Chachmat Adam . Binat Adam . Klalim and She’arim in hilchot Yoreh Deah by Rabbi Avraham Danzig, author of the Chayei Adam . Vilna, [1815-1816]. First edition. Many handwritten halachic comments from the time that the book was printed.
[2] 89: [1] 52 leaves. About 35 cm. Missing two leaves after the title page in
Chachmat Adam .
The first edition of the noted halachic works from the author of the
Chayei Adam that were later reprinted in many editions. The title page of
Chachmat Adam has an approbation from Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. The author included a short introduction explaining that the book does not need approbations, and that Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin who does not give approbations to new halachic works, did give an approbation to this one. In the title page of
Binat Adam the author notes that he was a
mechutan of the Gr”a of Vilna, but he only quoted him a little bit because in his
Chayei Adam he quoted his words, was
“mipalpel” on them and sometimes even disagreed with them, and he heard that some people were angry about this. Though he was sure that this is the “way of Torah.” he held back from quoting his words. Refer to: Ch. Lieberman,
Ohel Roche”l 1, p. 471-472. Especially rare work.
Dozens [50-60] of lengthy halachic comments in a Rabbinic hand from the time that the book was printed. The author writes that he did not have the
Kreisi U’Pleisi ,
Noda B’Yehuda and more. In the glosses, the writer gives the sources in these books. In addition, there are a number of glosses from a later time.
Old binding. Blemishes to the first leaves. Minimal worming holes. Stains. Moderate condition.
[8] 179 [9] leaves, 32.5 cm. The author’s first printed work. Rabbi Moshe Greenwald was the noted rabbi of Chust and a prominent Hungarian rabbi. The last leaves feature a eulogy for the author by his brother, Rabbi Eliezer Dovid Greenwald of Satmar.
Owner stamps of Moshe Breur of Makova with owner signatures from the same family. A number of scholarly glosses in the hand of Rabbi Gedalya Felder.
Rabbi Gedalya Felder was the rabbi of Toronto. He was the son-in-law of Yissacher Dov Berish Teichner and the author of
She’ilat Yeshurun and
Gilyonei Yeshurun . He published articles in
HaPosek , Tel Aviv, 1940-1954.
Without binding. Fine condition.
66 leaves, 18 cm. With four lengthy, handwritten glosses. The glosses were cropped by the binder but remain understandable.
Title page dedication in an early hand (see Hebrew text). Owner signatures. Bookplate of Yaakov David HaKohen [Kagan].
Simple binding. Minimal aging stains. Minimal worming holes in the blank margins. Title cropped by the binder. Tape reinforcements. Fine condition.
[3], 82, [1], 25 leaves, 34 cm. Three sections with three title pages. Like some other copies, this copy has only one leaf of approbations.
Two scholarly glosses in an old hand.
Simple binding. Worming holes on the first 10 leaves. Aging stains. Fine condition.
Knesset Yisrael . Responsa and מovellae by Rabbi Yisrael Sassoon. Livorno, 1856. Dedication by the publisher.
[1] 5, 31 pages, 30 cm. On the title page: Part One, but no more were printed. Single edition.
With approbations from the rabbis of Jerusalem and Livorno and a long introduction from the author’s grandson Rabbi Avraham Sassoon, the publisher. On the endpaper is a long dedication from the publisher Rabbi Avraham Sassoon.
Printed and bound with
Yeshuat Yisrael , sermons by Rabbi Yeshua Sassoon. Livorno, 1856.
[1] 35 pages, 30 cm. On the title page: Part One, but no more were printed. Single edition.
The author, Rabbi Yeshua Sassoon, is the son of Rabbi Yisrael, author of
Knesset Yisrael. His grandson Rabbi Avraham Sassoon published both books. Both authors were among the rabbis of Aleppo.
Original cover, missing spine. A few aging stains. Very fine condition.
Rabbi Yitzchak Schwadron wrote glosses in the margins of these volumes, apparently a basis for his great work. Some of these glosses were inserted word-for-word in his printed work. Includes a number of glosses on the Rif. Signatures and stamps of Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen Schwadron and the signatures of his son, Rabbi Shlomo Mordechai Schwadron, the Jerusalem Maggid.
