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Lot 89 Sifra DiTzniuta with Commentary of the Vilna Gaon / Nefesh HaChaim by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin – First Editions – Vilna and Grodno, 1820 / 1824

Two foundational works of the Vilna Gaon and his disciple R. Chaim of Volozhin. First editions, bound together: 1
Two foundational works of the Vilna Gaon and his disciple R. Chaim of Volozhin. First editions, bound together: 1
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Two foundational works of the Vilna Gaon and his disciple R. Chaim of Volozhin. First editions, bound together:

1. Sifra DiTzniuta, with commentary of the Vilna Gaon. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Mann son of Baruch and Simchah Simmel son of Menachem Nachum, [1820]. First edition of the commentary of the Vilna Gaon on Sifra DiTzniuta. This is one of the fundamental books for studying and understanding the approach of the Vilna Gaon to kabbalah.
The work was published by R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, grandson and disciple of the Vilna Gaon (son of R. Avraham son of the Vilna Gaon). Lengthy foreword by R. Chaim of Volozhin at the beginning of the book – the last foreword written by R. Chaim to a book of the Vilna Gaon (he passed away a year after this book was published, in 1821). Following R. Chaim's foreword is another foreword by the publisher R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim. Both are important sources documenting the Vilna Gaon's life and Torah greatness.
2. "Yirat Hashem LeChaim – Nefesh HaChaim", by R. Chaim of Volozhin, foremost disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Mann son of Baruch and Simchah Simmel son of Menachem Nachum, 1824. First edition.
A classic book of the teachings of the Vilna Gaon and his disciples, concerning manners of conduct and service of G-d according to both the revealed and hidden realms of the Torah (many parts of the book were written as a response to the Chassidic school of thought, following the philosophy of the Vilna Gaon and his disciples).
On title pages and other leaves of both books, stamps in Hebrew and Latin script of R. Shemaryahu Zuckerman of Mohyliv, father-in-law and teacher of R. David Friedman, Rabbi of Karlin.
On front and back endpaper, ownership inscriptions of "Yosef Melamed Chassid" of Vilna and other inscriptions.

Two books in one volume. Sifra DiTzniuta: [6], 59, [3] leaves. Nefesh HaChaim: [6], 17; 10; 8, [1]; 4; 17 leaves. 22 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dark stains, affecting text. Wear and creases. Tears and open tears, including tear slightly affecting text of one leaf, repaired with paper. Worming in a few places. Stamps and handwritten ownership inscriptions. Early binding, damaged.

Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, No. 696; 1417.
Sifra DiTzniuta with the Commentary of the Vilna Gaon – The Segulah Qualities of the First Edition


The following stories are told about the holiness and segulah of this edition: R. Shemaryahu Greineman told the following story in the name of the Chazon Ish: A dybbuk was once brought before one of the tzaddikim of the previous generation, in the presence of all the townspeople. The tzaddik declared: "Let me show you a wondrous thing!" He presented the dybbuk with two copies of a book (either Sifra DeTzniuta or Sefer Yetzirah), one printed in the previous generation and the second printed in his times. The books were both wrapped in paper, and thus outwardly undistinguishable. The dybbuk took one book and embraced it lovingly; however, he recoiled from the other book saying that he is unable to touch it. The tzaddik explained the reason for this: the impure dybbuk was unable to touch the book published in the previous generation since it was printed by G-d-fearing Jews, unlike the second book, which was printed in a printing press which employed Jews who were lured by the Haskalah movement (Maaseh Ish, V, p. 122, in the name of R. Shemaryahu Greineman who heard the story from the Chazon Ish).
A similar story was told by R. Shmuel David HaKohen Munk (rabbi of the Orthodox community in Haifa), in the name of a Sephardic Jerusalem kabbalist: A person with a dybbuk was brought before the kabbalist, who placed the second edition of the Vilna Gaon's commentary on Sifra DeTzniuta on the man to no avail. He then used the first edition and the man was cured (Zechor LeDavid, II, p. 159). R. Munk also quotes R. Eliezer Gordon of Telz, who reported that when a volume of the first edition was placed in the hands of a dybbuk, he shook and screamed in terror: "The Vilner! The Vilner!", but did not show the same agitation upon similar exposure to a second edition (ibid).
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Lot 90 LeZecher Yisrael, On Pirkei Avot – Vilna and Grodno, 1833 – By Founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva – Handwritten Gloss Quoting Rabbi Yisrael Salanter

