur. R. Asher Tzvi of Ostroh writes in his approbation to the siddur: "I have heard that the holy Baal Shem Tov saw this siddur and deemed it fit".
The kabbalist R. Yaakov Koppel of Mezeritch also composed the kabbalistic work Shaarei Gan Eden (Korets, 1803). The title page of the latter states that a reliable source related how this siddur was brought before the Baal Shem Tov, and he read a few verses from it, hugged and kissed it, expressing great reverence for it. The scholars of Mezeritch likewise write in their approbations of the veneration the Baal Shem Tov displayed for this siddur. R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev praises the author in his approbation: "He is already renowned amongst the Jewish people as a reliable kabbalist, who's words all emanate from Divine Inspiration".
R. Yaakov Koppel's books are adapted and edited compilations of the writings of the Remak, R. Chaim Vital and R. Yisrael Sarug, with the addition of his own novellae.
Copy of R. Yehuda Grünwald author of Zichron Yehuda, which was later passed down to his nephew and disciple R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman. On the final leaf, inscription (presumably handwritten by R. Avraham Chanoch): " From the estate of R. Y.G. author of Responsa Zichron Yehuda, Shevet Yehuda on the Torah, and other holy books"; the inscription concludes with the stamp of R. Avraham Chanoch: "Avraham Chanoch Friedman, Dayan of the Orthodox community, Satmar". Additional stamps of his (faded) on leaf 3.
R. Yehuda Grünwald (1848-1920), author of Zichron Yehuda, a leading rabbi and yeshiva dean in Hungary. An outstanding Torah scholar, renowned since his youth as a holy, G-d fearing man. A disciple of the Ketav Sofer, and son-in-law of the latter's brother R. Yozpa Sofer son of the Chatam Sofer (his teacher the Ketav Sofer acclaimed him at his wedding as "Holy of Holies"). Already as a student, he was a close friend of his fellow students R. Chaim Sonnenfeld (later rabbi of Jerusalem) and R. Moshe Grünwald (later rabbi of Khust, author of Arugat HaBosem), and maintained close ties with them throughout his life. He served as rabbi of Sobotište and Bonyhád, and in 1898, was appointed rabbi of Satmar. Wherever he served as rabbi he also maintained a large yeshiva, which in Satmar numbered hundreds of students, many of whom later served as rabbis and dayanim in Hungary and Romania (his renowned disciples include: R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer Rabbi of Selish and Kraków; R. Shemaya Löw Rabbi of Kerestir; R. Chaim Betzalel Paneth Rabbi of Reteag; R. Moshe David Ostreicher Rabbi of Cimpa; R. Naftali Herztke Hönig Rabbi of Sharmash [Sărmaşu]; and others).
When R. Yoel Teitelbaum settled in Satmar as a young Torah scholar, shortly after his wedding, he was held in high esteem by R. Yehuda Grünwald, who drew him close and supported him financially. When slanderers tried contending that R. Yoel was not truly needy, since he distributed much money to charity, R. Yehuda was moved, and exclaimed that in such a case, he was even more needy, and he thereafter increased his regular support. Years later, when R. Yoel served as rabbi of Satmar, he was very careful not to alter the halachic customs of the shechitah in the city, which were based on the holy instructions of the Zichron Yehuda.
R. Avraham Chanoch Friedman (1866-1944; perished in the Holocaust), grandson of the Chatam Sofer, close disciple and confidant of his uncle R. Yehuda Grünwald, who adopted him as a son and arranged his marriage with his niece. He arranged for print and published the writings of his teacher R. Yehuda Grünwald and of his grandfather the Chatam Sofer.
Ownership inscriptions on the front endpaper: "This siddur was allotted to me, as an inheritance from my holy forefathers, Moshe Aryeh son of R. Y.Y. HaKohen"; "Aharon Meir grandson of the aforementioned Tzaddik, and his brother Moshe Aryeh ---". Handwritten emendation on p. 106a.
[5], 156; 134, 146-153, 155-188 leaves. Title page lacking, replaced in photocopy. 20 cm. Partially printed on bluish paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark dampstains. Tears, including open tears affecting text (large open tears affecting most of leaf [2]), repaired in part with paper; with photocopy text replacement on several leaves. Worming, affecting text, repaired in part with paper (several leaves with significant worming to inner margins). Two detached leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $20,000
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Sold for: $81,250
Including buyer's premium
Tefillah Yesharah and Keter Nehora siddur, Sefard rite, with kavanot of the Arizal, commentaries and many additions, including: Netiv Mitzvotecha and Tehillim (with separate title page). Satmar – "As printed in Berditchev": R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, 1942. Two title pages. Including additional approbations given specifically to this edition, by Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz and Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar.
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar. His name "Yoel Teitelbaum" is lettered on the front board.
Many inscriptions on the endpapers, title pages and first leaves, as well as alongside various prayers (for Torah, health, etc.) – names written by Chassidim and associates who wished to be remembered in the Rebbe's prayers.
The siddur shows signs of extensive usage. This siddur presumably accompanied the rebbe in his prayers for many years – from the printing of the siddur in Satmar in 1942, in the midst of WWII, during the Holocaust and his rescue journey, until his final years in the United States.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
[8], 4-11, [10] pages; [2], 36 pages; 5-464, [24] pages; [1], 2-80, 40 pages. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, extensive wear, tears and open tears, affecting text. First leaves detached. Tape repairs to several leaves. Original leather binding, damaged and worn, partially detached. Lettered on spine: "Siddur Tefillah Yesharah Berditchev". Lettered on front board: "Yoel Teitelbaum".
