Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Four Books – Signatures and Glosses
Opening: $400
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Four books, with signatures and glosses:
· She'iltot D'Rabbi Achai Gaon, with She'elat Shalom commentary by Rabbi Yeshaya Pik Berlin. [Dihrnfort, 1876]. (Lacking at beginning and end). Several glosses in Ashkenazi handwriting.
· Lev Aryeh, on Chulin Tractate, by Rabbi Aryeh Yehuda of Brod. Józefów, 1878. Signatures of Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz of Kotzk [Av Beit Din of Losice, died in Warsaw in Cheshvan 1915, a leading Polish rabbi and Chassid connected to the Kotzk and Gur Rebbes. Some of his halachic responsa were printed by his son-in-law the Rabbi of Kurów in his in his book Tiferet Yehonatan, Jerusalem 1934]. Dozens of long scholarly glosses in his handwriting [some are slightly cutoff].
· Tzalach, on Berachot and Betza Tractates, by the author of the Nodah B'Yehuda. Józefów 1856. (Missing the title page of Tractate Berachot). Signature and ownership inscriptions: Rabbi Avraham Roshkowitz Rabbi of Odessa and Safed, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Valdenberg, etc.
· Arba'a Turim, Orach Chaim Part II (Simanim 429-697). [Vienna, 1810-1813]. (Missing title page). Long scholarly glosses signed "Refael Ya'akov", "RID.", "Ya'akov ben Rabbi Akiva". In one place "HaGomel" blessing is written, dated 1924.
Rabbi Refael Ya'akov Didovsky (died 1940), was a rabbi at the Me'ah She'arim Yeshiva and authored many books, some published anonymously: Machanecha Kadosh (Jerusalem, 1931); Tziyunim LaTorah; Kiyum HaTorah; the VeHi Noam kuntress; and others.
4 books. Varied size and condition.
· She'iltot D'Rabbi Achai Gaon, with She'elat Shalom commentary by Rabbi Yeshaya Pik Berlin. [Dihrnfort, 1876]. (Lacking at beginning and end). Several glosses in Ashkenazi handwriting.
· Lev Aryeh, on Chulin Tractate, by Rabbi Aryeh Yehuda of Brod. Józefów, 1878. Signatures of Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz of Kotzk [Av Beit Din of Losice, died in Warsaw in Cheshvan 1915, a leading Polish rabbi and Chassid connected to the Kotzk and Gur Rebbes. Some of his halachic responsa were printed by his son-in-law the Rabbi of Kurów in his in his book Tiferet Yehonatan, Jerusalem 1934]. Dozens of long scholarly glosses in his handwriting [some are slightly cutoff].
· Tzalach, on Berachot and Betza Tractates, by the author of the Nodah B'Yehuda. Józefów 1856. (Missing the title page of Tractate Berachot). Signature and ownership inscriptions: Rabbi Avraham Roshkowitz Rabbi of Odessa and Safed, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Valdenberg, etc.
· Arba'a Turim, Orach Chaim Part II (Simanim 429-697). [Vienna, 1810-1813]. (Missing title page). Long scholarly glosses signed "Refael Ya'akov", "RID.", "Ya'akov ben Rabbi Akiva". In one place "HaGomel" blessing is written, dated 1924.
Rabbi Refael Ya'akov Didovsky (died 1940), was a rabbi at the Me'ah She'arim Yeshiva and authored many books, some published anonymously: Machanecha Kadosh (Jerusalem, 1931); Tziyunim LaTorah; Kiyum HaTorah; the VeHi Noam kuntress; and others.
4 books. Varied size and condition.
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