Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Yam Shel Shlomo - Four Volumes - Berlin and Furth, 1761-1766 - With Important Signatures
Opening: $400
Sold for: $600
Including buyer's premium
Four volumes of the Yam Shel Shlomo series on the Talmud, by R. Shlomo Luria [the Maharshal]. Berlin and Furth, 1761-1766. With important signatures of R. Yehuda Leib of Dresden [apparently, son of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz], of R. Avraham HaLevi of Chelm [Rabbi of Emden in the 1860s and leading rabbi of his times] and other signatures.
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Gittin. Berlin, [1761]. At the top of the title page is a signed ownership inscription: "…I was graced with this book, Avraham HaLevi of Chelm".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Kiddushin. Berlin, [1766]. Signed: "Yechezkel Katz".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, On Tractate Beitza. Furth, [1766]. With Signature: "Yehuda Leib of Dresden". Ancient stamps: "Beit Midrash of the Obrzycko community".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Chulin. Furth, [1766]. With signed ownership inscription from 1769: "I have purchased this book in honor of my Creator, at a fair at Frankfurt an der Oder, Sunday the 12th of MarCheshvan 1770… Yehuda Leib son of R. Y. of Dresden". Ancient stamps: "Beit HaMidrash of the Obrzycko community".
R. Avraham HaLevi of Chelm, Rabbi of Emden, was a famous Torah scholar in his days. Successor of the Ya'avetz in the Emden rabbinate [ca. 1750s-1760s], mentioned in the Nodah B'Yehuda responsa, Yoreh Deah 141 Siman 1; in the book Zichron Ya'akov (Furth, 1770); a responsum he wrote in 1765 is mentioned in the She'elat Ya'akov response, Vol. 2, Simanim 24-25. In 1760, he served as Rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinic writ of appointment was printed in Kerem Shlomo (Year 4, Issue 1). Together with the Ya'avetz he fiercely battled Sabbateans in Germany. See articles by A. Brick: Shana Bashana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana Bashana, 1993, pp. 409-420.
R. Yehuda Leib Eybeschutz (died 1773), eldest son of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz, was a famed Torah scholar. He lived in Prague until 1756, however, during the Seven-Years' War, he and his brother R. Natan Neta Eybeschutz fled to Dresden. There, the two brothers constructed a synagogue (which survived until 1829). Written in the Dresden Chevra Kadisha ledger: "…he set aside time for Torah study and conducted himself with austerity (Gedulat Yehonatan, p. 185).
4 books. 32-33 cm. Condition varies. Worming to some books affecting text. New uniform bindings.
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Gittin. Berlin, [1761]. At the top of the title page is a signed ownership inscription: "…I was graced with this book, Avraham HaLevi of Chelm".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Kiddushin. Berlin, [1766]. Signed: "Yechezkel Katz".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, On Tractate Beitza. Furth, [1766]. With Signature: "Yehuda Leib of Dresden". Ancient stamps: "Beit Midrash of the Obrzycko community".
* Yam Shel Shlomo, on Tractate Chulin. Furth, [1766]. With signed ownership inscription from 1769: "I have purchased this book in honor of my Creator, at a fair at Frankfurt an der Oder, Sunday the 12th of MarCheshvan 1770… Yehuda Leib son of R. Y. of Dresden". Ancient stamps: "Beit HaMidrash of the Obrzycko community".
R. Avraham HaLevi of Chelm, Rabbi of Emden, was a famous Torah scholar in his days. Successor of the Ya'avetz in the Emden rabbinate [ca. 1750s-1760s], mentioned in the Nodah B'Yehuda responsa, Yoreh Deah 141 Siman 1; in the book Zichron Ya'akov (Furth, 1770); a responsum he wrote in 1765 is mentioned in the She'elat Ya'akov response, Vol. 2, Simanim 24-25. In 1760, he served as Rabbi of Hildesheim and his rabbinic writ of appointment was printed in Kerem Shlomo (Year 4, Issue 1). Together with the Ya'avetz he fiercely battled Sabbateans in Germany. See articles by A. Brick: Shana Bashana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana Bashana, 1993, pp. 409-420.
R. Yehuda Leib Eybeschutz (died 1773), eldest son of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz, was a famed Torah scholar. He lived in Prague until 1756, however, during the Seven-Years' War, he and his brother R. Natan Neta Eybeschutz fled to Dresden. There, the two brothers constructed a synagogue (which survived until 1829). Written in the Dresden Chevra Kadisha ledger: "…he set aside time for Torah study and conducted himself with austerity (Gedulat Yehonatan, p. 185).
4 books. 32-33 cm. Condition varies. Worming to some books affecting text. New uniform bindings.
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