ספר המגיד , חלק שלישי. תרי עשר, דניאל עזרא נחמיה, ודברי הימים, עם פירוש רש”י ועם פירוש אשכנז המועתק ללשון מדברת בינינו. סלאוויטא, בדפוס רבי שמואל אברהם שפירא. תקצ”ה 1834.
שער חלקו בדיו אדום. המהדורה נרשמה במפעל הביבליוגרפי על פי עותק בספריית בר אילן.
קן, עג דף, 24 ס”מ. חסר 3 דף בסוף.
לא כרוך. דף אחרון,- דף עג – פגום, מלבד זה מצב טוב-טוב מאד.
Lechem Shamayim , Part I, commentary on the mishnah for the orders of Zera’im and Mo’ed by Rabbi Ya’akov Emden – the Ya’avetz. Wandsbek, 1733. First edition. Pedigree copy.
With the compilation Binyan Bait HaBechirah al HaRamba”m on the halachahs of the Holy Temple. On the back of the title page is “Tavnit HaMizbeiach L’Kol Mishpato, ” a large diagram of the alter with explanations.
The chronogram of the print year detail works out to 1728, however, a ה must be added, as appears from the date on the approbation.
This first book by the Ya’avetz was printed in Wandsbek before the author printed his books at the press he founded in Altona. Rare book.
There are several handwritten glosses along the book’s leaves by Rabbi Segri, one of the leading rabbis of Italy. The glosses are signed אס”י, as he would customarily sign. Owner’s signatures: Avraham Segri and Eliezer HaLevi, brother of the author of Kol Ben Levi – printed in Constantinople in 1727.
[1], 118, 120-122 leaves, 30 cm.
Very fine condition. Brown paper. Semi-leather binding.
* Seder Haggadah L’Chovshei Beit HaMidrash [Satirical]
* Haggadah shel Pesach with 115 commentaries, called Migdal Eder
* Beit Yisrael commentary on Haggadah shel Pesach
* Beit Yaakov commentary on Haggadah shel Pesach
* Birkat Pesach with Pitcha Zuta al Hilchot Pesach
Generally fine condition.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a complete list of the books.
* Sefer Minchat Kinaut * Sefer HaManhig * Peirush Rabbeinu Chananel on Tractate Pesachim * Sefer HaRokeach * Sefer Yireim
Overall fine condition.
The haggadah service in Hebrew with a commentary in Marathi by the expert Rabbi Chaim Yosef Chilgoa of Cochin, and with an elucidation in Marathi by R’ Chaim Yitzchak Galtzorcher, printed for the first time. Lithograph.
The first haggadah printed for the ‘Bnei Yisrael’ community in India, and also the first haggadah with a Marathi translation. The translation is printed on facing pages.
The title page bears a picture of Moshe and Aharon. At the beginning of the haggadah, there are three leaves printed with small pictures of the simanim of the Seder, with explanations in Marathi.
Interesting detail: Before the end of bedikat chametz and bi’ur chametz , there are the halachahs of hag’alat and tevillat keilim in Marathi. There is a blessing printed there (in Hebrew) … al ha’ga’alat keilim [“… אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו על הגעלת הכלים”]. The blessing is completely unknown and is not referenced in adjudicative literature.
Rare and sought-after haggadah, especially in such beautiful condition.
Ya’ari, 656, Ya’ari, Otzar HaHaggadot 895, HaDefus HaIvri B’Artzot HaMizrach, Bombay, no. 92.
[5] 35 leaves, 22 cm.
Aside from aging stains, very fine condition. Detached front binding.
Passover Haggadah with pictures and an Italian translation by Rabbi Avraham Chai Morpurgo [ L’Haggada illustrata. Tradotta da A. V. Morpurgo]. Trieste, 1864.
Magnificent haggadah with famous pictures. The pictures were created by C. Kirchmayr, and his signature appears in the margins of the title page and in initials on each picture, a total of 58 copperplates.
Refer to: B. Ruth, “HaHaggadah HaMetzuyeret She’B’Defus” – Areshet III , 1961, pp. 27-28. There it says that there is only one haggadah from the 19th century that can be viewed as ambitious and fit to create a new tradition, which is the haggadah that appeared in Trieste in 1864.
It is one of the most magnificent haggadahs in the history of print, with a large number of pictures, more than any previous printed haggadah.
