Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat with commentaries. Vilna, around 1840. Handwritten comments. Title page and first few pages are missing. 45 cm. Many handwritten glosses in an Ashkenaizc hand throughout the book. The comments were not researched. Old damaged leather binding. Small tears. Fine condition.
Sha’ar Ha’Melech. Rav Moshe Nunes Belmonte, with the Ta’am Ha’Melech supplements. Brunn, 1801. Glosses by an outstanding Torah scholar. Two pages of the book were supplied by hand. [4] 84:137: 104 pg. 36 cm. Bound in one binding without the additions at the end of the first part and without the second part. Owner note on the endpaper. Two glosses in an antiquated hand, one includes the comment ‘as explained in my novellae’ – indicating that his Torah thoughts were well known. Unidentified. Two pages were supplied in an antiquated hand, from around the time that the book was printed. Simple binding. Few worming holes at the edges. The edges of the pages at the end of the book are folded. Fine-very fine condition.
Turei Even, novellae on tractates Rosh Hashana, Chagiga and Megilla by Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Metz, with the Imrei Baruch of Rabbi Baruch Frenkel Teumim. Vienna, [1875]. Signature and glosses of Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Etkin, Rabbi of Ostrov. [1] 46, 37, 35, 24 leaves, 35 cm. First edition of the Imrei Baruch annotations and novellae by Rabbi Baruch Frenkel Teumim. The title page features a lengthy inscription and signature of Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Etkin, Rabbi of Ostrov. The “Sidei Chemed” includes a letter from him [we’ve included it here]. The leaves of the book are filled with lengthy glosses dated 1878. The endpaper bears an additional rabbinical signature. Simple binding. Minimal aging stains. Very fine condition.
Beit Yehuda responsa by Rabbi Yehuda Iyash. Leghorn [1746]. First edition. Glosses and signatures. [2], 44, 47-75, 75-101, 103-121 pages, 30 cm. The book includes “Dinei U’Minhagei K”K Arg’el” [Algeria]. This was the first work to discuss the customs of Algerian Jewry. The author was a prominent Algerian rabbi and was known throughout the generations as a holy person. He passed through Leghorn on his way to Jerusalem and printed this book. He gave an approbation to the works of the “Ohr Hachaim” and the “Sha’ar Yosef” – the Chida’s first work. This is the first section of his responsa. Other responsa were printed about twelve years later, within his “Bnei Yehuda”. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Yehuda Avraham Azriel, Jerusalem rabbi, who passed away in 1811. He was the son of Avigdor Hakadosh and the grandfather of kabalist Rabbi Aharon Azriel, author of “Kapei Aharon” [Jerusalem, 1873-1846]. This copy bears six lengthy handwritten glosses in the hand of Rabbi Moshe Pardo, the noted rabbi of Egypt [Jerusalem 1814-Alexandria 1888], author of Tzedek U’Mishpat on the Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat [ Izmir, 1874]. Some of the glosses are signed with his initials. The book is in poor-moderate condition with many worming blemishes.
Birkei Yosef, section two. Halachic novellae on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat by Rabbi Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai [Chida]. Leghorn, [1776]. First edition. Handwritten comments. 121, 123 leaves. 29.5 cm. The first edition of the Chida’s noted halachic work. With three handwritten glosses. Two glosses in an antiquated Sephardic hand – apparently from the time when the book was printed. One gloss is lengthy [signed?]. Along with an additional Sephardic note from a later period. New binding. Aging stains. Marginal worming holes on solitary leaves, not affecting text. The title page margins have been reinforced. Fine-very fine condition.
Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’Ezer with Hagahot HaRam”a, Be’er Ha’Gola, and ‘Be’er Hietev’. Handwritten glosses from the grandchildren of the Maharshashac”h from Frankfurt. [2] 11 [1] 178 pg. 17.5 cm. Three out of five volumes of the Shulchan Aruch were printed in this edition, over a period of five years. Choshen Mishpat was not printed. In the title page a handwritten signature “חנני ה’ בזה הלל כהן שאטין”. Rabbi Hillel was the son of Rabbi Shnuel Ha’Cohen Satin. Both of them grandchildren of rabbi Shmuel Ha’Cohen Satin, the famous rabbi of Frankfurt, called also the ‘Maharshashac”h’. They were also the heads of the known kloiz in Hamburg- Altona. A few scholarly comments in their hand. Blemish to the margins of the glosses. Refer to: Otzar HaRabbanim 19416, 5311. Original binding. Rubbed. Two original copper buckles. Impressive copy. Very fine condition.
