Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Letters Handwritten and Signed by the Scholar Solomon Buber – Lviv, 1872-1894
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A dozen of letters handwritten and signed by the scholar Solomon Buber, addressed to the scholar Ya'akov Reifman. Lemberg (Lviv), 1872-1894. Hebrew.
Buber's letters deal mainly with Judaic research; in them, he describes his work on editing the Midrashim "Midrash Tanchuma", "Midrash Shmuel", "Lekach Tov", and the book "Shibolei Haleket" and comments on Reifman's studies.
In one of the letters Buber asks Reifman to review his work of editing Midrash Tanchuma: "My lips shall ask his honor to write a review of the Tanchuma and speak about my work which I have been laboring on for five years having worked day and night to clarify the words of the Sages. Who but him knows the heavy and tremendous work which I have loaded on myself and the hard labor which I have done to publish the perfect in its splendor book" (The fifth of Tishrei 1885). In another letter, he clarifies: "And far be it from me to seek honor, since thank G-d I have enough, my wish is only that it be known that the books have been published, so that the printers will see the fruit of their labor" (the seventh of Tishrei 1893).
Solomon Buber (1827-1906), a Jewish scholar, researcher and editor. Grandfather of the philosopher Martin Buber. His great literary enterprise – scientific editions of a series of Talmudic Midrashim – was greatly appreciated by the Jewish Enlightenment Movement and traditional Judaism alike. Buber served during his lifetime as a member of the presidency of the Jewish community of Lviv, as the chairman of the chamber of commerce of Lviv and as one of the main writers of the Jewish weekly 'Ivri Anochi'. His grandson, Martin Buber, wrote of him in his composition "Darki el HaChassidut" (My Way to Hasidism): "The Midrash was the world in which Solomon Buber had lived, from wonderful mental concentration, from the marvelous intensity of his work, he published text after text… speaking Hebrew (which he frequently did when visited by visitors who were speakers of foreign languages) the chiming of his speech was like that of a prince returning from his exile" (Hebrew).
The addressee, Ya'akov Reifman (1818-1894), an autodidact writer and scholar; the author of dozens of books and articles on Jewish history, Bible study and additional subjects. One of the first and leading members of the Enlightenment Movement in the city of Zamosch (Poland).
12 letters. Size and condition vary (most of the letters are several pages long). Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains, creases and tears to edges (most of them small). One letter is in fair-bad condition, with open tears.
Buber's letters deal mainly with Judaic research; in them, he describes his work on editing the Midrashim "Midrash Tanchuma", "Midrash Shmuel", "Lekach Tov", and the book "Shibolei Haleket" and comments on Reifman's studies.
In one of the letters Buber asks Reifman to review his work of editing Midrash Tanchuma: "My lips shall ask his honor to write a review of the Tanchuma and speak about my work which I have been laboring on for five years having worked day and night to clarify the words of the Sages. Who but him knows the heavy and tremendous work which I have loaded on myself and the hard labor which I have done to publish the perfect in its splendor book" (The fifth of Tishrei 1885). In another letter, he clarifies: "And far be it from me to seek honor, since thank G-d I have enough, my wish is only that it be known that the books have been published, so that the printers will see the fruit of their labor" (the seventh of Tishrei 1893).
Solomon Buber (1827-1906), a Jewish scholar, researcher and editor. Grandfather of the philosopher Martin Buber. His great literary enterprise – scientific editions of a series of Talmudic Midrashim – was greatly appreciated by the Jewish Enlightenment Movement and traditional Judaism alike. Buber served during his lifetime as a member of the presidency of the Jewish community of Lviv, as the chairman of the chamber of commerce of Lviv and as one of the main writers of the Jewish weekly 'Ivri Anochi'. His grandson, Martin Buber, wrote of him in his composition "Darki el HaChassidut" (My Way to Hasidism): "The Midrash was the world in which Solomon Buber had lived, from wonderful mental concentration, from the marvelous intensity of his work, he published text after text… speaking Hebrew (which he frequently did when visited by visitors who were speakers of foreign languages) the chiming of his speech was like that of a prince returning from his exile" (Hebrew).
The addressee, Ya'akov Reifman (1818-1894), an autodidact writer and scholar; the author of dozens of books and articles on Jewish history, Bible study and additional subjects. One of the first and leading members of the Enlightenment Movement in the city of Zamosch (Poland).
12 letters. Size and condition vary (most of the letters are several pages long). Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains, creases and tears to edges (most of them small). One letter is in fair-bad condition, with open tears.
Manuscripts, Letters, Signatures and Dedications
Manuscripts, Letters, Signatures and Dedications