Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Machzor for the Three Festivals – Czernowitz, 1855 – Copy of Rebbe Aryeh Leib Halberstam of Mushina

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Machzor Korban Aharon for the Three Festivals, with the Mateh Levi commentary and Yiddish translation. Czernowitz (Chernivtsi), 1855.
Various stamps of Rebbe "Aryeh Leib Halberstam – Rabbi of Mushina [Muszyna]"; "R. Aryeh Leib Halberstam, grandson of the Rabbi of Sanz and of the Rabbi of Sighet… previously rabbi of Mushina – now in Kezmark [Kežmarok]". Early stamps on pp. 48b and 57b: "Yisrael Yitzchak Shamash of Belz".
Rebbe Aryeh Leib Halberstam of Mushina (1870-1943, perished in the Holocaust; Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p. 313), son of Rebbe Moshe Halberstam Rabbi of Bardiov (Bardejov; 1850-1903) and son-in-law of R. Shmuel Rokeach Rabbi of Skohl (Sokal; 1851-1911, eldest son of Rebbe Yehoshua of Belz). On his father's side, he was a descendant of the Divrei Chaim and the Yitav Lev (his grandfather, Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz, was the son of the Divrei Chaim and son-in-law of the Yitav Lev). Served as dayan and posek in Skohl, and from 1904, as rabbi and rebbe in Mushina. In ca. 1930s, he moved to Kezmark.
[1], 2-205 leaves. 28 cm. High-quality paper. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and signs of usage. Open tears to first leaves and final leaves. Open tears, with loss of text, to leaves 199-202 (with old paper repairs). New leather binding.
Books Owned by Chassidic Leaders – Signatures, Glosses, Ownership Inscriptions and Stamps
Books Owned by Chassidic Leaders – Signatures, Glosses, Ownership Inscriptions and Stamps