Auction 75

Extremely Rare! 2 Pages Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Busk Author of the Lev Aryeh - the Grandfather of Rabbeinu the Yismach Moshe Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolis and More

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Folded leaf with 2 written pages apparently handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din and Ram of Busk. The content is from his famed book Lev Aryeh (Willhelmsdorf, 1674), with many textual variations and erasures that look and match the author’s autographic style, time and period. Apparently, Rabbeinu wrote the sermon to be delivered at the Beit Midrash and later, when edited for the book, it was expanded and things were added to it. 

[1] folded leaf, 2 pp. ca. 21.5X16 cm. (every page). 


The first edition of Rabbeinu’s book Lev Aryeh is extremely rare. Manuscripts by him are almost unattainable. This is a real treasure by a foremost Gedol Yisrael, the father of the Oheil-Siget-Satmar dynasty. 


The Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din and Ram of Busk (passed away in the 17th century), the son of Rabbi Yehoshua Hashki and son-inlaw of Rabbi Menashe Katz of Ostrohe. His Drushim on the Torah and Chamesh megillot were published in his book Lev Aryeh, Willhelmsdorf, 1674). Rabbeinu the Chida in Shem Hagedolim calls them "Drushim Yafim". The Rav of Busk for many years. His introduction to his book is a lesson in modesty. His son, Moshe, who published his father’s books was the father-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Loftiner of Brody. Rabbeinu the Yismach Moshe wrote of him: "אדוני זקני הרב המפורסים המופלג מו"ה שמואל לאפשנער…".

The descendants of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Av Beit Din of Busk inlcude Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Av Beit Din of Oheil author of the Yismach Moshe and his descendants, the pedigreed Margolis family including Rabbi Alexander Sender Matgolis the author of the Tesuvat Re’em, Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolis author of the Beit Ephraim and his brother the author of Sha’arei teshuvah and more. See: Elef Margaliot, about the history of the communities of Poland, p. 162. 

Rabbeinu the Yismach Moshe’s pedigree: Rabbeinu Moshe Teitelbaum, the Yismach Moshe, ths son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Premishla, the son of Rabbi Yitzchak, the son of Rabbi Aharon Zelig of Stanislav, the son of Rabbi Shmuel Loftiner the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe, the son of Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib of Busk.