Auction 89 - Rare and Important Items
Tehillim with Seder Maamadot – From Siddur HaShelah Shaar HaShamayim, Amsterdam, 1717 – Copy of Rabbi Shmuel Salant
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for: $10,625
Including buyer's premium
Tehillim and Seder Maamadot, arranged according to the days of the week, from the Shaar HaShamayim siddur by R. Yeshaya HaLevi Segal Horowitz – the Shelah. Amsterdam: Aaron de Solomon Antunes, [1717].
The present book of Tehillim with Seder Maamadot was originally printed as part of Siddur HaShelah, with an individual title page for each part – the siddur, Tehillim and Seder Maamadot.
The book of Tehillim was printed with two commentaries: explanation of the words, compiled from the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ibn Ezra, and others; and a broader commentary, which is in fact the commentary of R. Moshe de Mercado (appears in his commentary on the books of Kohelet and Tehillim, published in Amsterdam 1653).
Seder HaMaamadot was printed with a commentary by R. Avraham Saraval.
The title page of Tehillim states: "One who recites it fervently and deliberately, rather than in haste, is assured of life in the World to Come".
Copy of R. Shmuel Salant Rabbi of Jerusalem. His stamps appear on the title pages (two different stamps: one in square type and the other in form of his signature).
R. Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), known as a genius from his childhood. At the young age of seven, he travelled to study in the Torah centers of Lithuania. He studied in his youth in Salant together with R. Yisrael Salant (founder of the musar movement). At the age of 14, he received from his teacher R. Abele Poswoller head of the Vilna Beit Din a letter discussing a complicated question pertaining to a divorce, demonstrating the high regard leading rabbis had for his opinion already then. After his marriage with the daughter of R. Yosef Zundel Salant, he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1841 to serve as posek and rabbi of the Perushim community of disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in Jerusalem. In his capacity as rabbi of Jerusalem, a position he held for close to seventy years, he founded the educational and charity institutions in the city, established the Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazi community. He was renowned for his brilliance and practical approach in halachic rulings and in running all communal matters in Jerusalem and worldwide.
Stamps on leaves 34-35 of Tehillim: "Shmuel Kimchi".
2, 7-38, 43-46, 39-42, 47-109, 111-130; [1], 48 leaves. Lacking 9 leaves: leaves 3-6, 110 of Tehillim (replaced in photocopy), and 4 final leaves (49-52) of Maamadot. Leaves 39-42 of Tehillim bound out of sequence, after leaf 46. 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness, with mold. Extensive worming, with significant damage to text, repaired with paper. Large open tears to title page of Tehillim and other leaves, with significant damage to border and text, mostly repaired with paper (border of Tehillim title page replaced in photocopy). New binding.
The present book of Tehillim with Seder Maamadot was originally printed as part of Siddur HaShelah, with an individual title page for each part – the siddur, Tehillim and Seder Maamadot.
The book of Tehillim was printed with two commentaries: explanation of the words, compiled from the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ibn Ezra, and others; and a broader commentary, which is in fact the commentary of R. Moshe de Mercado (appears in his commentary on the books of Kohelet and Tehillim, published in Amsterdam 1653).
Seder HaMaamadot was printed with a commentary by R. Avraham Saraval.
The title page of Tehillim states: "One who recites it fervently and deliberately, rather than in haste, is assured of life in the World to Come".
Copy of R. Shmuel Salant Rabbi of Jerusalem. His stamps appear on the title pages (two different stamps: one in square type and the other in form of his signature).
R. Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), known as a genius from his childhood. At the young age of seven, he travelled to study in the Torah centers of Lithuania. He studied in his youth in Salant together with R. Yisrael Salant (founder of the musar movement). At the age of 14, he received from his teacher R. Abele Poswoller head of the Vilna Beit Din a letter discussing a complicated question pertaining to a divorce, demonstrating the high regard leading rabbis had for his opinion already then. After his marriage with the daughter of R. Yosef Zundel Salant, he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1841 to serve as posek and rabbi of the Perushim community of disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in Jerusalem. In his capacity as rabbi of Jerusalem, a position he held for close to seventy years, he founded the educational and charity institutions in the city, established the Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazi community. He was renowned for his brilliance and practical approach in halachic rulings and in running all communal matters in Jerusalem and worldwide.
Stamps on leaves 34-35 of Tehillim: "Shmuel Kimchi".
2, 7-38, 43-46, 39-42, 47-109, 111-130; [1], 48 leaves. Lacking 9 leaves: leaves 3-6, 110 of Tehillim (replaced in photocopy), and 4 final leaves (49-52) of Maamadot. Leaves 39-42 of Tehillim bound out of sequence, after leaf 46. 21 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness, with mold. Extensive worming, with significant damage to text, repaired with paper. Large open tears to title page of Tehillim and other leaves, with significant damage to border and text, mostly repaired with paper (border of Tehillim title page replaced in photocopy). New binding.
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