Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mishnat Chachamim by Rabbi Meshulam Feivish of Kremenets – First Edition, Ostroh, 1796 – Unique Copy with Title Pages for All Six Orders
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Mishnat Chachamim, novellae on the Six Orders of the Mishnah, Parts I-VI, by R. Meshulam Feivish HaLevi Horowitz of Kremenets. Ostroh, [1796]. First edition.
Unique copy with six title pages (see below).
Approbations by the Noda BiYehuda, the Haflaah, R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam, R. Betzalel Margolies Rabbi of Ostroh, R. Refael HaKohen Rabbi of Hamburg and other rabbis. Approbations by R. Eliezer Kalir Rabbi of Kolín and R. David Tzvi Auerbach Rabbi of Kremenets (father-in-law of R. Natan of Breslov) appear at the beginning of Seder Nashim.
The author, R. Meshulam Feivish HaLevi Horowitz (born ca. 1710, died in Kislev between 1785 and 1790), was born and lived his entire life in Kremenets (Ternopil Oblast, South Volhynia, Eastern Galicia), where he taught Torah. In his approbation to this book, R. Eliezer Kalir attests that R. Meshulam Feivish was holy from birth, and praises him for his exceptional greatness in Torah. The Noda BiYehuda, in his approbation, uncharacteristically extolled his virtues, comparing him to the Torah scholars of early generations.
His daughter Gittel wed R. Avraham the Malach, son of the Maggid of Mezeritch (their grandson was R. Yisrael of Ruzhin). Many stories of this match circulate among the Chassidic dynasties of his descendants. Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica relates that when the Maggid of Mezeritch sought "a daughter of a Torah scholar" for his son R. Avraham, he asked that Heaven reveal to him the greatest Torah scholar of that generation, and the one revealed to him was R. Feivel of Kremenets (Toldot HaNiflaot, Warsaw 1899, no. 123).
[3], 33; [1], 15; [1], 22; [1], 20; [1], 24; [1], 46 leaves. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text in a few places. Several leaves trimmed close to text (affecting headings and slightly affecting border of first title page and title page of Nezikin). New leather binding.
This volume includes six title pages – one at the beginning of each Order. The first is a general title page, illustrated. The next two are title pages printed especially for Orders Mo'ed and Nashim (bearing the titles of the Orders). The fourth one, bound before Nezikin, is identical to the first illustrated title page. The last two, bound before Kodashim and Taharot, are general title pages, not illustrated.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records a copy with four title pages only (without title pages before Kodashim and Taharot).
Unique copy with six title pages (see below).
Approbations by the Noda BiYehuda, the Haflaah, R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam, R. Betzalel Margolies Rabbi of Ostroh, R. Refael HaKohen Rabbi of Hamburg and other rabbis. Approbations by R. Eliezer Kalir Rabbi of Kolín and R. David Tzvi Auerbach Rabbi of Kremenets (father-in-law of R. Natan of Breslov) appear at the beginning of Seder Nashim.
The author, R. Meshulam Feivish HaLevi Horowitz (born ca. 1710, died in Kislev between 1785 and 1790), was born and lived his entire life in Kremenets (Ternopil Oblast, South Volhynia, Eastern Galicia), where he taught Torah. In his approbation to this book, R. Eliezer Kalir attests that R. Meshulam Feivish was holy from birth, and praises him for his exceptional greatness in Torah. The Noda BiYehuda, in his approbation, uncharacteristically extolled his virtues, comparing him to the Torah scholars of early generations.
His daughter Gittel wed R. Avraham the Malach, son of the Maggid of Mezeritch (their grandson was R. Yisrael of Ruzhin). Many stories of this match circulate among the Chassidic dynasties of his descendants. Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica relates that when the Maggid of Mezeritch sought "a daughter of a Torah scholar" for his son R. Avraham, he asked that Heaven reveal to him the greatest Torah scholar of that generation, and the one revealed to him was R. Feivel of Kremenets (Toldot HaNiflaot, Warsaw 1899, no. 123).
[3], 33; [1], 15; [1], 22; [1], 20; [1], 24; [1], 46 leaves. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text in a few places. Several leaves trimmed close to text (affecting headings and slightly affecting border of first title page and title page of Nezikin). New leather binding.
This volume includes six title pages – one at the beginning of each Order. The first is a general title page, illustrated. The next two are title pages printed especially for Orders Mo'ed and Nashim (bearing the titles of the Orders). The fourth one, bound before Nezikin, is identical to the first illustrated title page. The last two, bound before Kodashim and Taharot, are general title pages, not illustrated.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records a copy with four title pages only (without title pages before Kodashim and Taharot).
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