Tractates Sanhedrin, Shevuot and Makot from Talmud Yerushalmi, with the commentaries Korban HaEdah and Shayarei Korban by “the Yerushalmi commentator” the gaon Rabbi David Frankel. [Berlin, 1760.] First edition. Especially rare.
First edition of Korban HaEdah – which is a Rash”i-like commentary, and the Shayarei Korban is likewise similar to Tosafot – authored by Rabbi David Frankel of Dessau, one of the leading commentators of the Yerushalmi. All the tractates were printed without a title page Each tractate has its own pagination and a special pagination for the kuntressim . To this day, the commentary on Shevuot is incomplete, ending in the middle of the fifth chapter.
Especially rare: The National Library has only a (blemished) tractate Sanhedrin. Mif’al HaBibliographiah lists a copy like this one, from the library in Mossad HaRav Kook. To the best of our knowledge, this sefer has never been offered at auction.
Pedigree copy: All along the sefer are multiple owner’s signatures from the wondrous gaon Rabbi Yehudah Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw [1846-1934], one of the renowned geonim of Poland and in his later years, in Jerusalem. A later owner’s stamp appears from the gaon Rabbi Mendel Kasher [1895-1984], also a gaon of Poland and Jerusalem.
Sanhedrin: 2-5. 7-68 leaf.
Shevuot: 28 leaf.
Makkot: 10 leaf.
34 cm. Thick paper.
Fine condition. Aging stains.
Institutio epistolaris Hebraica – Basel, 1610.
Johann Buxtorfi Institutio epistolaris Hebraica: cum epistolarum Hebraicarum familiarium centuria, ex quibus, pro auspicato incipientium subsidio, quinquaginta punctis vocalibus animatae, versione Latina & notis illustratae sunt
Lexicon in Latin and Italian by the renowned Hebraist Johannes Buxtorf (Sr.). Printed in his lifetime.
Bibliographer and collector Yisrael Mehlman noted on this copy: “Lexicon with important introduction.”
Owners’ signature: HaK’ Avraham Shtudrus.
Complete copy including all parts.
[12] leaf, 80, 279, [1], pp, 16 cm.
Sefer Leket HaKemach – halachic rulings by the renowned gaon Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Two parts – Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Amsterdam, 1707. First edition. Printed in a small [pocket size] format.
First edition of this renowned halachic sefer which is an abbreviated work of responsa and novellae in dinim brought by poskim haAcharonim and manuscripts by gedolei hadorot . The composition was later printed in editions of the Shulchan Aruch.
“Kemach” is an abbreviation for “[Ha]Katan Moshe Chagiz” – the author called himself “HaMenia”ch” – “HaMelaket Moshe ibn Ya’akov Chagiz.” The sefer is adorned with approbations by Rabbi Shlomo di Oliveira of Amsterdam, Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon of Amsterdam, Rabbi David-Oppenheim av beit din of Prague, Rabbi Avraham Brody and Prague dayanim , Rabbi Ya’akov Reischer-author of Shevut Ya’akov , and more.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Moshe Chagiz .
Orach Chaim section: [4], 66 leaf.
Yoreh Deah section: 133, [1] leaf.
Fine condition. Tear in the last leaf, without lack. Antique parchment binding, pleasant and well-preserved, with a blemish in the margins of the spine.
Sefer HaMinhagim shel Mahari”l is one of the most important sources of Ashkenazic halachah. With several glosses and customs introduced by Rabbi R. R. Hertz Levi, av beit din of Frankfurt. The final [38] leaves bear a siddur for weekdays and Shabbat with the Ashkenazic text. Frankfurt am Main, 1688. Uncommon sefer .
Beautiful and especially well-preserved pocket-sized edition of the important book of customs by Rabbi Ya’akov HaLevi Moelin, the Mahari”l – progenitor of the customs of Ashkenaz. The siddur is also in good condition!
35, 37-180, 182-175 [should be: 275], [38] leaf. 13 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Stamps. Minimal aging stains. Elegant binding.