Zachur L’Avraham. Novellae on Choshen Mishpat arranged in entries in alphabetical order. By Rabbi Avraham Alkalai. Salonica, [1818]. Second edition with many supplements. Many marginal glosses in a Sephardic rabbinical hand. The glosses include complete entries that were not printed in the book. Old, blemished binding. Many worming holes. Poor-moderate condition.
Sefer Zera Shimshon. Elucidations on the Torah and Megillot …by kabalist Rabbi Shimshon Chaim b”r Nachman Michael Nachmani. Mantua, [1778], at the press of Eliezer Shlomo of Italy. 104, 108-115, 115, [1], 117-[100]62; 21 leaves. 34 cm. The leaves bear lengthy glosses in an Oriental rabbinical hand, one is signed בר”ת. Unidentified. Very rare, significant work. The author was one of the most prominent kabalists in Italy, a disciple of the Raba”ch (disciple of the Ramaz). He left instructions that his kabalistic words be buried with him. Refer to Shem HaGedolim L’Chida; the entry on Sefer Zera Shimshon. In the margins of the introduction, the author asks people to study his work and promises that those who do so will merit children and grandchildren, smart and wise, and homes that are full of plenty. Old binding, the front section is detached. Restored tears on the title page, with loss of text. Worming holes, primarily in the blank margins. Fine condition.
Sefer Ikrim on the foundations of roots of emunah by Rabbi Yosef Albo with the Eitz Shatul elucidation by Rabbi Gedalya Lipshitz, disciple of the Maharam of Lublin. Venice, [1618]. 144 leaves. 29 cm. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim. In chapter 25, Rabbi Wolf manually recreated the censor’s omissions. Rabbi Heidenheim was one of the greatest grammarians. He dedicated himself to publishing precise Chumashim and prayer books and studied hymns and their commentaries. The Chatam Sofer wrote that if not for his works, these hymns would have been forgotten (Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, Choshen Mishpat, siman 79). Rubbed, antiquated leather binding. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat with the Sm”a by Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Katz and the Shach of Rabbi Shabtai Katz. Furth, 1692. 2-512, 7 leaves. 32 cm. Thick volume. This is the first edition with the “nosei keilim” of the Shulchan Aruch printed side-by-side, the Sm”a and Sha”ch, with its inclusive title “Torat Kohanim”. Many corrections and glosses in an Ashkenazic hand – not inspected. Not bound. Missing five leaves at the beginning and five leaves at the conclusion. Fine condition.
Talmud Yerushalmi on Tractate Berachos, Seder Zeraim, and Tractate Shekalim with the commentary of Rabbi Eliyahu of Fulda. Amsterdam, [1710]. First edition with the approbation of the Chacham Zvi. [2], 2-37; 2-22; 2-21; 2-25; 2-25; 2-34; 2-14; 2-17; 2-15; 2-14; 2-9; 2-20; [6] leaves. Separate pagination for each tractate. This is a very rare copy. Most of the copies have four pages of errata. This copy has six leaves which include the comments of Rabbi Dovid Oppenheim that were integrated with parentheses into the errata. Vinograd, Amsterdam 916 – without these extra leaves. Glosses in an Ashkenaizc hand in the margins. Two different handwritings, that seem to be important glosses. Not bound. Aging stains. Very fine condition.
Avodat HaKodesh. Kabala by Rabbi Meir ‘N Gabbai. Krakow, [1577]. 139 leaves, 30 cm. Glosses in an antiquated hand. Early kabalistic work from a Spanish kabalist who lived at the end of the era of the Rishonim. Second edition of the work; but the first to be titled “Avodat HaKodesh” – as it is known today. Owner signatures on the title pages. Many glosses within the book in an early Italian hand. Censor deletions and signatures. Old binding. Minimal working holes, not affecting text. Stains. 4 detached leaves. Fine condition.
Meorot Natan. Includes the “Meorei Ohr”, holy names according to the Arizal, by Rabbi Meir Poppers, with the Yair Nativ commentary by Rabbi Nosson Nota Monheim and Rabbi Akiva Vilna. Frankfurt A.M. [1709]. First edition. Glosses. [12], 88 leaves. 20 cm. Kabalistic glosses in an old Sephardic hand. Leaf [4] features a curvy, Sephardic owner signature. Old binding. Blemished title page. Moderate condition.