LeZecher Yisrael, on Pirkei Avot and Talmudic novellae, by R. Yechiel Michel of Minsk. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Man son
LeZecher Yisrael, on Pirkei Avot and Talmudic novellae, by R. Yechiel Michel of Minsk. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Man son
LeZecher Yisrael, on Pirkei Avot and Talmudic novellae, by R. Yechiel Michel of Minsk. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Man son
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LeZecher Yisrael, On Pirkei Avot – Vilna and Grodno, 1833 – By Founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva – Handwritten Gloss Quoting Rabbi Yisrael Salanter LeZecher Yisrael, On Pirkei Avot – Vilna and Grodno, 1833 – By Founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva – Handwritten Gloss Quoting Rabbi Yisrael Salanter LeZecher Yisrael, On Pirkei Avot – Vilna and Grodno, 1833 – By Founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva – Handwritten Gloss Quoting Rabbi Yisrael Salanter
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LeZecher Yisrael, on Pirkei Avot and Talmudic novellae, by R. Yechiel Michel of Minsk. Vilna and Grodno: Menachem Man son of Baruch and Simchah Simmel son of Menachem Nachum, 1833.

The author was a disciple of the R. Chaim of Volozhin, and was a founder of the Volozhin yeshiva (and is described as such in the letter by R. Chaim of Volozhin's son-in-law, R. Hillel of Grodno – see below), where he served as a lecturer for some seven years. He later established a yeshiva in Minsk, which is described in the introduction to the present book.
The present copy contains four rare leaves that were only added to some copies, with statutes of the Minsk yeshiva, correspondence of Minsk rabbis with R. Itzele of Volozhin about the Minsk yeshiva, and a letter of R. Hillel of Grodno son-in-law of R. Chaim of Volozhin writing that the Volozhin yeshiva was founded by him. The other three leaves contain a lengthy list of donors from cities in Lithuania.
Signatures of R. Yehoshua son of R. Yekutiel Sidersky of Grodno; stamps: "A. Sidersky – Grodno". R. Aharon Sidersky of Grodno (1841-1921), son-in-law of R. Yisrael Salanter and son of R. Yehoshua Sidersky, and an exceptional Torah scholar.
On leaf 31, lengthy handwritten gloss citing an interpretation of R. Yisrael Salanter regarding a "dispute for the sake of heaven". The gloss is hard to read; apparently R. Yisrael Salanter draws a connection between two different disputes of Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel.

[4], [4], 10; 36 leaves. 10 leaves with Talmudic novellae bound before 36 leaves of novellae on Tractate Avot. 21 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (many stains to several leaves). Some worming. Small open tear to last leaf. Inscriptions and stamps. Old binding.
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Lot 91 Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – "Proofread" Inscriptions

Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-P
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Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts – Mishnah Berurah – Four Parts –
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Mishnah Berurah, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by R. Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. Warsaw-Piotrków, 1891-1907. Four of six volumes, some first editions and some reprints.

• Part II, censor's authorization dated 1896.
• Part III, censor's authorization dated 1891.
• Part IV, censor's authorization dated 1898.
• Part VI, date of printing 1907.
Each of the volumes has two "proofread" inscriptions (in pencil), inside front board and on endpapers.
The Chafetz Chaim, author of the work, used to examine every book for printing errors and misordered pages, and he would mark every book he had personally examined as "proofread".

Four volumes. Volume II: 154 leaves. Volume III: [2], 2-195 leaves. Volume IV: [1], 196-290 leaves. Volume VI: 164 leaves. Approx. 23 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Good-fair to fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears. Worming, affecting text. Original fabric bindings, with leather spines, some lacking or detached. Heavy wear, damage and worming to bindings.
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Lot 92 Meshech Chochmah – Riga, 1927 – First Edition

Meshech Chochmah, on the Torah, by R. Meir Simchah Kohen of Dvinsk. Riga: Eli Levin, 1927. First edition, publish
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Meshech Chochmah, on the Torah, by R. Meir Simchah Kohen of Dvinsk. Riga: Eli Levin, 1927.

