Auction 38
Lot 179:
Esh Dat by Rabbi Chaim ben Yitzhak Elfandery and Shut Mutzal MiEsh by Rabbi Yaakov Elfandery, first edition. 84, 43 [supposed to be 42] leaves. The title page is missing and has been added in by facsimile, while there is an additional page not from the original work. Front binding is detached, no spine, stains and moth holes, a few pages are detached, overall fair condition.
The first page has the signature of ownership: “Feivel Schlesinger” (see below). Blank first page has signatures: “David Deutsch” (see below), “Yaakov Kalman Masad.” At the end of the book is a signature and some notes (not checked thoroughly).
Rabbi Calev Feivel Schlesinger (the Torat Bar Nash) (1828-1911) was the son of Rabbi Nachum of Trenshin. He was a student of the Katav Sofer and Rabbi Haim Yosef of Trevisch. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Aharon Yosef Shmuel Segel of Trenshin. He lived for a time in Vienna, and in 1857 he was accepted into the rabbinate of Mor, and then in Topelchan from 1872 for more than 40 years. During his time he preserved the community’s unity, and his son Rabbi Nachum succeeded him. His tshuvot are included in the Avnei Choshen and in his son’s book, Chazon Nachum.
Rabbi David Deutsch of Żory Sohrau (1810-1873) was the son of Rabbi Mordechai. His parents died when he was a child and he was raised by his relative Rabbi Menachem Deutsch in Breslau. He was a student of the Chatam Sofer and Rabbi Mordechai Bennett in Nicklasburg. He settled in Berlin and Beuthen. In 1838 he was appointed Rabbi in Mislewitz, in 1845 in Zory Sohrau, to be later succeeded by his son Rabbi Emmanuel. He fought the Reform movement and wrote “Asof Aseifa” against them. He also wrote “Yisrael v’HaAmim”. He published his brother’s book, Rabbi Yisrael the “Zera Yisrael”.
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