Maginei Aretz. Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah [section 1] with commentaries. Vilna, 1845. [6], 242 [should say: 244]; 194 pages, 39.5 cm. Blue paper. Many comments in a rabbinical hand. Some short comments correcting the text and the like, along with some lengthy, scholarly comments. The text seems to indicate that the writer was a rabbi. Some of the comments have been cropped with the binding. Bound with ‘Shiurei Leket’, from the great gaon…the author of Sidrei Tehara [Rabbi Elchanon Ashkenazi], Warsaw, 1840. [1], 4-12 leaves. New binding. Minimal aging stains. Reinforcements to the title page. Fine condition.
Tur Yoreh Deah with the Beit Yosef Darchei Moshe and more. Wien, [1712]. Handwritten comments and glosses. 336, 10 leaves. 41 cm. Along the length of the book there are tens of short comments and lengthy halachic notes in the hand of an unidentified prominent Torah scholar. The comments begin at siman 201. Owner signature on the title page. New binding. Tears in the title page, without loss. Aging stains and worming holes. Overall fine condition.
Bigdei Yom Tov, section two. Halachic novellae by Rabbi Yom Tov Krispin. Izmir, [1887]. First edition. Signature of Rabbi Avraham Palagi of Izmir. [2] 89 leaves, 30 cm. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Avraham Palagi, the eldest son of Rabbi Chaim Palagi and his successor as rabbi of Izmir. Rabbi Avraham Palagi [1810-1898] helped his father write his halachic responsa and print his many works. After his father’s death, he was appointed to succeed him as Chief Rabbi of Izmir – a position he held for thirty years until his death. He authored tens of works, some of which were destroyed in the big conflagration that swept through Izmir in [1841] and which destroyed many of his father’s manuscripts. Old binding. Reinforcements. Very fine condition.
Kreisi U’Pleisi [section one], novellae and pilpulim on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah by Rabbi Yonasan Eibshitz. Altona, [1763]. First edition. Signatures of the rabbis of the Ibn Danon family. [3] 34 [should say: 35] 165 leaves, 31 cm. With the text of the Shulchan Aruch. First edition printed by the author with a lengthy introduction in which he includes his biography. This copy belonged to the Ibn Danon family, the famed rabbinical family from Fez, Morocco: The title page has a curvy note and signature of Rabbi Moshe Ibn Danon, his signature also appears on leaf 48 and 92. Leaf 81 bears the signature of his father, Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Danon. Leaf [2] bears the signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Danon, author of “L’Yitzchak Reiach”, the grandfather of Rabbi Moshe Ibn Danon. Leaf 54 bears nice curvy signatures from the Ibn Danon family. New binding. Many worming blemishes. Poor-moderate condition.
Elucidation of the laws of Passover, a lengthy elucidation of the Haggada with the Haggada text and various novellae by Rabbi Refael Malki of Safed. Salonica, [1749]. Only edition. Signatures of the Rabbis of the Ibn Danon family. [2] 24: 18: 25-160 leaves, 30 cm. Lengthy elucidation on the laws of Passover; the Seder HaKravat Korban Pesach L’Rambam; text of the Haggada; lengthy elucidation of the Haggada; novellae on the laws of Yom Kippur, Sukkos and Chanuka; and various compilations. One of the early haggadot printed in the Orient. This book belonged to the Ibn Danon family, the noted rabbinical family from Fez, Morocco: The endpaper bears the signature of Rabbi Shmuel Ibn Danon. The title page bears two, nice curvy signatures of his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Danon, author of L’Yitzchak Reiach [L’Yitzchak Reiach is also featured in this catalogue]. Otzar Haggadot 206. The book is in poor-moderate condition, with many worming blemishes.
Darchei Ish. Sermons by Rabbi Nissim Shmuel Yehuda Orvitz. Jerusalem, Nissan Bak press. [1875]. Only edition. Stamp of the Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi. [2], 118 leaves, 27.5 cm. Some copies are bound together with the book Ish Tzair. R’ Yisrael Bak passed away while this book was being printed, and his son finished the job. On leaf [2], he reflects about his father’s work printing Hebrew books. The last leaf features a large illustration of Jerusalem [slightly blemished]. Approbation of the Rishon L’Tzion, Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi, with his stamp; large stamp in Hebrew, English and Arabic. New, simple binding. Reinforcing tape and slight blemishes to the title page margins. Fine condition. Shoshana Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim 230.