Sefer Yeffeh Toar – commentary on Bereishit Rabbah by Rabbi Shmuel Jaffe Ashkenazi. Prague, 1689. Large and impressive copy. Signatures on both title pages.
From the approbation: “This sefer , just completed, began to be printed already in 1689 … but due to the many fiery tribulations (that is, the fire that broke out in Prague), the work could not be completed. And today … the sections that were not yet printed have been completed.”
The front flyleaf and the following two title pages bear antique notations and signatures from various places and times. The content of the notations have not been thoroughly examined.
[2], 235, [2] leaf (mispaginated). 30 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Isolated worming perforations. Reinforcement to the margins of the title page. Magnificent binding.
“I heard about the great rabbi, the Rashbe”tz, that the merit of the great responsa work entitled Tashbe”tz beautifully printed and bound – there is nothing like it – is due to his being particular to spread a beautiful and important kerchief on the sefarim that were open in front of him for study ” ( Yaffeh Lalev by Rabbi Rachamim Palagi)
Sefer HaTashbe”tz – over nine hundred halachic responsa by Rabbi Shimon bar Tzemach – one of the leading rabbis of Algeria, one of the most important halachic works (Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 270). Four parts in one volume, with separate title pages for Chut HaMeshulash (a total of four title pages). First edition. Amsterdam, 1738-1741. Including the original mesmerizing fish skin binding decorated with real gold imprints.
Tradition maintains that this magnificent cover was made from fish skin (there are those who question this). The rare and original binding was handcrafted, which is the reason that no two are identical. Rabbi Rachamim, son of Rabbi Chaim Palagi, writes in his sefer , Yaffeh Lalev , “I heard about the great rabbi, the Rashbe”tz, that the merit of the great responsa work entitled Tashbe”tz beautifully printed and bound – there is nothing like – it, is due to his being particular to spread a beautiful and important kerchief on the sefarim that were open in front of him for study.”
There are variants of the title pages in the sefer . This is the rarer variant, with the first title page from 1741, with different pictures than the standard version, as detailed in Mif’al HaBibliographiah : “The first title page is from 1741, [chronogram: זאת התורה א’ש’ר’ שם משה לבני ישראל], and where instead of two lions in the standard first title page, there are drawings of Moshe and Aharon, Shlomo and David.” These copies have the first title page and the three title pages for Part IV. (Refer to: N. Ben-Menachem, “BeSod HaSefarim, ” Sinai , Vol. 16, 1945, pp. 324-326 as well as D. and G. Yardeni, “Seder Hadpassato shel HaTashbe”tz” Alei Sefer , 10 pp. 119-132).
The first title page, on leaves 1 and 9 [of the first pagination] and more, bear rabbinic notations and signatures in Oriental script, some calligraphic. The signatures include: “Yehoshua Asher Farhi” – apparently father of Rabbi Yosef Shabtai Farhi – Yashpe”h.
[11], 91; 69, [1]; 68, [1]; [1], 101, [1] leaf. 31 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Minimal worming perforations. Tears and adhesions, with a tiny blemish in the text. Reinforcement to the margins of the first illustrated title page, without damage to the text. Reinforcement to the margins of binding. New spine.
Sefer Beit Ya’akov on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer with novellae on Tractate Ketubot by Rabbi Ya’akov Lorberbaum of Lissa. Hrubieszów, 1822.
First edition of the renowned scholarly work on Tractate Ketubot and the laws of Even HaEzer, authored by Rabbi Ya’akov Lorberbaum of Lissa, author of Chavat Da’at , Netivot Mishpat and many other sefarim .
This copy does not contain the additional half-title page before the novellae on Shulchan Aruch and the leaf with the introduction and the poem in honor of the author printed at the beginning of the sefer . This is apparently how the sefer left the bookbinder’s, and the second title page may not have been added when the sefer was bound.
Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 93.
[2], 51 [should be: 52], [2]: 32 leaf, 35 cm.
Fine condition. Worming perforations in the inner margins of the sefer without damage to the text. New binding.
