Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Responsa Zera Avraham, Part I – Constantinople, 1732 – First Edition – Glosses Handwritten by R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim Rabbi of Leipnik, Author of Baruch Taam
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Responsa Zera Avraham, part I, on Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat, by R. Avraham Yitzchaki Rabbi of Jerusalem. Constantinople, [1732]. First edition.
Copy of R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim author of Baruch Taam, with four glosses in his handwriting. These glosses were presumably never published. Ownership inscription on the back endpaper attesting that the book belonged to R. Baruch Fränkel, rabbi of Leipnik.
R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim (1760-1828), author of Baruch Taam. A prominent Torah leader of his generation, he served as rabbi of Vishnitsa and later of Leipnik. The glosses of the Baruch Taam, which he recorded in the margins of his books, have been studied by Torah scholars in all subsequent generations for the numerous novellae contained in his brief and profound words, and are quoted extensively in the books of the Acharonim and halachic authorities until this day.
Other signatures.
[2], 167 leaves. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming (primarily to inner margin, very slightly affecting one gloss). Stamp. New leather binding.
Copy of R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim author of Baruch Taam, with four glosses in his handwriting. These glosses were presumably never published. Ownership inscription on the back endpaper attesting that the book belonged to R. Baruch Fränkel, rabbi of Leipnik.
R. Baruch Fränkel-Teomim (1760-1828), author of Baruch Taam. A prominent Torah leader of his generation, he served as rabbi of Vishnitsa and later of Leipnik. The glosses of the Baruch Taam, which he recorded in the margins of his books, have been studied by Torah scholars in all subsequent generations for the numerous novellae contained in his brief and profound words, and are quoted extensively in the books of the Acharonim and halachic authorities until this day.
Other signatures.
[2], 167 leaves. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming (primarily to inner margin, very slightly affecting one gloss). Stamp. New leather binding.
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