Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Niflaot Chadashot – Rabbi Noach Mindes Lipschitz, Mechutan of the Gaon of Vilna – First Edition – Horodna, 1797
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Niflaot Chadashot, commentaries, homiletics, and kabbalistic allusions on the Torah portions and more, by R. Noach Mindes Lipschitz of Vilna (mechutan of the Gaon of Vilna). Horodna, 1797. First edition.
The book was printed anonymously, yet the author's name is alluded to in the title of the work and in the riddle on verso of the title page.
The author, R. Noach son of R. Avraham Lipschitz (d. 1797 shortly after the Gaon of Vilna and was buried close to him), father-in-law of R. Avraham son of the Gaon of Vilna and prominent Torah scholar and kabbalist in Vilna.
Signature on title page.
[4], 32, [2] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fine copy. Good condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. New binding
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1554.
The book was printed anonymously, yet the author's name is alluded to in the title of the work and in the riddle on verso of the title page.
The author, R. Noach son of R. Avraham Lipschitz (d. 1797 shortly after the Gaon of Vilna and was buried close to him), father-in-law of R. Avraham son of the Gaon of Vilna and prominent Torah scholar and kabbalist in Vilna.
Signature on title page.
[4], 32, [2] leaves. 20.5 cm. Fine copy. Good condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting text, repaired with paper. New binding
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 1554.
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