Pnei Yehoshua on Tractates Bava Kamma and Bava Metzia by the gaon Rabbi Ya’akov Yosha Falk, rabbi of Lvov, Berlin and Frankfurt, known by the name of this work, as the “Ba’al Ha Pnei Yehoshua .” Frankfurt am Main, 1756. First edition.
One of the fundamental sefarim for comprehension of gamara, Rash”i and Tosafot, warmly received by the entire Jewish Diaspora.
Chassidic story attesting to the tremendous greatness of the Pnei Yehoshua: When the Ba’al Shem Tov was informed from Heaven that he requires, for the sake of his soul, to attend to a genuine Torah scholar, he went to the Pnei Yehoshua for a certain period to attend him – despite the fact that the Pnei Yehoshua was considered a mitnaged .
Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 78.
[2], 84; 70 leaf, 32.5 cm. Owner’s signatures.
Fine-very fine condition. Dismantled binding.
Mishnah Torah L’HaRamba”m , Part III. Amsterdam, Attias Press, 1701 [שנת ‘מכתב’].
Important proofread edition of the Ramba”m, the basis for printing subsequent editions. This edition is also known as the michtav edition due to the date indicated on the title pages.
Owners’ signatures.
Part III: (Hafla’ah- Taharah). [1], 368, [9] leaf. With [1] leaf of diagrams for hilchot kilayim (bound at the beginning of the volume).
37.5 cm.
Blemished leather-covered wooden binding without the spine. The leaves of the sefer are in very fine condition.
Chiddushei Beit HaLevi . Novellae on Talmudic topics by Rabbi Yosef Dovber [Soloveitchik]. Warsaw, 1890. First Edition.
Renowned work by Rabbi Yosef Dov of Brisk, author of Beit HaLevi . The author passed away about a year after this sefer was printed.
Handwritten scholarly gloss.
156 pp, 30.5 cm.
Dry paper. Detached title page. Fine condition.
The first work written on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer!
Sefer Nachalat Tzvi – composition on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer by Rabbi Tzvi HaKohen, a disciple of Rabbi Yoel Sirkis – the Ba”ch. Venice, 1661. Only edition. Rare.
This is the first work written on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer. The sefer is adorned with many important approbations printed at the beginning and end of the sefer , including from Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel HaLevi Horowitz – son of the Shla”h HaKadosh, Rabbi Moshe Zakut and the author of Tosafot Yom Tov and others. The sefer was proofread by Rabbi Moshe Zakut – The Rama”z, as appears on the title page: “proofread as thoroughly as possible by the admirable Chacham HaKollel, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Zakut.”
[2], 134 leaf, 28 cm. High-quality paper.
Fine condition. Rabbinic signatures and stamps from the time of printing. Aging stains. Minimal worming perforations. Simple binding.
Tosefta with elucidations and novellae entitled Tanna Tosefta’a , with glosses from the Gr”a’s manuscript. Vilna, 1837-1841. Three parts with separate title pages. First edition of Hagahot HaGr”a. Vinograd, Sifrei HaGr”a 286.
The text of the Tosefta is printed in the center of the leaves, and two commentaries appear on either side – Minchat Bikkurim and Itur Bikkurim by Rabbi Shmuel Avigdor of Svislach (Sislevitsh) and Horodna. The author wrote in his introduction that he received the Hagahot HaGr”a from the manuscript itself, from his grandson, Rabbi Ya’akov Moshe of Slonim.
[Volume I]: Zera’im and Moed. Vilna, 1841. [2], 55; [1], 56-118 leaf. Additional title page for the section on Moed. Approximately 38 cm.
[Volume II]: Nashim. Vilna, 1837. [2], 68 leaf. Approximately 35 cm.
Overall moderate-fine condition. Stamps. Aging stains. Worming perforations. Light wear in the margins of several leaves, mostly restored. Adhesions in the margins of the title page without damage to the text. Identical new bindings.
Rare large collection with close to thirty (!) galley proofs from responsa literature, commentaries, prayer, halachah, etc., by various authors. The leaves were printed in the following cities: Salonika, Livorno, Constantinople, Mantua, Venice, Furth, Berlin and others, during the 17th-19th centuries. Historic remnant revealing a glimpse into the work of Hebrew printers in previous centuries.
