Auction 15
Lot 263:
1. Sefer Halichot Olam, Warsaw, 1883. By Rabbi Yeshua son of Yosef HaLevi of Tlemcen. The book deals with Talmudic principles and our Sages’ approach to halachic rulings, and was accepted as one of the basic books in this area. 2. Sefer Gan Naul. First and single edition. One of the first books about the Lithuanian approach to Torah study. By Rabbi Asher Nissan Levinson [died in 1879], Rabbi of Birzai for nearly 40 years. | With an ownership stamp of the Rebbe Rabbi David son of the Rebbe Borenstein of Sochatchov…” | The Rebbe Rabbi David Borenstein [1876-1942], author of ‘Chasdei David’ of Sochatchov, the older son of the author of the ‘Shem Mishmuel’, grandson of the ‘Avnei Nezer’ and great grandson of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. One of the leaders of Polish Jewry before the Holocaust. Served as Rabbi of Wyszogrod, and after his father’s death was chosen to succeed him as Rebbe of Sochatchov and thousands of Sochatchov chassidim flocked to him. He founded the ‘Beit Avraham’ chain of yeshivot which was active in Poland until the Holocaust. During the Holocaust he was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto and even supported the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. | Ownership inscriptions. Leather binding with embossing. Tear without lack. Aging stains. | 34 cm | Overall condition: Very good.
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