First edition, published by R. Menachem Mendel Dov Ber Zak, Rabbi of Riga, who received the manuscript from the author before the latter passed away in Riga on 4th Elul 1926
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The author,
R. Meir Simchah HaKohen of Dvinsk (1843-1926), an exceptional Torah scholar and tzaddik, was one of the most eminent leaders of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust. He served 40 years as Rabbi of Dvinsk (Daugavpils, Latvia), together with R. Yosef Rosen, the Rogatchover Gaon (who served as rabbi of the city's Chassidic community). During his rabbinical tenure in Dvinsk, he began printing his monumental Or Sameach on the Rambam. three volumes of which were published in his lifetime, while the last volume was printed in Riga by R. Menachem Mendel, Rabbi of Riga, who also edited and published R. Meir Simchah’s Meshech Chochmah on the Torah. The book became popular throughout the entire Jewish world and eventually became known as one of the most important commentaries on the Torah. A well-known comment in his Meshech Chochmah on the end of Parashat Bechukotai foretold the impending destruction of European Jewry.

434 pages. 25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Many leaves and gatherings loose and detached. Marginal tears to some leaves. Original binding, worn, with attached non-original spine.
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Lot 93 Collection of Even HaAzel Books by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer

Collection of books of Even HaAzel on the Rambam, by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem,
Collection of books of Even HaAzel on the Rambam, by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem,
Collection of books of Even HaAzel on the Rambam, by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem,
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Collection of books of Even HaAzel on the Rambam, by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, most in first editions.

Even HaAzel, novellae and commentary on Mishneh Torah by the Rambam. Parts I-V. Jerusalem, 1935-1978.
Seven parts in six volumes, and two additional volumes with another copy of Part VII, and another edition of Part II on the Book of Nezikin, printed in New York: HaMadpis, "in the author's lifetime" (date not indicated; facsimile of 1935 edition – this edition is not documented in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book and the NLI library).
Part IX on the Books of Nashim and Kedushah was published posthumously in 1978.
All of the volumes come from the library of R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, Rabbi of Rechovot, the author's son. His stamp appears on the endpaper of Part III: "Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer, Rabbi of Rechovot, Eretz Israel". His signature appears on the endpaper of Part VII: "Refael Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer".

Eight volumes. Parts I-II (Nezikin, both parts): [2], 86, [1]; 72 leaves. Part III (Kinyan): [2], 110, [15] leaves. Part IV (Mishpatim, Part I): [2], 93, 12, [2] leaves. Part V (Kodashim, Part I): [2], 90, 14 leaves. Part VII (Mishpatim, Part II, and Shoftim): [1], 85, 12 leaves. Two copies, one lacking leaves 43-46, with leaves 35-38 bound instead, out of order. Part IX (Nashim, Kedushah): [2], 108, [1], 37 leaves. Part II of Nezikin, in facsimile edition: [2], 72 leaves. 32.5-34 cm. Dry paper in some volumes. Inside of books in overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Original bindings, partly detached and damaged, some volumes repaired with paper.

The author,
R. Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1953), author of Even HaAzel. A leading Torah scholar of Lithuania and Jerusalem, he was born in Mir and studied in the Volozhin yeshiva under the Netziv and R. Chaim of Brisk, who esteemed him highly. After his marriage he served as the first yeshiva dean of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka along with R. Moshe Mordechai Epstein, and later moved to Slutsk where he established a large yeshiva and subsequently succeeded the Ridvaz as Rabbi of the city. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1924 and was appointed dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He was also a leader of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, and father-in-law of R. Aharon Kotler, dean of Kletsk and Lakewood yeshivas.
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R. Tzvi Yehudah Meltzer (1899-1969), son of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer and disciple of the Alter of Novardok. He was appointed Rabbi of Pardes Channa, where he established the Kletsk yeshiva, which formed the basis for Midrashiat Noam. In 1947 he was appointed Rabbi of Rechovot, succeeding his father-in-law R. Tzvi Steinman, and established Yeshivat HaDarom. In 1951 he retired from his position as Rabbi of the city, appointing R. Elimelech Bar Shaul as his successor, while he continued to serve as head of the city's Beit Din and dean of Yeshivat HaDarom.
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Lot 94 Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit – Zhitomir, 1854 – Rare Complete Copy

Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit, summary of R. Yeshayah HaLevi Horowitz's Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shlah), with Mahadura Batra, by
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Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit, summary of R. Yeshayah HaLevi Horowitz's Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shlah), with Mahadura Batra, by R. Yechiel Michel Segal Epstein. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapiro, grandson of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1854.
Bound at end: Sefer HaYashar, attributed to Rabbeinu Tam. Lviv: Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Drocker, 1869.

Kitzur Shnei Luchot HaBrit: 152 pages. Sefer HaYashar: [25] leaves. 20 cm. Greenish paper. Title page of Kitzur Shnei Luchut HaBrit and several other leaves in fair condition, most leaves in good-fair condition. Stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, on title page and other leaves, affecting title frame and slightly affecting text on several leaves, repaired with paper to title page. Close trimming, slightly affecting text. Stamps. Last leaf of second book detached. Old binding, damaged.

The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records an incomplete copy ending on p. 148 (the copy in the NLI catalog is also lacking several leaves). The present book is a complete copy.
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Lot 95 Or Zarua – Zhitomir, 1862 – Fine, Largw-Format Copy in Original Leather Binding – First Edition

Or Zarua, halachic rulings according to the order of the Talmud, Parts I-II, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Vienna. Fir
Or Zarua, halachic rulings according to the order of the Talmud, Parts I-II, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Vienna. Fir
Or Zarua, halachic rulings according to the order of the Talmud, Parts I-II, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Vienna. Fir
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Or Zarua, halachic rulings according to the order of the Talmud, Parts I-II, by R. Yitzchak son of R. Moshe of Vienna. First edition, printed from a 600-year-old manuscript. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa and R. Yehoshua Heshel grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1862. Both parts in one volume.
Title page partly printed in red ink.
Fine copy, with wide margins, in original leather binding, with gilt decorations.

[4], [2], 5-232; 4, 184 pages. 41.5 cm. Fine, wide margins. Most leaves in good condition. Stains (many leaves to title page of Part I and several other leaves). Original leather binding, with gilt decorations. Wear, worming and damage to binding (front side of binding and spine mostly detached).
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Lot 96 Siach HaSadeh – Shklow, 1787 – Only Edition – With Approbation by Rabbi Avigdor Rabbi of Pinsk, Opponent of Chassidut Who Caused the Imprisonment of the Baal HaTanya

Siach HaSadeh, homiletics on the Torah, by R. Eliezer HaLevi, the Maggid of Pinsk. Shklow: Sarah daughter of Moshe Segal,
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Siach HaSadeh, homiletics on the Torah, by R. Eliezer HaLevi, the Maggid of Pinsk. Shklow: Sarah daughter of Moshe Segal, [1787]. Only edition.

On p. 2b, poem by author with his name in acrostic. On last leaves, sermon for Sukkot, eulogy for R. Aharon HaLevi head of the Cracow Beit Din, sermon for a drought, sermon for children's plague.