These leaves enabled close examination by proofreaders of sefarim to remove errors and determine the final draft to be printed. Because these leaves were printed solely for the use of the proofreaders and not for the purpose of study, etc., they were printed on one side only. Some of them feature proofreaders’ handwritten corrections. The proofreaders were ideally expert scholars and grammarians so that the resulting work would be as perfect as possible.
The corrections were usually inserted into the standard edition, which would be printed with these revisions. However, sometimes these leaves would reveal the original version of the composition, which was unfortunately and astonishingly not corrected despite the proofreader’s clear markings. Occasionally, to the proofreader’s disgrace, his negligent work was sometimes exposed.
Detailed list of the leaves:
Page 36a from Sefer Me’archei Lev by Rabbi Raphael Yosef Chazan, author of Chikrei Lev . Salonika, 1821. Handwritten revisions.
Passage from page 189a from Sefer Sefat HaYam by Rabbi Raphael Yitzchak Mayo, author of Shorashei HaYam . Salonika, 1815. Handwritten revisions. A small passage is printed on the other side from another sefer , an excerpt from page 190b from Zechor L’Avraham Part II by Rabbi Avraham Alkelai [Salonika, 1815]. (Identical to the printed text; without revisions.)
Passage from page 190b from Sefer Sefat HaYam by Rabbi Raphael Yitzchak Mayo, author of Shorashei HaYam . [Salonika, 1815.] Handwritten revisions. A small passage is printed on the other side from another sefer , an excerpt from page 356a of Zechor L’Avraham Part II by Rabbi Avraham Alkelai [Salonika, 1815]. (Identical to the printed text; without revisions.)
Passage from page 171b from Sefer Chikrei Lev Part III (that is, Part II of Yoreh Deah) by Rabbi Raphael Yosef Chazzan, known by the name of this series of sefarim . [Salonika, 1806.] Handwritten revisions.
Leaf from Sefer Me’am Loez Chumash Shemot, Part II, by Rabbi Ya’akov Kuli. [Probably Salonika, 1803]. Handwritten revisions. Mif’al HaBibliographiah notes that they did not see this part. Notation on the back on the leaf handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe Becher Yosef, who wrote that he purchased the sefer (- this leaf was bound and pasted at the time into some sefer ) from one of the prominent personalities of Silivria. Signature by Rabbi Raphael Shmuel Cordovero.
Page 49a from Sefer Magen Gibborim Part I by Rabbi Eliezer de Abeleh. [Livorno, 1781.]
Page 50a from Sefer Magen Gibborim Part I by Rabbi Eliezer de Abeleh. [Livorno, 1781.]
Kuntress with pages 55a, 56b and excerpts from pages 55b, 56a, from Sefer Kuntress HaShemot – Ruach Ne’eman by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Miranda. [Salonika, 1803.] Handwritten revisions.
Leaf 123a [should be: 124a] from the Mahari”t’s sefer of Talmudic novellae. [Venice, 1645.]
Page 7a from Sefer Kochva D’Shavit by Rabbi Eliyahu Ventura. [Salonika, 1799.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 8b from Sefer Kochva D’Shavit by Rabbi Eliyahu Ventura. [Salonika, 1799.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 17a from Sefer Hamon Chogeg on the Passover Haggadah (with the haggadah text) by Rabbi Elisha Chavilio. [Livorno, 1794.]
Page 18b from Sefer Hamon Chogeg on the Passover Haggadah (with the haggadah text) by Rabbi Elisha Chavilio. [Livorno, 1794.]
Page 4a from Sefer Zimrat HaAretz by Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav. [Mantua, 1745]. With the beginning of a poem in Ladino.
Page 61a from Sefer Aderet Eliyahu by Rabbi Raphael Emmanuel Chai Ricci. [Livorno, 1742.] Two copies, one of which is glued to one of the leaves in the following list:
Page 63b from Sefer Aderet Eliyahu by Rabbi Raphael Emmanuel Chai Ricci. [Livorno, 1742.] Two copies, one of which is glued to one of the leaves in the previous list:
Page 41b from Sefer Chasdei David Part II by Rabbi David Pardo. [Livorno, 1790.]
