Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Esh Dat, Mutzal MeEsh – Constantinople, 1718 – Rabbis' Signatures – Copy of Rabbi Chaim Berlin
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Sold for: $450
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Esh Dat, homilies on the weekly Torah portions, and Mutzal MeEsh, responsa, by R. Chaim Alfandari. Constantinople, [1718]. First edition.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" – signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden – leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany.
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" – R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other leaves bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" – the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears in several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
Ownership inscription on title page: "…Avraham HaLevi of Chelm" – signature of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden – leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany.
Another ownership inscription: "…from my mother, the Rebbetzin… Gavriel Adler HaKohen" – R. Gavriel HaKohen Adler Rabbi of Meiringen and Oberdorf, brother of R. Natan Adler Rabbi of London, died in 1859.
The title page and other leaves bear stamps of R. "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, formerly Rabbi of Moscow and of Volozhin, currently in Jerusalem" – the renowned R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation and an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. Eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin.
[2], 84; 42 leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. A strip of paper reinforcing inner margin of title page, affecting the border of the title page. Small tears in several places, without loss. Owners' stamps. New leather binding.
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