On the final page, there are musical notes for the hymns “Adir Hu, ” “Adir BiMeluchah” and “Echad Mi Yodeah.”
[4], 64, [2] pp, 32 cm. Ya’ari 899, Otzar HaHaggadot 1217.
Moderate-fine condition. Professional restoration to the inner margins of three leaves. Usage stains. Minimal adhesions. Magnificent new leather binding.
* Sifat Yeter L’Chacham Avraham ben Ezra * Orot Meiofel * Milot HaHigayon * Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon * Peirush Rabbeinu Avraham ben HaRambam
Sefer HaEvronot , foundational book for the establishment of the Hebrew calendar. Calculations of tekufot and moladot from the time of Creation, and the rules of the Hebrew calendar, setting months, and Rosh HaShanah postponement. Scarce book. The common edition was printed later according to this edition, in Russia-Poland.
With an extensive elucidation about igul d’Rabbi Nachshon . Tables and sketches along all the leaves of the book. Including a drawing of a large hand as a sign for the setting of the tekufot, and large sketches of igul d’Rabbi Nachshon . Likewise, there is a chart of the foreign holidays and the fairs, in Ashkenaz and in Poland, matched up with the Jewish calendar.
24 leaves, 21.5 cm.
Fine-very fine condition: Minimal aging stains.
Die Basler Hebraeischen Drucke ( 1492-1866)
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah with the Be’er Heitev commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Ashkenazi. Amsterdam, Hertz Rofeh Press. 1737. Apparently the only complete copy in the world!
Rabbi Yehudah Ashkenazi of Tiktin, author of Be’er Heitev , brought his book to print in 1737 at the Naftali Hertz HaLevi Rofeh Press in Amsterdam. Yet a large fire broke out near the printing press and thousands of books were consumed. Among them was most of this Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah im Be’er Heitev edition. Very few copies of this book survived the fire. As such, in the next edition of the book printed by Naftali Hertz Rofeh, in 1746, it is written: “The Jewish people already knows of the fire that burned several years ago, when new and old books were burned, including Yoreh Deah im Be’er Heitev , and there are not even ten left from the fire.” This fire was also mentioned in the approbations to the second (more common) edition. As an aside, this fire was also mentioned in other books of the period. For example, in Sefer HaTashbetz , printed in 1739, the printer wrote about the fire that totally destroyed the press – the books and the printing tools, and that there was but one step between him and death.
For more about the rarity of this book, refer to the Hebrew catalog text.
This is the complete book, through leaf 357 with the colophon. More material about this is attached.
[3] 497 leaves, 17 cm.
Very fine condition: Signatures from the period of printing. Minimal aging stains. Few worming perforations. Red page cuts. Antique leather binding.
Midrash Rabbot al HaTorah V’Chamesh Megillot
* ספר תורה נביאים וכתובים מדוייק היטב ע”י מאיר הלוי לעטריס. ברלין, תרנ”ב [1892].
* תורה נביאים כתובים, גרמנית, בתרגומו של ד”ר גוטהולד סולומון. אלטונה, 1837. חיתוך דפים מוזהב.
* תורה נביאים וכתובים. Biblia Hebraica. ליפציג, 1838. תנ”ך בעברית עם הקדמה בגרמנית.
* Mishneh Torah im Nosei Keilav * Mishneh Torah * Sefer Morah Nevuchim * Biur Milot HaHegyon LaRambam * Amudei Kesef and Mishkanot Kesef.
* Sefer Kodesh im Tirgumim U’Biurim * Sefer Siach Sfonim * Sefer Iyov * Chamisha Chumshei Torah * Chamisha Chumshei Torah
Overall fine condition.
Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger
* Seder Haggadah shel Pesach im Ivri Teitch
* Seder HaHaggadah L’Leil Shimurim 1867
* Seder HaHaggadah L’Leil Shimurim
* Haggadah shel Pesach Alfas
* Seder Haggadah shel Pesach L’Leil Shimurim with English translation
Generally fine condition.
* Shev Shemaiteta
* Rav Berachot
* Ginat Vradim
* Et Sofer
* Bnei Gershon
Generally fine condition.
Pnei Yehoshua on tractates Ketubot, Gittin and Kiddushin.