Pri Migadim. Chidushei Halachot on the Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. [Zolkiew] [1766]. Signatures and glosses. [1] 149 leaves, 38 cm. The second edition of the noted work on the Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Meir Santa [1765-1831], Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Nagykanizsa. The Chatam Sofer sent him a number of responsa, mentioned him in a number of responsa and called him a wonder worker and righteous person. We’ve included information about him. Two handwritten glosses in the book, apparently written by this personality. The endpapers at the end and beginning of the book are signed רבי שרגא צבי – פייש הרש, ויינער, Rabbi of פראדען, he corresponded with the Shevet Sofer. We’ve included information about him. The concluding endpaper bears the signature of Rabbi Abba Chiya Hirsch, a disciple of the Chatam Sofer and rabbi of Sered [refer to: HaChatam Sofer V’Talmidav, page 1]. Old, blemished binding, light blemishes. Worming holes. Moderate-fine condition.
* Amudei Shitim L’Beit HaLevi. Prague, [1791]. Note at the conclusion by a student that the book belongs to his rebbe, HaGaon HaTzaddik Rabbi Asher Anshel av”d Csenger, author of the Menuchat Asher, along with additional unidentified signature. Missing the title page. * Ohr HaGanuz. Furth, [1764]. Signature of his brother, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Jungreis and other later stamps. * Netivot HaMishpat. Zolkiew, [1810], second edition with owner stamp. * Ha’aruch Mi’Shach. With the comments of the Minchat Aharon by his grandson. Vienna, [1809]. First edition. * Dagul Mervava. Prague, [1794], with many owner stamps. Missing its title page. * V’zot Torat HaBayit L’haRashba. Salonica, [1796], Rabbinical stamps and signature of a Sephardic rabbi. Missing its conclusion. The books are generally in fine condition.
Zohar Chadash and Medrash HaNe’elam. Amsterdam, [1701]. Owner signatures. [2], 5-80, 61-70, [1] leaves. 23.5 cm. Prominent edition of the Sefer Zohar Chadash. With the last leaf [marked 89], that is not found in all copies. The title page bears the signature of Moshe Shmuel Schiff of Tranow. He was a chassid of the Chozeh of Lublin – a winery owner. Many chassidim were careful only to drink his wines. Refer to: M. Wunder, “Encyclopedia L’Chassidut”, Volume 5, column 259. Along with the signature of Levi Yitzchak Schiff. Light blemishes on the title page and the last leaves….
Tzeida L’Derech. Laws and customs regarding the Messiah, resurrection of the dead, by Rabbi Menachem ben Zerach. Lemberg, 1859. Stamps of Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz – Hager [Rabbi Yehudel’e Dzikover]. [7] 145 leaves, 21.5 cm. Missing the indexes. Stamps on the title page and leaf 1: יהודה האגער דיין, קלויזענבורג. Rabbi Yehuda Hager-Horowitz [1905-1989] was known as “Rebbe Yehudel’e Dzikover’. He was the son of Rabbi Alter Yechezkel Eliyahu, the Admor of Dzikov; and the grandson of Rabbi Yisrael of Vishnitz; and he studied by Rabbi Meir Arik. He married the daughter of his cousin, Rabbi Chaim Meir of Vishnitz. In 1936, he served as dayan in Klausenberg. His father died in the Holocaust, but he adamantly refused to succeed him as Admor of Dzikov. However, many people were drawn to him, and he was known as a lofty, righteous person. He lived his last years in London, and he was buried there. His Torah and comments on a number of works have been printed recently. Old binding. Light tears and tape reinforcement. Moderate-fine condition.
25×39 cm. Bound together in one binding. The benefits of these tractates are written on the title pages. Firstly, the version has been corrected and printed according to Rabbi Shlomo Luria’s corrections [Maharsha”l]. Moreover, before the start of the tractate alternative versions and proofreadings of the Maharsha”l, Maharsh”a, and Mahara”m are concluded, in both tractates. Many owner signatures. See Hebrew catalogue description for additional information about these singatures. Original leather binding with a decoration embossed. Professionally restored. One original big copper clasp. Thick high quality paper. Especially wide margins. Few worming holes and light tears. Fine-very fine condition.
