Online Auction 44 - Chabad
A Special Chabad Auction on the Occasion of "Yom HaBahir", Yud (the 10th of) Shevat – Day of Passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, and Day of the Ascendancy to Leadership of the Lubavitcher Rebbe"
She'erit Yehuda, laws of Melichah (salting meat) from Shulchan Aruch (sections 69-74), with commentary and responsa on all four parts of Shulchan Aruch, by R. Yehuda Leib, Posek and Maggid in Janowitz, brother and close disciple of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi – Baal HaTanya. Vilna: Menachem Mann and Simcha Zimmel, 1841. First edition (on blue paper).
Brought to print by R. Ze'ev Wolf, son of the Maharil of Janowitz.
On title page, stamps of R. Chim Shimon Rudelson, Rabbi of Borisov, Minsk Governorate (ca. 1840-1902).
[1], 49 ff. 22 cm. Bluish paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal browning to most leaves. Wear (significant wear to title page). Worming to most leaves, with minor damage to text. Minor tears. Inscriptions and stamps to title page. New leather binding.
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This edition is based on the 1807-1810 Slavita edition. Title page of part I printed in red and black. Printed on blue paper.
Approbation by R. Yehuda Leib, the Maharil of Janowitz, brother and close disciple of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch.
Two parts in two volumes:
* Part I (on Tractates Berakhot, Shabbat and Eruvin – 1818): [3]. 52; 17; 100; 46 ff. Handwritten inscriptions and signatures on title page.
* Part II (on Tractates Pesahim, Ta'anit, Beitza, Rosh Hashanah, Yoma, Sukkah, Megillah, Mo'ed Katan and Halachot Ketanot – 1820): 214 ff. Stamps.
Approx. 34-35 cm. Blue paper. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains and dampstains (large dampstains in part II). Creases and minor wear. Worming, affecting text. Leaves trimmed unevenly. Stamps. Censorship inscription. Old bindings (with new spines), worn. Significant worming to binding of part II.
Responsa Bigdei Yesha, by Shmuel ben Yosef HaLevi Segal of Urla, Dayan in Białystok (d. 1845). Vilna: Menachem Mann and Simcha Zimmel, 1844. Only edition.
17 Approbation Letters from prominent Rabbis and Posekim of that generation.
In leaf [2/2], among the letters of Approbation, is a letter on behalf of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, by his son Rebbe Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi. In his letter, the Tzemach Tzedek apologizes for not granting an approbation to the present book (in fact, the Tzemach Tzedek did not grant any approbations, except for one, given to "Sefer Or HaGanuz"; see: "Beis Rabbi", 1902, p. 63, footnote IV).
Signature on title page.
[3], 33; 24 ff. Approx. 36.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Wear. Tears and worming, slightly affecting text. Small open tear to title page, not affecting text. Censorship expurgation. Inscriptions. Stamp. New binding.
The first six parts comprise essays printed from Rebbe Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn's manuscripts. Part VII is composed of sermons, taken down by the author's disciples ("Shomeim Muvhakim"), edited and corrected by him.
Seven parts in seven volumes.
* Part I (Bereshit): [4], 48 ff.
* Part II (Shemot): [2], 57 ff.
* Part III (Vayikra): [2], 50 ff.
* Part IV (BaMidbar): [2], 80 ff.
* Part V (Devarim): [2], 105, [1] ff.
* Part VI (Shir HaShirim, selections and wedding homilies): [2], 49 ff. Lacking 2 final leaves (list of abbreviations).
* Part VII (essays recorded by the author's listeners and index): [2], 74, [1]; 15 ff.
Approx. 30-32 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dark stains. Tears and worming to parts V and VII (significant worming to final leaves of part VII, affecting text). Open tears to title pages of parts I and IV; Large tears to title page and few leaves of part V. New matching bindings.
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Sefer Kav Naki, on "Sidrei Gittin" and "Hilchot Gittin", by Rabbi Avraham David Lavut. Warsaw: Nathan Schriftgiesser, 1868. First edition. Two parts in one volume; two title pages to part I; separated title page to part II.
The Author - R. Avraham David Lavut (1815-1890; forefather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe), Rabbi of Nikolayev and a prominent Chabad Rabbi. He was a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch and his son, the Rebbe Maharash.
With approbation by Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneerson, eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek and great-great-grandfather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Approbation by Rabbi Yosef Tumarkin (1813-1874), of the “lions” among the Tzemach Tzedek’s disciples, Rabbi of Soran and Kremenchuk.
Handwritten glosses in several leaves; Lengthy gloss on page 30/2. Gloss in leaf 29/2 refers to the saying by the Tzemach Tzedek.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions to endpaper and title page.
* Part I: 27, [1], 27-59 ff. Leaves 4-7 of first sequence bound out of order (after leaf 27). * Part II: 39, [1] ff. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, affecting text. Inscriptions, glosses and stamps. New binding.
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Beit Aharon VeHosafot, references for the Talmud, Chazal, books of Kabbalah and Chabad Chassidut, following the order of the verses of the Bible, by R. Avraham David Lavut (1815-1890), Rabbi of Nikolayev. Vilna: Yehuda Leib Mac, 1880. Only edition.
Signature and stamp of the author, and approbation of rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch, on leaf [2\1].
[3], 2-180 ff. 33 cm. Good condition. Dark stains. Browning. Minor marginal tears to several leaves (marginal open tears to title page and final leaf, not affecting text). Some short glosses. Inscriptions and stamps. New binding.
R. Avraham David Lavut (1815-1890; forefather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe), Rabbi of Nikolayev and a prominent Chabad Rabbi; a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch and his son, the Rebbe Maharash.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.