Auction 34
Lot 161:
Index of articles of Chazal organized alphabetically by Rabbi Shraga Feivush Segel Frankel. Partially missing: title page and other pages. 1-4, 9-296 pages. Moth holes, front binding and first pages are partially detached. Various stains. Overall fair to good condition.
This copy has an important yechus story, the first page has the stamp of ownership of the Admor of Husiatyn. The blank first page has the signature of Rabbi Menachem Natan Auerbach of Jerusalem, grandson of the Imrei Binah, writer of the Zechut Avot. Throughout the book are emphases in pen and pencil and various markings, it is unknown who wrote them.
Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn (1858-1949), the elder of the rebbes of the Ruzhin family, named after his grandfather the founder of the dynasty Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. In 1894 he was appointed to succeed his father as rebbe of Husiatyn and the thousands of disciples who had followed his father now accepted his authority. Toward the end of his life he immigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where he established his court.
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