Passage from page 52a from Sefer Be’er Ya’akov by Rabbi Ya’akov Berlin. [Furth, 1767.]
Page 80b from Tze’eneh U’Re’enah by Rabbi Ya’akov of Yanov. [Furth, 1766.]
Page 147a from Sefer Misgeret HaShulchan by Rabbi Binyamin Wolf of Pintshov. [Berlin, 1713.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 189b from Sefer Misgeret HaShulchan by Rabbi Binyamin Wolf of Pintshov. [Berlin, 1713.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 10a from Sefer Me’il Shmuel by Rabbi Shmuel Florentin. [Salonika, 1725.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 11b from Sefer Me’il Shmuel by Rabbi Shmuel Florentin. [Salonika, 1725.] Handwritten revisions.
Page 2b from Sefer HaPardes by Rabbeinu Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rash”i). [Constantinople, 1802].
Additional leaves from unidentified editions of the sefarim : Chok L’Yisrael ; Tefillat Shacharit K’Minhag Sepharad (with handwritten revisions); Sifra im Peirush ; Me’ir Einei Chachamim by Mahara”m of Lublin (with handwritten revisions), and more.
Once these leaves were handed over from the proofreader to the printer, and the latter would handle the necessary changes, they became redundant and were put into genizah . They could not be inserted into a standard copy, both because they were printed on one side only, and often because they contained faulty text. Some galley proofs like these were repurposed for bookbinding. The bookbinder would take several leaves and glue them together and put them in a press to create a thick board for use as a binding. These leaves and others like them survived to this day in the merit of their use in bindings, hence the expression genizat krichot .
Total of approximately [30] leaves, some with several passages. Various sizes.
Various sizes and conditions.
Sefer Taharat HaKodesh – Tosefta, Seder Taharot with a commentary by Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna [the Gr”a]. Zolkiew, 1804. First edition. Pedigree copy.
First edition of the Gr”a’s commentary, printed just a few years posthumously. The editor, Rabbi Meir of Vilna, writes in the foreword, “Behold, I have not stirred from the tent of Torah in the home of Rabbeinu, the gaon, the pious Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna zlh”h. However, the Gr”a’s sons objected to this commentary.” The sefer is adorned with important approbations, including one from the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Bennet.
Pedigree copy: Stamps from the Admo”r Rabbi Elimelech Alter Panet of Dej-New York, who was a son-in-law of Rabbi Meir of Linsk. Stamp from Rabbi “Shlomo Kleinplotz, av beit din of Malkin”; signature “Avraham Yitzchak son of E. I. of Vorka Kleinpotash, Detroit. Another stamp, “Yechiel Meir Endelman.”
Vinograd, Sifrei HaGr”a 281.
[2] 72 leaf, 23 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Tear in the title page due to a fold, with minimal lack in the text. Tiny worming perforation in a few of the first leaves. Original binding; lacking the spine.
Collection of [4] German-language calendars, brimming with information. Each calendar is actually an entire work, with Illustrations. Rare and Important calendars. Prague-Berlin, 1865-1890.
Illustrirter Israelitischer Volks-Kalender – calendar for תרכ”ו by Jakob W. Pascheles. Prague, 1865.
210 pp. This calendar is actually a complete work in German.
Illustrirter Israelitischer Volks-Kalender – calendar for תרמ”ו by Jakob W. Pascheles. Prague, 1886.
224 pp. This calendar is actually a complete work in German.
* Calendar for the leap year תרנ”א by Jakob B. Brandeis. Prague, 1890.
224 pp. This calendar is actually a complete work in German.
* Berliner Kalender – calendar for the year תרס”ו, with Seder Birkat HaChodesh , Sefirat HaOmer a nd more. Hebrew and German. With the advertising leaves. Berlin, 1906.
Various sizes and conditions. Overall fine condition.
Sefer Birkat Shalom – responsa regarding eruvin , mikvehs and gittin , by Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Sternberg. With important approbations by Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky, Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, Rabbi Nachum Weidenfeld and more. Antwerp, 1930. Only edition. Uncommon sefer .
The first part of the sefer deals with the eruv in Antwerp. The author writes about the obstacles of not having an eruv , and a recommendation as to how to repair it. With letters from gedolei Yisrael on the topic. With a large diagram of Antwerp and other diagrams. Its writers include Rabbi Avraham, the Admo”r of Sochachov, Rabbi Meir Arik, and others.
The sefer bears an extensive discussion about how to write the name of the city of Antwerp in a get , with reference to the Jewish history there.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the author, Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Sternberg .
[13], 165, [3] pp. Printed on high-quality paper. 23 cm.
Fine condition. Signatures. Aging stains.
Sefer Tevuot HaAretz by Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz, in German translation. Das Heilige Land, nach seiner ehemaligen und jetzigen geographischen Beschaffenheit . Frankfurt am Main, 1852.
The important work Tevuot HaAretz was printed for the first time in Jerusalem in 1845. It was then printed in English translation in 1850. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria presented Rabbi Yosef with a gold medal for this German edition, printed in 1852.
With the author’s portrait (facing the title page), an illustration of the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, Beit Lechem and the Cave of the Patriarchs, a panorama of Jerusalem (folded leaf) and a map of the Land of Israel (folded leaf). The Jerusalem panorama is listed in the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, National Library Jer128 and Mapot Yisrael 711 Laor Pal556.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz .
20, 452, XIX pp, 21 cm. [3] picture plates. [2] folded maps.
Fine condition. Notations and signatures from the period of printing.
Der Rebbe un Der Satan: Satmar un de Neturei Karta un zier Milchomeh oif Medinas Yisroel [ The Admo”r and his War with Satan: Satmar Chassidut and the Neturei Karta Community and their War with the State of Israel ]. New York, 1959.
Controversial work about the ways of adherents of Satmar and Neturei Karta. Collection of very-sharply written articles by the famed author Chaim Lieberman against the Satmar approach [on page 47, the author, Chaim Lieberman points out that he is a grandson of the tzaddikim Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and Rabbi Aharon of Karlin, as well as other tzaddikim …]
Rare copy. As is known, only a few copies remain of this sefer , as most of this edition was burned by Satmar Chassidim.
[2], 131 [1] p. Additional jacket cover. 21 cm. Yiddish. Complete edition.
Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Original printed softcover binding.
Sefer Chizukei Sefat Ever for Persian Jews, by Rabbi Shlomo Ben Yosef Cohen. Tehran, Klimian Press, 1918.
Hebrew textbook – one of the first Hebrew books to be printed in Tehran. Rare book. With leaves of errata.
“Printed with the efforts of Chevrat HaMechazekat Sfat Ever Tehran. The author writes in his preface that Persian Jews are on the cusp of completely forgetting Lashon HaKodesh . The title page states: “Part One, ” but no more were printed.
[4], 172, [6] pp. Approximately 16 cm. Signatures and stamps.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Slight tears. New binding.
* Hibru & Marathi Songs . Songs and hymns. Hebrew with a Marathi transcription. Bombay, 1930.
The Marathi script is on facing pages.
16 cm. Front jacket cover in Marathi. Lacking a few leaves.
* Teudat Yisrael – blessings and prayers per the Sephardic custom in Hebrew letters and with Marathi transcription, by Aharon Solomon Senker and Avraham Reuven Reiniker. Bombay, 1893.
The title page is in Marathi and the Marathi text is interlinear.
Ya’ari, HaDefus HaIvri B’Artzot HaMizrach , 2, 78 pp, no. 122.
16 cm. Lacking several leaves.
Overall moderate-fine condition.
Historically significant publication: Sefer Din V’Cheshbon on the activities of Agudat Yisrael in Romania in 1946, edited by Yuda Rosemwash and Yuda Reiner. Arad (Transylvania, Romania), 1946. Rare book; not found in the collection at the National Library.