The author,
R. Eliezer son of R. Meir HaLevi, the Maggid of Pinsk (d. after 1795), Rabbi of Chomsk and later rabbi of a Kloiz in Pinsk, where he also served as posek and maggid (not to be confused with R. Eliezer HaLevi, Rabbi of Pinsk). Grandfather of the Yesod HaAvodah, first Rebbe of Slonim.
The book includes an approbation by R. Avigdor Rabbi of Pinsk, infamous as a leading adversary of Chassidut in Lithuania and Belarus. R. Avigdor served as Rabbi of Pinsk between 1785-1793, succeeding R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, who was dismissed in 1785 by the mitnagdim. In 1800, R. Avigdor was among the informers to the Russian government against Chassidut and against the Baal HaTanya, causing his second imprisonment at the end of that year.
The author of this book is the only rabbi of his generation who requested an approbation from R. Avigdor. His second book, Reiach HaSadeh (Shklow, 1795), also included an approbation by R. Avigdor.
On title page and inside boards, stamps of R. "Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, residing in Byerazino". R. Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, author of Or Yashar (1868-1953), a rabbi of Lithuania, England and Jerusalem, Chief Rabbi of Glasgow and head of the London Beit Din, father-in-law of Chief Rabbi of Israel R. Yitzchak Eizik HaLevi Herzog.

132; 29 leaves. 33 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including major dampstains. Wear (heavy wear to first leaves). Worming, affecting text. Marginal tears and open tears to several leaves, affecting text on one leaf, and marginal tears on title page, repaired with paper (over parts of the title frame and text inside the frame). Old binding, worn, with worming.
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Lot 97 Collection of Books – Printed in Sudylkiv – 1830s

Collection of books printed in Sudylkiv during the 1830s, some with handwritten signatures and glosses: • Amar N
Collection of books printed in Sudylkiv during the 1830s, some with handwritten signatures and glosses: • Amar N
Collection of books printed in Sudylkiv during the 1830s, some with handwritten signatures and glosses: • Amar N
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Collection of books printed in Sudylkiv during the 1830s, some with handwritten signatures and glosses:

• Amar Neke, supercommentary on Rashi's Torah commentary by R. Ovadiah of Bartenura. Sudylkiv, 1836. Bound with: Likut Shoshanim, Talmudic novellae relating to the Torah portion, by R. Meir of Zhovkva. Vilna and Grodno, 1835.
• Chukei Derech, commentary on Yismach Yisrael by R. Yisrael Shmuel Calahorra, by R. Moshe Yekutiel Kaufman Katz. Sudylkiv, 1834. Three volumes.
• Responsa Masat Binyamin, by R. Binyamin Aharon Slonik. Sudylkiv, [1833]. Signature on endpaper: "Daniel Feinberg" [R. Daniel Feinberg, Rabbi of Vitebsk].
• Responsa Maharam Alashkar. Sudylkiv, 1834. Signature on title page: "Yitzchak Dov Ber Krimsky, Rabbi of here, Uman". His stamp (in Cyrillic) on title page.
• Responsa Divrei Rivot, by R. Yitzchak Adarbi. Sudylkiv, [1833]. Bound with: Meir Einei Chachamim, by R. Meir (Maharam) of Lublin. Sudylkiv, 1834. Several glosses (trimmed) to both books.
• Responsa Knesset Yechezkel, by R. Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen, Rabbi of Ahu (Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek). Sudylkiv, 1834.
• Mekor Mayim Chaim, Parts I-II, by R. Yaakov Meir Padua. Sudylkiv, 1836. Two parts in one volume. First edition.

9 volumes. Size and condition Varies. Good to fair condition. Stains. Wear. Tears. Worming. Old bindings. The books have not been examined thoroughly, and are being sold as is.

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Lot 98 Collection of Books by the Haflaah and His Son the Machaneh Levi – First and Later Editions

Collection of books by the Haflaah, R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main (disciple of the Maggid of Mezerit
Collection of books by the Haflaah, R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main (disciple of the Maggid of Mezerit
Collection of books by the Haflaah, R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main (disciple of the Maggid of Mezerit
Collection of books by the Haflaah, R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main (disciple of the Maggid of Mezerit
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Collection of books by the Haflaah, R. Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main (disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch), and his son R. Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz, Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main. First editions, second editions and later editions.


For list of books, see Hebrew description.

8 books in 9 volumes. Size and condition Varies. New bindings. The books have not been examined thoroughly, and are being sold as is.

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Lot 99 Birkat David (Buchach) – Lviv, 1845 – First Edition

Birkat David, Chassidic commentary on the Five Books of the Torah, by Rebbe Avraham David Wahrman of Buchach. Lviv, [1845]
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Birkat David, Chassidic commentary on the Five Books of the Torah, by Rebbe Avraham David Wahrman of Buchach. Lviv, [1845]. First edition.

