Auction 19
Lot 126:
The book of the Zohar on the book of Shemot. The copy of Rabbi David [Dovche] Schweks. On the leaf before the title page “This Zohar on the book of Shemot was owned by Rabbi Lipman David Schweks who was Av Beit Din and dayan in the city of Jerusalem, and it was given to me by my uncle Rabbi Yisrael Shneur Zalman as a gift, the grandson of Menachem Mendel son of Shimon Friedman.” | Rabbi Lipman David [Dovche] Schweks [circa 1830 – 1924], Av Beit Din of the Beit Din of the chassidim in Jerusalem. At the age of 14 the Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk arranged for him to marry his niece, and at the age of 16 he was ordained as a Rabbi by the Rebbe of Kotzk who even appointed him as a dayan in the city of Kotzk. His study partner was his cousin (the Rebbe’s son-in-law) the author of the ‘Avnei Nezer’ of Sochatov. He immigrated to Israel in 1898 and headed the Beit Din of Jerusalem. On his tombstone is written: “Judged the Jewish People for seventy years, had the merit of serving in the capital city of Kotzk during the lifetime of the Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel and from there immigrated to settle in our holy land and was appointed as Av Beit Din, as which he served until the day he died”. | Colored page cut. Repairs with sellotape. Worming holes. The title page and the first and last leaves are missing. | 5-279 leaves, 23 cm. Overall condition: Fair – Good.
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