Rabbi Yitzchak Schwardron was born in 1856 to Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Schwadron, the Maharsham of Berzan. He was an affluent businessman and served as rabbi of Hatzimersh, without pay. In 1896, he was robbed and in 1898 he was widowed and left with 9 children. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1903 and settled in Jerusalem where he served on the Badatz HaChassidim. He passed away in 1920.
In 1910, he started to publish his giant work on the Tosefta. It included two sections:
Minchat Yitzchak and
Shirei Minchah . Before his death, he printed the work on Seder
Zeraim and Tractate
Shabbat. His son Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Schwadron published his works on
Moed, Nashim and
Nezikin years later from his father’s manuscripts. However, the works on
Kadshim and
Teharot were never printed, because Rabbi Yitzchak passed away in middle of Seder
Kadshim. Here are his glosses on these sedarim [volume 5].
New bindings. Aging stains. Minimal reinforcements and loose leaves. Fine condition.
Kol Eliyahu . Responsa on the Shulchan Aruch. Livorno, 1792. Signature and comments from Rabbi Chaim David Kalifi.
[4] 108 pages, 30 cm.
On the title page is the signature of Rabbi Chaim David Kalifi of Tripoli, and there are two comments in his handwriting in the body of the book.
Rabbi Chaim David Kalifi [Kalifa] was one of the rabbis of 19th century Tripoli and the author of
Orach L’Chaim in manuscript form. Words of Torah from him are in the book
Ma’ateh Eliyahu (Livorno, 1857).
Original cover. Aging stains. Moth holes. Moderate condition.
Kreisi U’Pleisi [Section one]. Novellae on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah by Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschitz. Altona [1763]. First edition printed by Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschitz himself. Signature and glosses by Rabbi Aharon David Deutsch, rabbi of Balassagyarmat.
[3] 34 [should say: 35] 165 leaves. 29.5 cm.
Rabbi Aharon David Deutsch [1813-1878] was the rabbi of Balassagyarmat. He authored the
Shu”t Goren David and was a prominent disciple of the Chatam Sofer. Refer to
HaChatam Sofer V’Talmidav (p. 49), which mentions that the Chatam Sofer said that he relies on his prayers and testified that he was worthy of life in the World to come.
One gloss mentions our great Rabbi the Chatam Sofer….
Notations and signatures on the title page.
New binding. Blemishes to the first four leaves and last leaf. Detached leaves. Moderate condition.
Early rare edition of this noted work printed according to the Hrubieszow edition of 1819. Title page decoration of two lions with a crown. Refer to: A. Yaari,
HaDefus HaIvri B’Hrubieszow , Kiryat Sefer 20 (1943-1944), p. 226.This book belonged to Rabbi Avraham Eliezer Heimel of Borka, a
shochet and
bodek in Svoliva. He added dozens of halachic comments in the book and one very lengthy comment on the endpaper, with his signature, along with additional signatures in the body of the book. The glosses have not been researched. In many glosses, he refers to
Tuv Ta’am V’Da’at by Rabbi Shlomo Kluger.
Old binding. Tear in the upper blank margins of the title page. Aging stains. Fine condition.
Meir Einei Sofrim . Laws of Sta”m, by Rabbi Dov Ber [Karasik] the rabbi of Karelichy. Lvov, 1863. Signatures and a gloss from Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger.
[4] 76, 10 pages, 22.5 cm.
First edition, with Mahadura Batra. With approbation of Rabbi Shlomo Kluger and an approbation with comments from Rabbi Yosef Shaul Nathansohn. Two title pages. On both title pages are the handwritten signatures of Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger. On page 59 is a handwritten comment in his handwriting.
See Hebrew description for details about Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger.
Simple cover. Moth holes. Moderate condition.
About 130 leaves of the book, from the first through eighth letter (the complete work consists of 415 leaves).
Many hundreds of marginal supplements in an antiquated hand, some punctuated. It is clear that the writer was an expert in Biblical grammar: he notes all of the words that were omitted from this edition and even lists a number of mistakes. The author has not been identified.
New binding. Minimal worming holes and stains. Fine condition.
[1] 148, 112 [2] leaves. 33 cm.Maimonides’s
Sefer Nashim and
Kedushah with commentaries. About twenty lengthy, scholarly glosses appear on the pages of the book, from 1740-1840, including signed glosses. Glosses are slightly cropped, most are understandable.
