Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Zichron Yosef Responsa / Imrei No’am – Hassidic Polemics

Opening: $180
Sold for: $225
Including buyer's premium
1. Zichron Yosef, responsa and Drushim by the Ga’on Rabbi Yosef from Steinhardt Av Beit Din of Fürth. Fürth, 1773. Only edition. The author’s introduction includes a rebuke and polemic against the Hassidism movement. [In the Bibliography Institute CD it is mentioned that this introduction was torn off from the majority of the forms]. The rare book “Zamir Aritzim VeCharavot Tzurim” is mentioned.
[3], 24, [1], 25-46, 46-67, 67-119, [2] leaves. 32.5 cm. Good-fair condition, severe moth damage to last pages, the remainder of the book is in good condition. New binding. Cut off owner signature on title page [“protection for anyone who signs it, Ozer --?”].
2. Imrei No’am, debate between Rabbi Ya’akov Shimshon from Shepetovka and Rabbi Yechezkel Landau from Prague author of the Nodah B’Yehudah. (Includes the pamphlet “Ma’aseh Chanoch”). [Chernovitz-Munkach, 1907].
[1], 11, 4 pages. (Additional pamphlets which were part of the appendix are missing), 15 cm, good condition, simple binding.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
Polemics
Polemics