On the verso of the title page is printed the verse "The Torah of the Lord is perfect" in large letters, below which it is noted that the approbations were not printed "for a secret reason". Apparently, the omission of approbations was part of the obfuscation of printing details, for the same reason that a false printer and date were given on the title page – see below.
Rebbe Avraham David Wahrman, the "Gaon of Buchach" (1770-1840), a leading Torah scholar and Chassidic figure, and prominent posek in his times. After his marriage, he embraced Chassidut and became close to the most eminent rebbes of his times: R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, R. Moshe Leib of Sassov, R. Chaim of Czernowitz and R. Tzvi Hirsh of Nadvorna. Around the age of 20, he was appointed rabbi of the city of Yazlovets. In 1814, he was appointed rabbi of Buchach, succeeding his father-in-law and teacher R. Tzvi Hirsh Kara, Rabbi of Buchach and author of Neta Sha'ashuim. He was renowned as an outstanding Torah scholar and tzaddik. His halachic works became classics in halachic rulings and his Eshel Avraham is cited thousands of times in halachic literature.
Handwritten ownership inscription on verso of last page.

[2], 182 leaves. 23 cm. Bluish paper. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming in a few places to several leaves. New binding.

False imprint on title page for Jihdas Rosanis, 1800 and 5565. The true date of printing is hinted at the end of the book, where the signature of the publisher contains a chronogram for 1845. This type of falsification was common in Chassidic books printed in Galicia at that time, due to censorship restrictions and the persecution of Chassidim by the Haskalah movement (A. Yaari lists 16 books with similar false imprints; see: A. Yaari, The Printing Press of Rebbetzin Yehudit Rosanes in Lviv, Kiryat Sefer, XVII, 1940, p. 107, No. 43 [Hebrew]).
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Lot 100 Derech Pikudecha (Dinov) – Lviv, 1851 – First Edition

Derech Pikudecha, on the 613 Torah commandments, by Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro, Rabbi of Dinov, author of Bnei Yissachar
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Derech Pikudecha, on the 613 Torah commandments, by Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro, Rabbi of Dinov, author of Bnei Yissachar. Lviv: Franz Galinski, 1851. First edition.

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Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Langsam-Shapiro of Dinov (1783-1841), a prominent Chassidic rebbe and kabbalist, close disciple of R. Mendele of Rimanov and disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, the Ohev Israel of Apta and the Maggid of Kozhnitz. From a young age he served as Rabbi of various Galician towns and of Munkacs, but he is best known for officiating as Rabbi in Dinov, where he was appointed rebbe in 1815. He authored dozens of works on halachah, aggadah, Chassidut and kabbalah. His most famous work is his Bnei Yissachar. He was the progenitor of many dynasties of rabbis and rebbes: Dinov, Munkacs, Bukovsk and others.
In the present work, each of the 613 commandments is explained according to three aspects: action – basics and details of laws; speech – halachic novellae on aspects of the mitzvah; and thought – the deeper reasons for the mitzvah according to rabbinic and kabbalistic teachings.
Derech Pikudecha was enthusiastically received, and is referenced alike by Sephardic sages, leading rabbis of Poland-Lithuania and contemporary poskim. The Imrei Yosef of Spinka said that "his first awakening to service of G-d came to him through study of Derech Pikudecha…" (introduction to Imrei Yosef, IX, 6).

[1], 74, 65-66, 79-91 leaves. Misfoliation. 23 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Worming, affecting text (worming in many places on several leaves). Tears and open tears, partially repaired with paper (some over part of the text). Title page detached (title page and several other leaves may have been supplied from other copies). Stamps. Late glosses (in pen), some deleted with ink. New leather binding.

Variant. In the present copy, the "addendum to negative commandment 38 from the commandment not to covet" is printed on the last page (p. 91b), while the continuation of p. 91a is printed on the verso of the title page (in some copies the addendum appears on the verso of the title page and leaf 91 appears in the correct order).
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