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar. His name "Yoel Teitelbaum" is lettered on the front board.
Many inscriptions on the endpapers, title pages and first leaves, as well as alongside various prayers (for Torah, health, etc.) – names written by Chassidim and associates who wished to be remembered in the Rebbe's prayers.
The siddur shows signs of extensive usage. This siddur presumably accompanied the rebbe in his prayers for many years – from the printing of the siddur in Satmar in 1942, in the midst of WWII, during the Holocaust and his rescue journey, until his final years in the United States.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
[8], 4-11, [10] pages; [2], 36 pages; 5-464, [24] pages; [1], 2-80, 40 pages. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, extensive wear, tears and open tears, affecting text. First leaves detached. Tape repairs to several leaves. Original leather binding, damaged and worn, partially detached. Lettered on spine: "Siddur Tefillah Yesharah Berditchev". Lettered on front board: "Yoel Teitelbaum".
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $10,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $50,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium
Derech Chaim siddur – Sefard rite, with commentaries, ethics and laws in Yiddish, compiled by R. Yitzchak Hamburger of Kraków. Vienna: Joseph Schlesinger, 1908. Bound with Book of Tehillim (with separate title page).
Copy of Rebbetzin Chava Teitelbaum – first wife of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, rabbi of Satmar (the rebbe may have also used the siddur over the years).
Inscriptions in Hebrew on the endpapers: "Chava Teitelbaum", and various inscriptions in Latin characters: "Teutelbomm Joel Satu-Mare". On the title page and other leaves: stamps of a bookstore in Satmar.
Rebbetzin Chava Teitelbaum (ca. 1880s – 1936), daughter of R. Avraham Chaim Horowitz Rabbi of Polaniec (from the Rozvadov-Ropshitz dynasty). She married R. Yoel Teitelbaum in Shevat 1904 (several days before the passing of her father-in-law the Kedushat Yom Tov). The couple settled in Satmar, where her husband gathered an elite group of disciples and chassidim, whom he taught Torah and Chassidut. Her husband later served as rabbi of Orsheva (Irshava), Karoly (Carei; from 1925) and Satmar (from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. Three daughters were born to the rebbe from his wife Rebbetzin Chava, all of which passed away in their father's lifetime without leaving descendants: the eldest, Esther, died in her youth in 1921. The second daughter, Rachel Teitelbaum, married her cousin R. Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, rebbe of Sighet, and passed away at the age of twenty in 1931. The third daughter, Chaya Raizel, married her cousin the Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum of Sassov. She passed away in Cheshvan 1954 and was buried in the Tiberias cemetery.
[10], 15-18, 3-6 pages; 19, 22-30, 33-81; [1], 31, 33-54, 57-67, 70-219 leaves; [17] leaves, 32 pages; 16; 53; 13, 18-21 leaves. Misfoliation – presumably lacking some 22 leaves in various places; several leaves bound out of sequence. Approx. 20 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and extensive wear. Open tears to many leaves (including large open tears), affecting text (repaired in part with tape). Lacking leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Copy of Rebbetzin Chava Teitelbaum – first wife of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, rabbi of Satmar (the rebbe may have also used the siddur over the years).
Inscriptions in Hebrew on the endpapers: "Chava Teitelbaum", and various inscriptions in Latin characters: "Teutelbomm Joel Satu-Mare". On the title page and other leaves: stamps of a bookstore in Satmar.
Rebbetzin Chava Teitelbaum (ca. 1880s – 1936), daughter of R. Avraham Chaim Horowitz Rabbi of Polaniec (from the Rozvadov-Ropshitz dynasty). She married R. Yoel Teitelbaum in Shevat 1904 (several days before the passing of her father-in-law the Kedushat Yom Tov). The couple settled in Satmar, where her husband gathered an elite group of disciples and chassidim, whom he taught Torah and Chassidut. Her husband later served as rabbi of Orsheva (Irshava), Karoly (Carei; from 1925) and Satmar (from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. Three daughters were born to the rebbe from his wife Rebbetzin Chava, all of which passed away in their father's lifetime without leaving descendants: the eldest, Esther, died in her youth in 1921. The second daughter, Rachel Teitelbaum, married her cousin R. Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, rebbe of Sighet, and passed away at the age of twenty in 1931. The third daughter, Chaya Raizel, married her cousin the Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum of Sassov. She passed away in Cheshvan 1954 and was buried in the Tiberias cemetery.
[10], 15-18, 3-6 pages; 19, 22-30, 33-81; [1], 31, 33-54, 57-67, 70-219 leaves; [17] leaves, 32 pages; 16; 53; 13, 18-21 leaves. Misfoliation – presumably lacking some 22 leaves in various places; several leaves bound out of sequence. Approx. 20 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains and extensive wear. Open tears to many leaves (including large open tears), affecting text (repaired in part with tape). Lacking leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $4,250
Including buyer's premium
Shaar HaKavanot, sixth of eight "gates", which R. Chaim Vital composed from the teachings of his teacher the Arizal, "who received from the mouth of Eliyahu". Jerusalem: published by R. Menchen Heilprin and R. Shlomo Moussaieff, in the press of R. Yitzchak Nachum Levy, 1902. Title page printed in purple and gold. Bound with: Yafeh Shaah, by R. Shlomo son of R. Yehuda HaKohen. Jerusalem, 1902.
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Stamps of the rebbe on the title page and on several other leaves, from his tenures as rabbi of Karoly (Carei) and Orsheva (Irshava).
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
[1], 111, [2] leaves; [1], 24 leaves. 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear, creases and some tears. New leather binding. Leaves from other books enclosed (possibly also from the library of the rebbe of Satmar).
Copy of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Stamps of the rebbe on the title page and on several other leaves, from his tenures as rabbi of Karoly (Carei) and Orsheva (Irshava).
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
[1], 111, [2] leaves; [1], 24 leaves. 36 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear, creases and some tears. New leather binding. Leaves from other books enclosed (possibly also from the library of the rebbe of Satmar).
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,500
Estimate: $3,000 - $6,000
Sold for: $5,250
Including buyer's premium
Kaftor VaFerach, about Eretz Israel and the laws pertaining to it, by R. Eshtori HaParchi. [Venice: Meir son of Jacob Parenzo, 1548?]. First edition. Copy lacking title page.
First rabbinic study of Eretz Israel and its borders. R. Eshtori son of R. Moshe HaParchi, a Spanish and Provençal Torah scholar in the times of the Ramban, who lived in and toured Eretz Israel for seven years, studied its sites and clarified its laws. This work is the primary source for those researching the borders of Eretz Israel according to the Torah, and for the study of the commandments pertaining to the land.
Important ownership – from the library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. On the front endpapers, stamps from his tenure as rabbi of Karoly (Carei). Many handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers, including inscriptions handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, author of Tiv Gittin, rabbi of Bonyhád and Ungvar (Uzhhorod).
The book contains several glosses in early Ashkenazic-Italian script. Many signatures of "Leib Eisenstadt", and several glosses in his handwriting (two of them are signed – pp. 80b and 422b). The endpapers contain various inscriptions signed by R. Leib Eisenstadt, and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller: Inscription by R. Leib Eisenstadt from Adar 1826 in Vienna, regarding lending the book to the rabbi of Eisenstadt, with a request to return it with a reliable messenger before the end of the summer. Another inscription from Vienna, 18th Elul 1828, regarding lending the book for three months to the rabbi of Bonyhád. Followed by an inscription handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, confirming that he received the book on the 26th Elul 1828. An additional inscription handwritten by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, dated Monday 24th Iyar 1834 in Alt-Ofen, attesting that he received the book from the heirs of the above-mentioned person (Ishim BiTeshuvot HaChatam Sofer, p. 349, states that R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller moved from Ungvar to Alt-Ofen in the middle of 1834 – he was apparently already there in Iyar).
R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (1776-1835, Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Galicia, II, pp. 665-671), leading Hungarian rabbi, known as "R. Hirsh Charif" for his brilliance and perspicacity. He served as rabbi of Brigel, Galicia, and later as prominent yeshiva dean in Brody. He was compelled to flee the city after he was informed upon, reached Hungary, and served as rabbi of Bonyhád, Ungvar, and Alt-Ofen (Óbuda). He edified prominent disciples, including Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Liska and R. Shlomo Ganzfried author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. He authored Chiddushei Tiv Gittin and other works.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
2-24, 24-95, 95-109, 200-209, 300-309, 400-444, 444-447, [2] leaves. Lacking title page. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal tears, open tears and wear. Marginal paper repairs to several leaves. Stamps, signatures and inscriptions by various writers. New leather binding.
Printer's colophon on final leaf. Date of printing according to A.M. Habermann, The Parenzo Printers in Venice, Aresheth, I, 1959, p. 69, no. 6.
First rabbinic study of Eretz Israel and its borders. R. Eshtori son of R. Moshe HaParchi, a Spanish and Provençal Torah scholar in the times of the Ramban, who lived in and toured Eretz Israel for seven years, studied its sites and clarified its laws. This work is the primary source for those researching the borders of Eretz Israel according to the Torah, and for the study of the commandments pertaining to the land.
Important ownership – from the library of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. On the front endpapers, stamps from his tenure as rabbi of Karoly (Carei). Many handwritten inscriptions on the endpapers, including inscriptions handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, author of Tiv Gittin, rabbi of Bonyhád and Ungvar (Uzhhorod).
The book contains several glosses in early Ashkenazic-Italian script. Many signatures of "Leib Eisenstadt", and several glosses in his handwriting (two of them are signed – pp. 80b and 422b). The endpapers contain various inscriptions signed by R. Leib Eisenstadt, and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller: Inscription by R. Leib Eisenstadt from Adar 1826 in Vienna, regarding lending the book to the rabbi of Eisenstadt, with a request to return it with a reliable messenger before the end of the summer. Another inscription from Vienna, 18th Elul 1828, regarding lending the book for three months to the rabbi of Bonyhád. Followed by an inscription handwritten and signed by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, confirming that he received the book on the 26th Elul 1828. An additional inscription handwritten by R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller, dated Monday 24th Iyar 1834 in Alt-Ofen, attesting that he received the book from the heirs of the above-mentioned person (Ishim BiTeshuvot HaChatam Sofer, p. 349, states that R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller moved from Ungvar to Alt-Ofen in the middle of 1834 – he was apparently already there in Iyar).
R. Tzvi Hirsh Heller (1776-1835, Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Galicia, II, pp. 665-671), leading Hungarian rabbi, known as "R. Hirsh Charif" for his brilliance and perspicacity. He served as rabbi of Brigel, Galicia, and later as prominent yeshiva dean in Brody. He was compelled to flee the city after he was informed upon, reached Hungary, and served as rabbi of Bonyhád, Ungvar, and Alt-Ofen (Óbuda). He edified prominent disciples, including Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Liska and R. Shlomo Ganzfried author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. He authored Chiddushei Tiv Gittin and other works.
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979), a leader of his generation, president of the Edah HaChareidit and leader of American Orthodox Jewry, one of the founding pillars of Chassidic Jewry after the Holocaust. Born in Sighet, he was the son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov, and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev, who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. After his marriage to the daughter of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Polaniec, he settled in Satmar and taught Torah and Chassidut to an elite group of disciples and followers. He served as rabbi of Irshava, Karoly (Carei; from 1925), and Satmar (Satu Mare; from 1934), managing in each of these places a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. During the Holocaust, he was rescued through the famous Kastner Train, and after a journey through Bergen-Belsen, Switzerland and Eretz Israel, he reached the United States, where he established the largest Chassidic group in the world.
2-24, 24-95, 95-109, 200-209, 300-309, 400-444, 444-447, [2] leaves. Lacking title page. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal tears, open tears and wear. Marginal paper repairs to several leaves. Stamps, signatures and inscriptions by various writers. New leather binding.
Printer's colophon on final leaf. Date of printing according to A.M. Habermann, The Parenzo Printers in Venice, Aresheth, I, 1959, p. 69, no. 6.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $15,000
Including buyer's premium
Or Pnei Moshe, homiletics, ethics and Chassidic teachings on the Torah and Five Megillot, by R. Moshe Sofer Stam of Pshevorsk (Przeworsk). Mezeritch (Mezhirichi): Mordechai Katz and Naftali Hertz son of Aryeh Leib, [1810]. First edition.
Copy of Rebbe Avraham Matityahu Friedman of Shtefanesht (Stefáneşti), with his ink stamp (slightly faded) on the title page, depicting a lion in the center; an additional stamp of his (embossed) at the top of the title page.
The author was a great Chassidic leader in the generation of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk and his brother R. Zusha of Anipoli, who held him in high esteem. The book bears many approbations extolling the great holiness of the book and its author, accorded by foremost Chassidic leaders such as R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Chozeh of Lublin, R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, the Ohev Yisrael of Apta and the Be'er Mayim Chaim.
The Chozeh of Lublin writes in his approbation: "…as a child, I subjected myself to his authority, and drank from his faithful waters, and I knew that all his matters were for the sake of Heaven only, to give satisfaction to G-d, and he was so elevated, that R. Moshe Alshech would appear to him…". Indeed, Or Pnei Moshe is based upon the teachings of R. Moshe Alshech, and it quotes him extensively, expounding upon his words. In their approbation (added to some copies of the book), the sons of R. Zusha of Anipoli quote a testimony from their great father, who described to them how the author composed this book, having observed him while he was studying, "and his appearance resembled that of a heavenly angel, and while he was writing his holy book, a tongue of flame would rise from his holy written words".
R. Moshe of Pshevorsk (1720?-1806) was renowned amongst the great Chassidic leaders as a supremely holy and pure Torah scribe. Tefillin and mezuzot he scribed were deemed exceptionally holy, and some were preserved from generation to generation with particular care. Reputedly, R. Elimelech of Lizhensk attested that he saw King David standing beside R. Moshe, and they thereafter became acquainted (Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, III, p. 303). In a letter from R. Moshe to R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, he writes to him that the price of his tefillin is one red-gulden, yet he is unable to keep up with the demand. Many traditions and legends were recorded regarding this matter.
The rebbe of Shtefanest, Rebbe Avraham Matityahu Friedman (1848-1933, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 131-132), famous tzadik and wonder-worker. He was the son of Rebbe Nachum of Shtefanesht, son of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. He succeeded his father at the age of 21, and under his leadership, Shtefanesht grew to be an important Chassidic center. He served as rebbe for over 60 years. He was re-interred in Eretz Israel in the Nachalat Yitzchak cemetery, and his gravesite serves until this day as a pilgrimage destination for prayer and salvation.
Handwritten inscription on the title page: "Yeshaya son-in-law of R. Chaim M[--??]".
[2], 240 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, and dark stains to several leaves. Tears, including minor open tears (minor tear to title page), affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Minor worming, slightly affecting text. Abrasions and minor defects to several leaves, affecting text. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text in several places. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
Without two additional leaves of approbations (leaves 3-4), added to some copies after the printing.
Copy of Rebbe Avraham Matityahu Friedman of Shtefanesht (Stefáneşti), with his ink stamp (slightly faded) on the title page, depicting a lion in the center; an additional stamp of his (embossed) at the top of the title page.
The author was a great Chassidic leader in the generation of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk and his brother R. Zusha of Anipoli, who held him in high esteem. The book bears many approbations extolling the great holiness of the book and its author, accorded by foremost Chassidic leaders such as R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Chozeh of Lublin, R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, the Ohev Yisrael of Apta and the Be'er Mayim Chaim.
The Chozeh of Lublin writes in his approbation: "…as a child, I subjected myself to his authority, and drank from his faithful waters, and I knew that all his matters were for the sake of Heaven only, to give satisfaction to G-d, and he was so elevated, that R. Moshe Alshech would appear to him…". Indeed, Or Pnei Moshe is based upon the teachings of R. Moshe Alshech, and it quotes him extensively, expounding upon his words. In their approbation (added to some copies of the book), the sons of R. Zusha of Anipoli quote a testimony from their great father, who described to them how the author composed this book, having observed him while he was studying, "and his appearance resembled that of a heavenly angel, and while he was writing his holy book, a tongue of flame would rise from his holy written words".
R. Moshe of Pshevorsk (1720?-1806) was renowned amongst the great Chassidic leaders as a supremely holy and pure Torah scribe. Tefillin and mezuzot he scribed were deemed exceptionally holy, and some were preserved from generation to generation with particular care. Reputedly, R. Elimelech of Lizhensk attested that he saw King David standing beside R. Moshe, and they thereafter became acquainted (Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, III, p. 303). In a letter from R. Moshe to R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, he writes to him that the price of his tefillin is one red-gulden, yet he is unable to keep up with the demand. Many traditions and legends were recorded regarding this matter.
The rebbe of Shtefanest, Rebbe Avraham Matityahu Friedman (1848-1933, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, pp. 131-132), famous tzadik and wonder-worker. He was the son of Rebbe Nachum of Shtefanesht, son of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. He succeeded his father at the age of 21, and under his leadership, Shtefanesht grew to be an important Chassidic center. He served as rebbe for over 60 years. He was re-interred in Eretz Israel in the Nachalat Yitzchak cemetery, and his gravesite serves until this day as a pilgrimage destination for prayer and salvation.
Handwritten inscription on the title page: "Yeshaya son-in-law of R. Chaim M[--??]".
[2], 240 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains, and dark stains to several leaves. Tears, including minor open tears (minor tear to title page), affecting text, repaired in part with tape. Minor worming, slightly affecting text. Abrasions and minor defects to several leaves, affecting text. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text in several places. Inscriptions. New leather binding.
Without two additional leaves of approbations (leaves 3-4), added to some copies after the printing.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $3,500
Including buyer's premium
Midrash Rivash Tov, selections from the teachings and sayings of R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, by R. Yehuda Leib Abraham of Edelény. Two parts. Kecskemét (Hungary): R. Mordechai Abraham, 1927. First edition. Two title pages, the first printed in red and blue.
Copy of R. Mordechai Rokeach, the "Bilgorayer Rav", with his signature at the top of the title page: " Mordechai Rokeach son of the late rebbe of Belz".
R. Mordechai Rokeach, the "Bilgorayer Rav" (1901-1949, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut III, pp. 224-225), was the son of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz. Following the death of his father, he was appointed rabbi of Biłgoraj, renouncing the position of rebbe to his older brother. During the Holocaust, after much wandering, he was reunited with his brother and they travelled together, eventually miraculously succeeding in reaching Eretz Israel. Upon their arrival, R. Mordechai became one of the most prominent figures in Eretz Israel and assisted his brother with the reestablishment of the Belz dynasty. In 1946, upon receiving word that his wife and children were murdered in the Holocaust, he remarried. He passed away shortly thereafter. His only son from that marriage, the current Rebbe of Belz, was born in Shevat 1948.
[3], 2-119 pages; 112 pages. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to final leaf and marginal tears to several leaves. New leather binding.
Copy of R. Mordechai Rokeach, the "Bilgorayer Rav", with his signature at the top of the title page: " Mordechai Rokeach son of the late rebbe of Belz".
R. Mordechai Rokeach, the "Bilgorayer Rav" (1901-1949, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut III, pp. 224-225), was the son of Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz. Following the death of his father, he was appointed rabbi of Biłgoraj, renouncing the position of rebbe to his older brother. During the Holocaust, after much wandering, he was reunited with his brother and they travelled together, eventually miraculously succeeding in reaching Eretz Israel. Upon their arrival, R. Mordechai became one of the most prominent figures in Eretz Israel and assisted his brother with the reestablishment of the Belz dynasty. In 1946, upon receiving word that his wife and children were murdered in the Holocaust, he remarried. He passed away shortly thereafter. His only son from that marriage, the current Rebbe of Belz, was born in Shevat 1948.
[3], 2-119 pages; 112 pages. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to final leaf and marginal tears to several leaves. New leather binding.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Noam Megadim UKevod HaTorah, homiletics, pilpul, ethics and Chassidut on the Torah portions, by R. Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz, rabbi of Tarnogród. Lviv, [1807]. First edition. With approbations by foremost Chassidic leaders, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Chozeh of Lublin, the Ohev Yisrael of Apta and the Yismach Moshe.
Copy of Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz. On first leaf, stamp from when he was living in Tel Aviv. Inscription (trimmed) under the stamp, dedicating the book to the rebbe. "I acquired it with my wealth… Chanoch Zundel son of Perel, and I gave it in honor of the rebbe…". On verso, inscription attesting to having received the book as wedding gift from the rebbe of Vizhnitz. Signatures: "Yisrael Yaakov Heilperin"; other stamps.
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of Imrei Chaim (1888-1972), second son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. He escaped the camps in 1944, returning to Grosswardein (Oradea) after the Holocaust. In 1947, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and established the Kiryat Vizhnitz neighborhood in Bnei Brak. He rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidic dynasty, and set up its institutions. He was one of the leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Eretz Israel, and a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings were published in the Imrei Chaim series.
The author, R. Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806), a holy and eminent Torah scholar, disciple of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk and the Maggid of Zlotchov. In this book, he quotes numerous Torah thoughts from prominent and early Chassidic masters. The book bears 11 approbations by leaders of that generation, highlighting the holiness and asceticism of the author. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him in his approbation: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven... and he was very exceptional and unparalleled, whether in halachah or aggadah… and an exceptional orator…". The Maggid of Kozhnitz writes in his approbation: "and all the teachings in this book were established to instruct on the way of acquiring holiness and true humility".
Incomplete copy. [2], 34, 37-62, 65-102; 7-8, 11-22, 25-74 leaves. Lacking 20 leaves in various places: title page and second leaf, leaves 35-36, 63-64 of first sequence, and leaves 1-6, 9-10, 23-24, 75-76, [2] of second sequence. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears, including large open tears to final two leaves, with significant damage to text, repaired with paper. Tape repairs to first leaf, over text. Leaves trimmed with damage to text in several places. Stamps. New binding.
Copy of Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz. On first leaf, stamp from when he was living in Tel Aviv. Inscription (trimmed) under the stamp, dedicating the book to the rebbe. "I acquired it with my wealth… Chanoch Zundel son of Perel, and I gave it in honor of the rebbe…". On verso, inscription attesting to having received the book as wedding gift from the rebbe of Vizhnitz. Signatures: "Yisrael Yaakov Heilperin"; other stamps.
Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, author of Imrei Chaim (1888-1972), second son and successor of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. He escaped the camps in 1944, returning to Grosswardein (Oradea) after the Holocaust. In 1947, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and established the Kiryat Vizhnitz neighborhood in Bnei Brak. He rebuilt the Vizhnitz Chassidic dynasty, and set up its institutions. He was one of the leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Eretz Israel, and a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings were published in the Imrei Chaim series.
The author, R. Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród (d. 1806), a holy and eminent Torah scholar, disciple of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk and the Maggid of Zlotchov. In this book, he quotes numerous Torah thoughts from prominent and early Chassidic masters. The book bears 11 approbations by leaders of that generation, highlighting the holiness and asceticism of the author. The Chozeh of Lublin acclaims him in his approbation: "…all his ways were for the sake of Heaven... and he was very exceptional and unparalleled, whether in halachah or aggadah… and an exceptional orator…". The Maggid of Kozhnitz writes in his approbation: "and all the teachings in this book were established to instruct on the way of acquiring holiness and true humility".
Incomplete copy. [2], 34, 37-62, 65-102; 7-8, 11-22, 25-74 leaves. Lacking 20 leaves in various places: title page and second leaf, leaves 35-36, 63-64 of first sequence, and leaves 1-6, 9-10, 23-24, 75-76, [2] of second sequence. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming, affecting text. Tears, including large open tears to final two leaves, with significant damage to text, repaired with paper. Tape repairs to first leaf, over text. Leaves trimmed with damage to text in several places. Stamps. New binding.
Category
Chassidut – Signatures and Glosses
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $15,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Sold for: $21,250
Including buyer's premium
Halachot Gedolot, following the order of the Babylonian Talmud, by R. Shimon Kayyara, with glosses and novellae by R. Avraham Shimon Traub of Keidan. Warsaw: R. Yitzchak Goldman, 1874.
Copy of Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch – signature and stamp of the rebbe on the title page: "Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn"; "S.B.S.". Additional signature on leaf 2: "Shalom Dov Ber", and signature extending over leaf 7 of first sequence and leaf 7 of second sequence: "Shalom Dov Ber".
Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn – the Rashab of Lubavitch (1861-1920), fifth rebbe of the Chabad dynasty. A prominent leader of Russian Jewry. Son of Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch, and son-in-law of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch (son of the Tzemach Tzedek). After the passing of his father the Maharash in Tishrei 1883, he at first refused to serve as rebbe, yet with time he began to lead the Chassidim, and in 1894 he was acting as rebbe in all senses. The Lubavitch Chassidut expanded considerably in his times. In 1897, the Rashab founded the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Lubavitch, and later opened several additional branches of the yeshiva in other towns. In 1916, during WWI, he fled Lubavitch together with the yeshiva students, and settled in Rostov, southwestern Russia. He lived there until his passing in Nissan 1920, and there he was buried.
Rebbe Rashab was one of the prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Russia. He reached the peak of his communal activity at the famous rabbinical conference in St. Petersburg in 1910, and at the preliminary conference held in Vilna 1909, where his leadership abilities and great impact were revealed. He was completely devoted to the needs of the Jewish people and to improving its material and spiritual state. Rebbe Rashab was one of the first to fight the Zionist movement. His articulate and eloquent letter against Zionism, which was published in the book Or LaYesharim (Warsaw 1900), caused a great uproar at the time. His writings in Halachah were compiled in the book Torat Shalom (Brooklyn 2013). His profound Chassidic essays were published in twenty-nine volumes, in several editions. The Rashab also composed the famous booklets of guidance for the students of the Tomchei Temimim yeshivot: Etz HaChaim, Kuntress HaTefillah and Kuntress HaAvodah.
16; 296 pages. 27.5 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Stains. Stamps. New binding.
Copy of Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch – signature and stamp of the rebbe on the title page: "Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn"; "S.B.S.". Additional signature on leaf 2: "Shalom Dov Ber", and signature extending over leaf 7 of first sequence and leaf 7 of second sequence: "Shalom Dov Ber".
Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn – the Rashab of Lubavitch (1861-1920), fifth rebbe of the Chabad dynasty. A prominent leader of Russian Jewry. Son of Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch, and son-in-law of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch (son of the Tzemach Tzedek). After the passing of his father the Maharash in Tishrei 1883, he at first refused to serve as rebbe, yet with time he began to lead the Chassidim, and in 1894 he was acting as rebbe in all senses. The Lubavitch Chassidut expanded considerably in his times. In 1897, the Rashab founded the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Lubavitch, and later opened several additional branches of the yeshiva in other towns. In 1916, during WWI, he fled Lubavitch together with the yeshiva students, and settled in Rostov, southwestern Russia. He lived there until his passing in Nissan 1920, and there he was buried.
Rebbe Rashab was one of the prominent leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Russia. He reached the peak of his communal activity at the famous rabbinical conference in St. Petersburg in 1910, and at the preliminary conference held in Vilna 1909, where his leadership abilities and great impact were revealed. He was completely devoted to the needs of the Jewish people and to improving its material and spiritual state. Rebbe Rashab was one of the first to fight the Zionist movement. His articulate and eloquent letter against Zionism, which was published in the book Or LaYesharim (Warsaw 1900), caused a great uproar at the time. His writings in Halachah were compiled in the book Torat Shalom (Brooklyn 2013). His profound Chassidic essays were published in twenty-nine volumes, in several editions. The Rashab also composed the famous booklets of guidance for the students of the Tomchei Temimim yeshivot: Etz HaChaim, Kuntress HaTefillah and Kuntress HaAvodah.
16; 296 pages. 27.5 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Stains. Stamps. New binding.
Category
Chabad – Books and Signatures
Catalogue
Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for: $5,250
Including buyer's premium
Year-round prayers according to the text of the Arizal, with a commentary based on the kavanot of the Arizal, two parts, by Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – the Baal HaTanya. Berditchev (Berdychiv): Shmuel son of Yissachar Ber Segal, [1818].
Two parts in two volumes.
This edition was brought to print by R. Menachem Nachum, son of the Mitteler Rebbe, together with his brother-in-law R. Yekutiel Zalman, son-in-law of the Mitteler Rebbe and grandson of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
Some ten new discourses by the Baal HaTanya were printed for the first time in this edition of the siddur. The new discourses, which cover over 50 pages, are marked with inverted parentheses. The additions are mentioned on the title page: "With many additions… of holy teachings… which were not published in the previous siddur" [the Kopust 1816 edition].
Handwritten inscription on the final leaf of vol. I, prayer for the Redemption: "May it be G-d's will… that Mashiach should come speedily, and the secrets of kabbalah shall be unveiled, and this Torah and wisdom shall be exposed like a garment which is in plain view…". The inscription concludes with a signature (deleted and difficult to decipher). Deleted signature on title page of vol. I.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [3], 6-46, [1], 49-94, 93-100, 105-169 leaves. Vol. II: 162 leaves. 20.5 cm. Vol. I in good-fair condition, vol. II in fair condition. Stains. Dampstains and dark stains to vol. II. Open tears, affecting text in several places, repaired with paper (with handwritten replacement of several words on one leaf in vol. I). Large open tears to title page and final leaf of vol. II, affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Extensive worming to vol. I, affecting text, repaired with paper (with handwritten text replacement). Marginal paper repairs to several leaves in vol. II. Leaves trimmed with damage to text in several places. New leather bindings.
Two parts in two volumes.
This edition was brought to print by R. Menachem Nachum, son of the Mitteler Rebbe, together with his brother-in-law R. Yekutiel Zalman, son-in-law of the Mitteler Rebbe and grandson of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
Some ten new discourses by the Baal HaTanya were printed for the first time in this edition of the siddur. The new discourses, which cover over 50 pages, are marked with inverted parentheses. The additions are mentioned on the title page: "With many additions… of holy teachings… which were not published in the previous siddur" [the Kopust 1816 edition].
Handwritten inscription on the final leaf of vol. I, prayer for the Redemption: "May it be G-d's will… that Mashiach should come speedily, and the secrets of kabbalah shall be unveiled, and this Torah and wisdom shall be exposed like a garment which is in plain view…". The inscription concludes with a signature (deleted and difficult to decipher). Deleted signature on title page of vol. I.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [3], 6-46, [1], 49-94, 93-100, 105-169 leaves. Vol. II: 162 leaves. 20.5 cm. Vol. I in good-fair condition, vol. II in fair condition. Stains. Dampstains and dark stains to vol. II. Open tears, affecting text in several places, repaired with paper (with handwritten replacement of several words on one leaf in vol. I). Large open tears to title page and final leaf of vol. II, affecting text, repaired with paper. Worming, affecting text. Extensive worming to vol. I, affecting text, repaired with paper (with handwritten text replacement). Marginal paper repairs to several leaves in vol. II. Leaves trimmed with damage to text in several places. New leather bindings.
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $10,000
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Likutei Amarim – Tanya, by R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Brooklyn, 1978.
With the signature of the Lubavitcher rebbe, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, at the end of the book.
The following was written about this signature of the rebbe: "At the end of the month of Tishrei 1978, during private audiences with guests, the rebbe gave instructions to go to the office to receive a Tanya…These books were especially cherished because they bore the signature of the rebbe himself, on the book of the Tanya at its end…" (Kovetz L'Chizuk HaHitkashrut, 29, Tishrei 2010, p. 7).
[4], 167, [2], 169-216, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. New (non-original) leather binding.