Old, half-leather binding. Aging stains. Light tear in the title page, without loss. Minimal aging stains. Fine condition.
About ten handwritten glosses among the leaves of the book. The comments were written in a printed, legible hand. Some are lengthy. The comments indicate that the writer was an outstanding Torah scholar who apparently issued halachic rulings on serious subjects relating to the laws of marriage and divorce. The writer asks questions and refers to various
simanim in the
Shulchan Aruch and books of responsa.
Old binding. Brittle paper. Fine condition.
Sefer HaZohar with the Hagahot of the Rama”z and Chid”a, according to the Mantua and Constantinople editions. Leghorn [1815]. Handwritten glosses.
8, 252, 2-19; 279; 115; [1] 117-310, [2] leaves. 23 cm. 3 volumes.
Dozens of glosses in a nice, organized Yemenite hand have been added to the margins of the Zohar. Sections 2-3, leaf 2a bear curvy, Yemenite and Sephardic owner signatures that have not been identified.
Only section 1 is bound. Worming holes. Stains. Moderate condition.
[1] 135 leaves, the five last leaves are reproductions, 29.5 cm.
The title page notes “section 1,” although no other sections were printed.
The author was a rabbi of Constantinople and died in Jerusalem. The endpaper bears a poem and prose in the author’s hand. Leaf 8b bears a comment in the author’s hand explaining a contradiction in his written words. Leaf 9 bears handwritten corrections. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Chaim Mishael Bitran, a Turkish sage. Additional owner signature on leaf 2.
New binding. The last leaves are blemished. Overall fine condition.
*Chasdei David, Part Two. A long commentary on the Tosefta from the order of Nezikin, by Rabbi David Pardo. Livorno, 1790. First edition. The signature of Rabbi Natan Koronil. [2] 103 pages. 34.5cm. The well known work of Rabbi David Pardo on the Tosefta, one of the most important works on the Tosefta. Additional ownership signature: Yosef Chaim Kappen (?). Old cover. Fine condition.
*Avnei Miluim, two parts. Szeczin, 1860. On the title page is a signature of Rabbi Chaim David Kalifi. Rabbi Chaim David Kalifi [Kalifa], one of the rabbis of 19th century Tripoli, wrote ‘Orach L’Chaim’ in manuscript, words of Torah from him appear in the book ‘Ma’ate Eliyahu’ (Livorno, 1857). Fine condition.
*Paneach Raza. A pleasant commentary on the Torah by [Rabbi Yitzchak son of Rabbi Yehuda]. Amsterdam, 1698. [2] 66 pages, 18.5cm. Ownership signatures. Stamp of Yeshivat Rav Achai, the young one Shaul Adadi. Moderate condition.
*Responsa De Hashev, by Rabbi David Bonan. Livorno, 1857. First edition. [3] 75, 2-25 pages, 30.5cm. With the work ‘Nishal David’ and with ‘Kuntress Hamarat Dat Poselet’ by Rabbi [Rafael] Yisrael Elyakim. Ownership signature on the title page. Not bound. Fine condition.
Shulchan Aruch Orech Chaim with the leading commentaries: Magen Avraham, Turei Zahav, Ateret Zekeinim, Chok Yaakov, Even HaOzer and other advantages. Dyhernfurth, [1804].
[2] 284 leaves. 36 cm. Part of the title page in red ink. The pages of the
Shulchan Aruch throughout the book have glosses and halachic novellae and many corrections in an Ashkenazic hand.
Simple binding. Detached spine. Fine condition.
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah [Section one] with commentaries and the Pri Megadim. Dozens of halachic glosses, some signed Shmuel P”z, Lodz, with the date 1906.
Dozens of lengthy halachic glosses appear between the leaves of this large volume. On leaf 76b, at the end of the gloss: “I wrote in my novellae at length.” The writer was undoubtedly a proficient Torah scholar who made profound comments on the leaves of the commentators of the
Shulchan Aruch and Pri Megadim. He asks and answers questions and explains seeming contradictions. The terminology used indicates that the writer was a prominent rabbi.
Old binding. Missing the title page. Reinforcements. Stains. Moderate condition.
* Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer with the Hagahot HaRam”a and the Be’er HaGolah of Rabbi Moshe Rivkas. Amsterdam, Athias Press, [1662]. First edition of the Be’er HaGolah. Dozens of comments in a Rabbinical hand.
