Nidchei Yisrael from the Chofetz Chaim. Warsaw, 1897. With the Tiferet Adam booklet. Two notes, ‘proofread’ (in Hebrew), in pencil, by the author. Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
Shu”t from Rabbi Reuven Katz. Two sections. 1926-1940. The author [1880-1964] was the teacher of/?? and immigrated Palestine where he served as Rabbi of Petach Tikvah. The first section bears his stamp and the second section his handwritten inscription. Fine-very fine condition.
Mishnayot Seder Moed with commentary, Warsaw, 1879. With the stamps of Rabbi Shimon Averstark, in German from his stint as Rabbi there and one in Hebrew from Jerusalem. See Hebrew text for more information regarding this personality. Additional owner stamps and signatures. Fine condition.
Mishnayot Seder Zeraim. Warsaw, 1861. Signature on on title page of Rabbi Moshe Grodzinski. [1885-18th of Av, 1929], Rosh Yeshiva Torat Chaim in Vilna. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael and settled in Hebron where he was killed in the pogroms of 1929. Additional owner signatures. Magnificent leather binding, blemished. Solitary, blemished leaves. Fine condition.
Be’er Yitzchak, supercommentary on the Ibn Ezra by Rabbi Yitzchak Sarim, Leghorn [1864]. First edition. Author inscribed the copy to Rabbi Avraham Sassoon, Aleppo sage who helped actualize the printing of the book and even wrote an introduction. Worming holes. Moderate-fine condition. Dikdukei Rashi, Jozefow, 1878, with the signature of Rabbi Avraham Sassoon. Two additional books with the signature of Rabbi Avraham Sassoon – possibly signed by another sage from the same family: Sha’arei HaKedusha, Warsaw 1885. Mishle Shualim of Rabbi Berachya HaNakdan, Warsaw 1875
*Toldot Rabbeinu Zerachya HaLevi. Prague, [1853]. * Vikucha Raba, Warsaw, 1886. *Iggrot V’Shut HaRambam, 1878 * Shevet Yehuda by Dr. Shlomo ben Virga. Warsaw, 1882. *Mishlei Shualim of Rabbi Berachya HaNakdan, Warsaw, 1874. Lengthy owner notation and stamp of רבי אברהם יצחק דזובאס of טשענסטחוב [1884-1947] author of: Milin Chaditin, Milin Yikarim, Dagan Bachurim and Zichron Avraham. Overall very fine condition.
Homilies on the Torah by Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi. Signature of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Danon, Moroccan Sage. The book is in moderate-poor condition and missing its last two pages.
Medrash Rabba with the Matnot Kehuna commentary, Amsterdam [1641-1642]. Two volumes. Missing the first and last leaves. Many worming holes. Poor condition. Signature of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Danon on the flyleaf of the second volume, and a number of his glosses.
Rabbi Moshe Alshich’s commentary on the Prophets and Writings. Venice, [1603]. First edition. Incomplete, moderate-poor condition. Signature of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Danon – Moroccan sage.
Laws of Treifot by Rabbi Chaim Dovid Chazan. Lengthy, halachic glosses in pencil. Worming holes. Fine condition.
Sermons and responsa from Rabbi Naftali HaKohen Schwartz, Pecs, [1899]. First edition. Worming holes. Moderate-fine condition. Additional owner signatures..
Shu”t Noda B’Yehuda, two sections, Stettin, 1861. Owner signature of Rabbi Shmuel Hominer and glosses in his hand. See Hebrew text for more information regarding this personality. Owner signatures and stamps of Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Leib Chefetz, dayan in Jerusalem. Refer to Otzar Harrabanim 12566. Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
Beit HaBechira for Tractate Pesachim, Tel Aviv, 1954. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913-2011), Rosh Yeshiva Ponevezh L’Tzeirim, member of the Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah of Degel HaTorah and leader of the Litvishe community. Worming holes. Fine condition.
Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Shabbat, Zhitomir, 1860. Missing the title page and conclusion. Many handwritten glosses. Lengthy gloss on leaf 4. Tens of comments – references on the last leaves and the Mareh HaPanim commentary.
Pilpul-Halachic work of Admor Rabbi Avraham of Sochotchov, Jerusalem, 1960. Owner signature and lengthy, scholarly glosses from Rabbi Eliyahu Alter Rubinstein. He was an outstanding Torah scholar who served as Rabbi in Jerusalem. AFter the death of Rabbi Chaim Kreisworth, he was asked to succeed him as Chief Rabbi of Antwerp. He served there as rabbi for a few years before his untimely death. He authored the Migdanot Eliyahu series.
Drishat Tzion with Sefer Rishon L’Tzion, by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kalisher. Tehran, [1866]. First edition of this historic work that was printed independently and with the Rishon L’Tzion supplement. Blemishes to the first leaves, moderate-fine condition. *HaTzofeh L’Beit Yisrael, by Yitzchak Erter, with supplements by Meir HaLevi Erter, Vienna, 1864. Additional German title page, author’s portrait [?]. Fine condition. *Kach Hi Darka shel Torah, by Rabbi Moshe Waldburg, two sections, Jassy [1864-1868]. Stains. Fine condition. the books are bound together.
Novellae by Rabbi Refael Laniado, published by Rabbi Ezra Batzri, Machon HaKitav.Jerusalem, 1948. Inscription written and signed by kabalist Rabbi Yaakov Ades, author of the “Devar Yaakov” series and more. Excellent condition.
Derashot by Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Nissenbaum, Warsaw, [1923]. Owner stamp of Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Twersky of Radomishel.
Section of a title page for the Ketzot HaChoshen, section two, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller. The upper section features the signature of Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach.
Arugat HaBosem on the Torah, section one, by Rabbi Moshe Greenwald, Rabbi of Chust and prominent Hungarian Rabbi. Chust, [1913]. First edition. Introduction by the author’son, rabbi of Chust and Ungvar. Owner inscription on title page, apparently from the publisher’s son. Additional interesting owner notation written after the Holocaust. Light blemishes to solitary leaves. Fine condition.
Halachic encyclopedia by Rabbi Yehuda Shmuel Ashkenazi. On the title page: First book, however no others were printed. Only edition. Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Zarka, Tunisian Sage, and other rabbinical signatures. Missing part of leaf [2]. Fine condition.
Signatures of Rabbi Avraham Droshkovitz, Mashgiach of the Volozhin Yeshiva. Author of ‘Shaarei Hora’a’, Kovno, 1933, and ‘Chidushei U’Biurei Ha’Gr”a’, Kedahnen, 1940. Very fine condition. Quality paper.
One of the most important commentators of Seder Kodshim. First edition. Singanure and stamp of the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Hutner of Warsaw. Very fine condition.
For further information see Hebrew text.
