Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial

Olat Yitzchak – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1692 – Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura and His Son Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of Melnitsa

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Olat Yitzchak, Mahadura Tinyana, laws of shechitot and bedikot following the order of Mahari Weil, by R. Yitzchak son of Yeshaya of Tarnogród. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1692]. Title page headed by an illustration of the ram at Akedat Yitzchak, with the caption "Olat Yitzchak".
Copy of Rebbe Nachum Dov Ber Friedman of Sadigura (d. 1883), grandson of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin. The title page bears two of his stamps: one with his name, "Nachum Dovber Friedman", and a lion emblem in its center, and another – "Kinyan Kaspi" (my acquisition). He bequeathed the book to his son Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of Melnitsa (Melnytsya-Podilska), whose stamp appears at the bottom of the title page: "Shalom Yosef son of R. Nachum Dov Friedman – Melnitsa, Galicia".
Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of Melnitsa (1871-1927, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, III, p. 690), son of R. Nachum Dov Friedman of Sadigura. Served as rebbe in Melnitsa and later relocated to Lviv. Famed for his knowledge of medical matters. He was succeeded by his son, R. Moshe Aharon of Melnitsa.
[36] leaves. 19 cm. Browned paper. Good condition. Few stains. Stamps. New leather binding with minor damage.
Chassidut – Books with Signatures, Ownership Inscriptions, Handwritten Glosses and Dedications
Chassidut – Books with Signatures, Ownership Inscriptions, Handwritten Glosses and Dedications