Missing the first half title, and a leaf or two at the conclusion.
Dozens of halachic comments in the book regarding the rabbinic world and
dayanut, in an Ashkenazic Rabbinical hand. This proficient rabbi and
posek has not yet been identified. The leaf after the title page bears an unidentified owner’s signature, perhaps the name of the person who wrote the glosses [?].
* Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat with the Haghaot HaRam”a and the Be’er HaGolah of Rabbi Moshe Rivkas. Amsterdam, Athias Press, 1666, [should say 1664]. First edition of the Be’er HaGolah. Missing the first half title.
Worn bindings. Worming holes in
Even HaEzer . Moderate condition.
Four sections: [11], 91, 69, [1], 68, [1], [1], 101, [1] leaves. 31.5 cm. Glosses in a sephardic hand. This copy is one of the variant copies of this edition, with illustrations of Moses and Aharon on the title page and other changes. Refer to: N. Ben Menachem,
B’Sod Sefarim , Sinai, volume 27, 1945, p. 324-326; and D. Yardeni,
Seder Hadfasato shel HaTashbetz, Alei Sefer, p. 119-132, with a detailed description of the order of printing in its two primary formats.Simple binding. Upper margins of the first title page are cropped, without loss of text. Minimal worming holes. Fine condition.
Missing two leaves after the title page. The title page bears the owner notation and signature of Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky.
Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky (1867-1928) was a prominent Polish rabbi in the generation before the Holocaust. He was noted for his
Kli Chemdah on the Torah and his
Sha’alu Shlom Yerushalayim which questioned the authenticity of the forged Yerushalmi Kadshim.
Old binding. Aging stains. Fine condition.
* Zera Kodesh Matzevta . Words of mussar by Rabbi Moshe Graff. With the book Bat Melech by Rabbi Shimon Abayov. Mukacheve, 1893. Signatures and stamps of the Warka-Otwok Rebbe.
Bound together with:
Marbe Tevunah by Rabbi Yehoshua Isaac Shapira. Vilna, 1872. Missing a title page.
The book belonged to the Rebbe Rabbi Simcha Bunim Kalish (1851-1907), the son of the Rebbe Rabbi Mordechai Menachem Mendel of Warka. With the Rebbe’s signatures in his handwriting in two places, and with many stamps. It seems that he is also the one who signed it. In addition are stamps of Rabbi Mordechai Menachem Mendel Zilberstein,
av”d of Warka. Refer:
Otzar HaRabbanim . 13455. Also with stamps of Simcha Bunim Rejewski, Bialabriz.
Leather cover. Fine condition.
* Sha’ar Bat Rabim , on the Torah and five megillot, by Rabbu Chaim Aryeh Leib of Jedwabne. Sixth-seventh edition. Two volumes. In the first part are stamps Simcha Bunim Rejewski, Bialabriz.
Moderate condition.
She’elot V’Teshuvot L’Rabbi Chaim Ohr Zarua , [1960].
Photo offset of the Leipzig edition of 1860. Hundreds of glosses from the Steipler, generally corrections but also some additions. Almost every leaf has a gloss. Leaf 61 has a handwritten question: צ”ע (requires further analysis). The name of the book in print letters on the endpaper, possibly written by the Steipler.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899-1985) was a genius and righteous person, a leader of the charedi community in Israel and the author of the
Kehillot Yaakov . He was known as the “Steipler” after his birthplace, Hornsteipel.
[2] 308 leaves, 31 cm. Early edition of the Abarbanel’s commentary. Owner signatures.
Without the Latin leaves at the beginning and end. They were possibly removed because the proofreader and editor was an apostate.
* Peirush al Nevi’im Achronim by Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. Amsterdam, [1641]. Second edition of the Abarbanel’s commentary. Many handwritten comments. Owner signatures.[1] 305 leaves, 28.5 cm.
Many scholarly comments in a tiny hand. The glosses were written between the lines of text of the Later Prophets and in the margins. A few words were cropped by the binder. The author has not been identified. Owner signatures.
The two sections are considered a set. Only one volume was printed in each place of printing and they have similar title pages.
New, matching half-leather bindings. Aging stains. A number of leaves were professionally restored. Reinforcements. Fine condition.
