Bsamim Rosh. Eight sermons on halacha and aggadda by Rabbi Yitzchak Av Beit Din Stanisle. [Frankfurt am Main 1915].
Specifications: [1], 16 leaves. 33 cm. Rare booklet.
Background: The sermons were first printed in Shemen Rosh Munkacz 1903, by his father Rabbi Asher Anshel Ashkenazi. The author’s son, who fled to Frankfurt at the beginning of the First World War, saved only the sermon pages of Bsamim Rosh and he bound them in a new book cover, where he wrote, “This is the booklet which was saved from the sword’s blade which was turning in our city and the part which was printed testifies regarding all that was conceived!” Apparently, only the title page was printed in Frankfurt, with the name of the author, Rabbi Yitzchak Ashkenazi, the son of the author who printed the booklet. As such his address is written, “presently at a time of emergency and destruction.”
The will of the author’s grandfather, Rabbi Moshe David Ashkenazi of Tolcsva – Safed is on the last page.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Light tears in the corners without damage to text. Brittle paper. Inside a cardboard binding.