Auction 21
Lot 217:
1. Pirkei de Rabbi Elizer—midrashim, printed by Yisrael Bak, Berdichev, 1818. Missing the cover. 2. Totza’ot Hayyim—Mussar (gedolim of chassidut considered this very important and ordered their followers to study it, so in response the Misnagdim forbade it in order to distance themselves from Chassidut). By Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidash, the Reishit Chochmah, student of the Ramak. At the end of his life he moved to Hevron and served as head of the rabbis. Missing the publisher name, in Minkovitz 1817. