Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
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Megaleh Temirin, a satirical parody on Chassidut and its leaders, [by Joseph Perl]. Vienna: Anton Strauss, 1819. First edition.
The book is comprised of 151 fictitious letters exchanged between Chassidim trying to prevent the distribution of an anti-Chassidic book. Megaleh Temirin ridicules the Chassidic doctrine, the Chassidic leaders and the faith of the masses in the tzaddikim. It primarily imitates the style of Shivchei HaBaal Shem Tov and Sipurei Maasiyot.
The author, Joseph Perl of Tarnopol, Galicia (1773-1839), was a radical maskil, one of the leaders of Galician Haskalah. He dedicated his life to his battle against the Chassidim of Galicia, printing anti-Chassidic satires in Hebrew and in Yiddish, denouncing Chassidim to the authorities and harassing them.
[2], 55 leaves. Approx. 26 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tears to title page and first leaves, slightly affecting several words of text, repaired with paper. Worming. New binding.
Yalkut HaRo'im, sharp letters from the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and other rabbis, against Rebbe Dov Ber of Leova and his brother R. Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura, sons of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. With the Shever Posh'im essay on the same topic. Odessa: M.A. Belinson, 1869.
Divisional title page for the Shever Posh'im essay.
80 pages. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Tear to endpaper. Minor marginal tears to title page and several other leaves, repaired with paper (with slight damage to text). Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, damaged.
Em HaBanim Semechah, on Redemption from the final exile, by R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal. Budapest: Salamon Katzburg, 1943. First edition.
First edition of R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal's famous work, regarding the importance of immigrating to Eretz Israel and love for Eretz Israel. The book was composed under difficult circumstances, while the author was hiding from the Nazis. He nevertheless quotes hundreds of sources, from memory.
Signature on endpaper: "Shalom Friedman Madpis", with his ownership inscription in Hungarian. The book contains particularly interesting glosses (in pencil) in his handwriting, containing first hand testimonies of the events of the Holocaust in Transylvania, written as they were happening, in 1944 – glosses on pp. 80, 284.
R. Shalom Friedman (1917-1995) of Mishkoltz, Hungary. Printer in Budapest during the Holocaust. He survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Eretz Israel, where he established the Eshel printing firm in Tel Aviv.
The author, R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal (1885-1945; perished in the Holocaust). Prominent Hungarian rabbi, served as rabbi and dean of Pishtian (Piešťany). During the Holocaust, he changed his position from staunch opposition to Jewish settlement of Eretz Israel to advocating the rebuilding of the land as a means of bringing about the Final Redemption. Also authored Responsa Mishneh Sachir.
[11], 3-360 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Paper somewhat dry and browned. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Minor marginal tears to several leaves. New binding.
Forms for recording testimonies – over 300 forms containing testimonies used to release agunot and provide marriage permits after the Holocaust, signed by dayanim. [Various Hungarian cities, mostly Budapest, 1946-1954]. Hebrew, Yiddish and Hungarian.
Over three hundred signed forms – questionnaires printed on both sides, completed by hand and signed by witnesses and dayanim. Presumably printed by the special Beit Din established in Budapest after the Holocaust for releasing agunot and providing marriage permits. Most of the forms are from 1946-1949, thought some are later (until ca. 1954).
The forms contain first-hand testimonies about people murdered in the German concentration and extermination camps, with identifying details of the person and the circumstances of their demise.
Most of the forms bear signatures of rabbis and Beit Din heads in Budapest, from various periods. Some forms are signed by rabbis of various other cities in Hungary, who received testimonies in their locality. See Hebrew description for partial list of signatories.
Over 300 forms, printed and completed by hand on both sides. Size and condition vary (size of most forms: 29.5 cm. Most in very good condition).
Babylonian Talmud – set of nineteen volumes (without Tractate Nedarim). Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. This is the first complete Talmud edition printed after the Holocaust.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany – at the top is an illustration of a Jewish town; and at the bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp.
19 volumes. Without Tractate Nedarim. 38.5-39.5 cm. Some volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains. Creases to some title pages and to other leaves. Tears, repaired in part with paper. Stamps. Restored bindings, comprised of original bindings with new endpapers, and leather spines and additions.
Collection of books printed in Shanghai in 1942-1947, by yeshiva students who fled to the Far East during the Holocaust. Including a siddur and books on Chassidut, ethics, homiletics, Torah commentaries, and more:
• Siddur Korban Todah (Nusach HaAri-Chabad), with many Yiddish commentaries.
• Or Yisrael, by R. Yisrael of Salant.
• Midrash Rabbah on the Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot. Five parts in four volumes.
• Talpiot, Torah anthology – novellae on Halachic topics by the rabbis and students of the yeshivot exiled in Shanghai. Booklet I-II. No other parts were published.
• Kedushat Levi.
• Netzach Yisrael, by the Maharal of Prague.
• Der Torah Kval, homilies on the Torah portions in Yiddish, edited by Alexander Zusha Friedman. Seven parts in four volumes.
• Der Torah Kval on the books of Bereshit, Shemot and Vayikra. Three parts in one volume. Smaller format.
• Yesod HaAvodah.
• Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah).
• Divrei Emet by the Chozeh of Lublin.
17 volumes. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Tzuk Ha'Itim, events of the 1648-1649 Khmelnytsky uprising, [by R. Meir son of Shmuel of Szczebrzeszyn]. Venice: Vendramin, [1656].
Tzuk Ha'Itim is the first printed chronicle of the Khmelnytsky uprising. The first and second editions feature the name of the true author, R. Meir of Szczebrzeszyn. In the present, third edition, the name of the author was changed to R. Yehoshua son of R. David of Lviv. The poem at the beginning of the book was also changed to adapt the acrostic to the false name of author.
11 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming. Open tears, affecting text and title page border. New binding.
Collection of eulogy books on Rebbe David Moshe Friedman of Chortkov, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura and Rebbe Yisreal Friedman of Chortkov.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
8 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Fourteen eulogy books, mostly printed in the 19th century – eulogies on Torah leaders of Lithuania and Poland, such as R. Shaul Katzenellenbogen, the Chiddushei HaRim, the Malbim, the Maharil Diskin, R. Avraham of Sochatchov, and others.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
14 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Fourteen encyclopedic works, biographies of rabbis and rebbes and history of various communities. 19th-20th centuries:
• Shem HaGedolim – Vaad LaChachamim, by the Chida. [Lviv, 1856].
• Shem HaGedolim HaChadash, by R. Aharon Walden. Warsaw, 1864.
• Zikaron LaRishonim. Satmar, 1909.
• Shem HaGedolim M'Eretz Hager. Three parts in three volumes: Paks, 1913; Munkacs, 1914; Kleinwardein, 1915-1918.
• Zichron Tzadikim. Cluj, [1923].
• Luach Agudat Rabbanei Slovakia. Tyrnau (Trnava), 1925. Parts I and II in two volumes.
• Yikra DeChayei, Part I. Szinérváralja (Seini), 1928.
• Temunat HaGedolim. Neu-Pest, 1925.
• Anshei Shem, Part I (no other parts were printed). Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 1940.
• Toldot Anshei Shem, Part I (no other parts were printed). New York, 1950.
14 books. Size and condition vary. Most with new bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Velvet cover of the table which served R. Ovadia Yosef during his famous broadcast address in the Yazdim synagogue.
Red velvet; gilt embroidery. Several inscriptions, including "Address of R. Ovadia Yosef, Rishon LeTzion and president of Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, delivered at the Tiferet Yerushalayim central synagogue of the Yazdim community…".
R. Ovadia Yosef's famous weekly address took place every Saturday night, for decades, in the Tiferet Yerushalayim LeAdat HaYazdim synagogue (known as the Yazdim synagogue) in the Bucharim neighborhood, Jerusalem, and was broadcasted live to thousands of listeners at various locations in Israel and worldwide. R. Ovadia Yosef's public influence increased greatly due to these addresses, and he used them to imbue in his listeners the pride of uncompromising observance of halachah and sending the youth to Torah schools and yeshivot.
The present cover was prepared especially in honor of R. Ovadia, and was laid on the table he sat by while delivering his address. This cover was in use in his final years at the Yazdim synagogue (until he began delivering the weekly address from his synagogue in Har Nof, due to his failing health).
Approx. 45X155X70 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor defects.