With the signature of the Lubavitcher rebbe, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, at the end of the book.
The following was written about this signature of the rebbe: "At the end of the month of Tishrei 1978, during private audiences with guests, the rebbe gave instructions to go to the office to receive a Tanya…These books were especially cherished because they bore the signature of the rebbe himself, on the book of the Tanya at its end…" (Kovetz L'Chizuk HaHitkashrut, 29, Tishrei 2010, p. 7).
[4], 167, [2], 169-216, [1] leaves. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. New (non-original) leather binding.
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Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
November 22, 2022
Opening: $15,000
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Sold for: $18,750
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Responsa and commentaries – She'erit Yosef, by R. Yosef Katz, rabbi of Kraków (brother-in-law of the Rema). Kraków: Isaac Prostitz, [1590]. First edition.
Copy with glosses handwritten by the author (one of them signed), and many glosses by a contemporary Torah leader.
On p. 31b, at the end of the second paragraph, the author added in his handwriting: "This needs more study", and at the foot of the leaf he added a gloss (partially trimmed), signed: "so says Yosef" (in a handwriting identical to that of his full signature – see following item).
Over twenty lengthy, scholarly glosses in Ashkenazic script from the time of the printing (some trimmed). It is apparent that the writer was a Torah leader in the times of the author, however we were unable to conclusively identify the writer. In his glosses, he challenges the author without hesitation, even dismissing his words in sharp terms.
In a gloss on p. 26b (erroneously marked 28), the writer mentions his work, presumably a commentary on the Tur or on Shulchan Aruch: "…as I resolved it in my commentary".
The contents of this gloss parallel teachings of the Bach in his commentary on the Tur, in this section, as well as the Shach's comments in his work on the Shulchan Aruch. We were however unable to conclusively identify the writer.
Most the glosses are found in the novellae and commentary section (on the Mordechai and Tur Choshen Mishpat), apart from one other lengthy gloss on p. 9a, by the same writer.
[6], 5-92; 32 leaves. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears and worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Old binding, damaged.
The book opens with [2] leaves comprising 4 responsa added after the printing was completed. These leaves were presumably added to only a few copies (see: Y. Yudlov, Ginzei Yisrael, no. 724).
Rabbi Yosef Katz Author of She'erit Yosef – Brother-in-Law of the Rema, Leading Halachic Authority, Rabbi and Yeshiva Dean in Kraków
R. Yosef son of R. Mordechai Gershon Katz (ca. 1511-1591), rabbi of Kraków, brother-in-law of the Rema and leading Torah scholar in his times. He was appointed dayan in the Kraków Beit Din in 1541, as a young man. With time, he was promoted to the highest panel of the Beit Din, sitting alongside R. Moshe Segal Landau and R. Moshe Isserles – the Rema (author of HaMapah on the Shulchan Aruch). The Rema later became his brother-in-law when he married Kreindel, the sister of R. Yosef Katz (in 1542, after the passing of the first wife of the Rema, Golda daughter of R. Shachna of Lublin). At the end of a ruling from 1558 (section 78 in the present book, last responsum in the responsa section), the community scribe lists the three dayanim in the following order: R. Moshe Landau, R. Yosef Katz, and the Rema. The Rema, when referring to this ruling in one of his responsa (section 17, 2), humbly writes that he was included as third dayan by default – "I am the least of them"
Apart from his position as dayan, R. Yosef Katz served as yeshiva dean in Kraków, and after the passing of the Rema, he was recognized as the foremost Torah disseminator and community leader in Kraków. He was reputed throughout the Jewish world as an outstanding Torah scholar, posek and halachic authority, and even his brother-in-law the Rema took his rulings into consideration and accepted his teachings. Amongst the Torah leaders who sent R. Yosef Katz their rulings and asked for his opinion was the Maharshal, who despite being known as a resolute individual who would not flatter anyone, writes of him with admiration and self-effacement, describing his own teachings as the discussions of a student before his teacher. One of R. Yosef Katz's Torah enterprises was the publication of Sefer HaAgudah by R. Alexander Suslin HaKohen of Frankfurt, in Kraków 1571, after toiling to proofread and correct it based on an old manuscript he obtained. A year before his passing, R. Yosef Katz brought to print his book She'erit Yosef, comprising for the main part responsa, as well as novellae and commentaries on the Mordechai (on various tractates) and on Tur Choshen Mishpat. She'erit Yosef spread rapidly after its publication amongst the Torah scholars of the generation, who discuss the novellae and rulings found in the book and quote them in their works. These include his contemporaries (disciples of the Rema and the Maharsha) R. Binyamin Aharon Slonik in his book Mas'at Binyamin and R. Yehoshua Falk, the Sema, in his book Derisha UPerisha. R. Yoel Sirkis, the Bach, who succeeded him as rabbi of Kraków, mentions him in his work; followed by R. Shabtai Katz, the Shach, who discusses his teachings several times in his work on the Shulchan Aruch.
His contemporary, R. David Ganz of Prague (disciple of the Rema), describes R. Yosef Katz in his book Tzemach David as bearing four crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, the crown of royalty and greatness, and the crown of a good name.
His epitaph reads: "…R. Yosef son of R. Mordechai Gershon Katz, rabbi and yeshiva dean here in Kraków for over fifty years…".
(For a detailed biography of R. Yosef Katz, see introduction by R. Moshe David Chechik at the beginning of She'erit Yosef, Zichron Aharon edition, Jerusalem 2017).
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