Auction 63 - Rare and Important Items
Tehillim Amarot Tehorot – Zhitomir, 1857
Opening: $4,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim, with Rashi and the Amarot Tehorot commentary by R. Eliezer Horowitz Rabbi of Tarnogród, disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov (Zolochiv) and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk (Leżajsk). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. Two title pages.
Bound with: Seder Maamadot and Seder Ketoret according to the Rabbi of Apta (Opatów). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah appears on the last leaf, with sections of prayers and Segulot.
The Amarot Tehorot commentary is the first Chassidic commentary to be printed on Tehillim (first published in Warsaw, 1839), authored by R. Eliezer of Horowitz (Hořovice, d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, 257-259), Rabbi of Tarnogród. A descendant of the Shelah, he was the disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-colleague of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He also authored Noam Megadim UKavod HaTorah.
A signature extends over leaves 2-11: "This Tehillim belongs to… Yisrael Aharon son of R. Moshe Zaris Villover".
[3], 4-438 pages; [3], 64 pages. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. Wear and mold stains, with paper repairs to the first leaves. Worming to the leaves of Seder Maamadot. New, elaborate leather binding.
This 1857 edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Listing 0305437 records a preceding edition of this book printed in Zhitomir in 1855. This listing does not mention leaves 214-219, indexes to the book Amarot Tehorot included in this copy (see Kedem Auction 49, item 13).
Bound with: Seder Maamadot and Seder Ketoret according to the Rabbi of Apta (Opatów). Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, 1857. A LaMenatze'ach Menorah appears on the last leaf, with sections of prayers and Segulot.
The Amarot Tehorot commentary is the first Chassidic commentary to be printed on Tehillim (first published in Warsaw, 1839), authored by R. Eliezer of Horowitz (Hořovice, d. 1806, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, 257-259), Rabbi of Tarnogród. A descendant of the Shelah, he was the disciple of R. Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov and R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, and disciple-colleague of the Chozeh of Lublin and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He also authored Noam Megadim UKavod HaTorah.
A signature extends over leaves 2-11: "This Tehillim belongs to… Yisrael Aharon son of R. Moshe Zaris Villover".
[3], 4-438 pages; [3], 64 pages. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Minor tears. Wear and mold stains, with paper repairs to the first leaves. Worming to the leaves of Seder Maamadot. New, elaborate leather binding.
This 1857 edition is not listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book. Listing 0305437 records a preceding edition of this book printed in Zhitomir in 1855. This listing does not mention leaves 214-219, indexes to the book Amarot Tehorot included in this copy (see Kedem Auction 49, item 13).
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir
Books and Siddurim Printed in Russia and Poland, Slavita and Zhitomir