ספרא דבי רב, הוא ספר תורת כהנים,כולל מדרשי התנאים הקדושים זכרונם לברכה לספר ויקרא, עם פירוש רבינו אברהם בן דוד מפשקירו בעל ההשגות על הרמב”ם, ועם מאמר מסורת התלמוד מאת רבי אייזק הרש ווייס. ווין, תרכ”ב 1862.
מצב טוב-טוב מאד, מעט כתמי זמן.
Study and investigation of the new book that has been printed, called Yerushalmi Chulin Bechorot , written about by many contemporary experts. Accompanied by a commemorative essay for the final generation, by Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki. Bilgory, 1910. First edition.
The main composition that proved that the Talmud Yerushalmi on the entire Seder Kodshim by Friedlander is a fraud. Book of historic importance.
At the beginning of the book, there are letters from rabbinic leaders of the generation about the Yerushalmi: The author of Avnei Nezer , the brother of the author of Sefat Emet (in his name), Rabbi Yechiel Meir of Ostrovtza, Rabbi Yosef Rozen – the Rogochover, Rabbi Yoav Yehoshua Weingarten of Kinz, author of Chelkat Yoav , and more. At the end of the book, there is correspondence between the author and Friedlander.
The title page bears a dedication by the author, Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki, who gave the book to R’ Nachman Shlomo Greenspan – disciple of the Admo”r, the author of Avnei Nezer of Sochochov and then rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim in London.
Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki [1866-1928] was one of the leaders of Chareidi Jewry and one of the leading rabbis of Poland in the generation before the Holocaust. He was one of the founders of Agudat HaRabbanim in Poland. Rabbi Meir Dan was a disciple of the author of Nefesh Chayah and of the Avnei Nezer , and he served as rabbi of Dvart and then in the rabbinate of Ostrov-Mazovyetzk. He was very active in the exposure of the fraudulent Talmud Yerushalmi on Seder Kadshim. This fraud initially misled many rabbinic leaders, but the scam was later revealed, inter alia, after Rabbi Meir Dan published the work called Sha’alu Shlom Yerushalayim in which he proved the fraud. Rabbi Meir Dan was known for his work Kli Chemdah .
16, 9-112 pp. 24.5 cm.
Bound with:
Two works by the gaon Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki.
Sefer Beit Yehudah Part II by Rabbi Elazar Yehudah – and the compilation Imrei Yisrael by Rabbi Yisrael Nathan. Arranged by the father, Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki.
Bilgoray, 1910. 34: [3] 21 [1] pp. Imrei Yisrael has a dedicated half-title page.
24.5 cm. With Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan’s stamps.
Very fine condition.
* Maamar Yivu HaMayim , a philosophic composition on the creation of the world and the nature of water and the seas, by Rabbi Shmuel ibn Tibbon, Pressburg, 1837. First edition from manuscript.
* Amudei Kesef and Mishchiyot Kesef . Two commentaries on the Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim by Yosef [ibn] Kaspi, with glosses and additions from Shlomo Zalman Wolbloner. Frankfurt am Main, 1848. First edition from manuscript. Title page and a number of leaves in German.
Two compositions from ancient sages, first printed from manuscript after hundreds of years.
* Sfat Yeter, c omposition on grammar by Rabbi Avraham ibn Ezra with the Gal Na’ol commentary by Gavriel Hirsch Lipman. Frankfurt am Main, 1843. Title page and a number of leaves in German.
The books are bound together. Overall fine condition.
Three books by and about the famed rabbi of Vienna, Rabbi Tzvi Peretz Chayut.
* Adam BaOlam – Tzvi Peretz Chayut , by Kono Trau – Michael Krein. Tel Aviv, 1947. With a portrait of Rabbi Chayut.
* Tzvi Peretz Chayut, Speeches and Sermons by Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Levine. Boston, 1953. With a portrait of Rabbi Chayut and author’s dedication.
* Trei Asar, Chelek Alef . With a scientific commentary, published with the participation of expert scholars. Kiev 1906. Commentators include Rabbi Tz. P. Chayut.
Overall fine condition.
Shulchan Aruch Ohr HaChaim with Be’er HaGolah and Be’er Heitev . Amsterdam, 1742.
[5] 320 leaves, 18 cm.
First edition of Be’er Heitev by Rabbi Yehudah Ashkenazi of Tiktin, which is presently printed in all editions of the Shulchan Aruch and the Mishnah Berurah . The last page relates about the fire in which the Yoreh Deah section was burned.
Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.
