Auction 41

Meshiv Nefesh—first edition, Sighet 1912.

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On the Torah and holidays, by Rabbi Shmuel Ginzler, Av Beit Din of Oberwischau for 45 years. First edition, Marmarosh-Sighet 1912. [4], 156 leaves. Brought to the publisher by his grandson, who also wrote a long introduction (Rabbi Eliyahu Sternhall).

Pages 65-71 include “Mili d’Hespida”, two eulogies written by the author on Admorim Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz and Rabbi Menachem Mendel the Tzemach Tzaddik of Vizhnitz, in which he mentions other tzaddikim.

Page 139 has a “drosh I gave on the 13th of Av of 1910 at the Great Synagogue of Oberwischau for the 80th birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph. Stains, defects to the binding, overall good condition.

Title page has stamp of ownership: “Yosef Yochanan in Erkovitch, Érmihályfalva.” Additional notes not checked thoroughly.