Interesting and detailed publication about the activities of Agudat Yisrael in Romania after the Holocaust. Published by Agudat Yisrael’s Va’ad HaPoel. Includes many documents and pictures. Letters from Vizhnitzer Rebbes, a letter from Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Roller of Niamtz, and from Rabbi Yosef Adler of Turda. With activities by the Admo”r Rabbi Eliezer Zusha of Skulen, known as the “father of a thousand orphans, ” with his picture. The final leaf bears a kol koreh from Romanian rabbis.
Printed on page 67 is a rare and interesting historic letter with praise and appreciation for Agudat Yisrael!! from “the gaon and tzaddik of Sighet, shlit”a” – none other than Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum ztzuk”l, later the Admo”r of Satmar and author of Berech Moshe , and leading opponent of Agudat Yisrael.
80 pp, 20 cm.
Very fine condition. New binding.
Interesting collection of rare printed matter and compilations from the Jewish community in London. The collection embodies historic milestones in the life of the largest and most important community in Europe, and events of the Jewish nation as a whole. London, 1935-1978.
* Shir V’Zimrah L’Hashem , in commemoration of eight hundred years since the Ramba”m’s birth. Congregation Shaar Hashamayim. London, 1935. Hebrew and English. 17 pp; added jacket cover in red ink.
* Sefer Rinah V’Todah L’Yom Chag Atzma’ut Medinat Yisrael . London, 1966. Hebrew and English. 4 pp.
* Prayer service in honour of the appointment of Rabbi Yisrael bar Yoel (Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits) as chief rabbi of the United Kingdom. London, 1967. English and Hebrew. 33 pp.
* Report on the Second Australasian tour by Chief Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits and Mrs. Jakobovits , March 1978. Edited transcript of a lecture delivered under the auspices of the United Synagogue and the Board of Deputies on May 8th, 1978 at the Hendon Synagogue. London, 1978. English. 29 pp.
* Congregation Knesset Yisrael – Looking ahead: address to a meeting of the members of the Council of the United Synagogue the members of the District Synagogue Council and representatives of the affiliated synagogues … / delivered by the Chief Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovits, on Sunday, 26th November, 1967. London, 1967. English, 18 pp.
* Memorial booklet for Rabbi Yisrael Ze’ev Slotki. London, 1973.
3 printed leaves with comments.
Various sizes. Overall fine-very fine condition.
Group of [3] rare historic booklets from the Jewish community of London – the largest and most fully developed community of Jews in all of England, if not the whole of Europe. Until the Middle Ages, the Jewish community in London was the strongest, and even occupied an entire quarter in the city. London, 1872-1923.
* Prayer for the welfare of the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne, later King Edward VII – Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Tevet, 1872.
The title page also states: “Form of prayer for the recovery of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and also on behalf of the Queen, the Princess of Wales and of all the royal family, to be read in all the synagogues of the United Congregations of the British Empire.”
Hebrew and English – rare. [3] pp.
* Laws of the Congregation of the Great Synagogue . Beautiful work in red hardcover, with the synagogue’s laws and regulations. London, 1923. 72 pp, in the original (blemished) binding.
* Chevra Kaddisha D’Chevrat Bnei Yisrael . Regulations. Di Rules fun di Ch’ Kaddisha d’Ch’ Bnei Yisrael . London, 1909. Yiddish and English. 25 [3] 8 pp.
Various sizes and conditions. Overall fine condition.
Interesting collection of rare printed items and compilations from the Jewish community in Manchester. The collection embodies historic milestones in the life of one of the magnificent Jewish communities in England. Manchester, 1950-1980.
The collection includes, inter alia , a financial report from the Manchester community, 1953; the inauguration of the new synagogue, Manchester, 1962; service upon receiving a Torah scroll, Manchester, 1965; invitation to the inauguration of a Torah scroll, 1968; invitation to the inauguration of a Torah scroll, 1971; inauguration of Beit Bnot Agudat Yisrael, 1980, and more.
[11] printed items, various sizes and conditions.
Overall fine condition.
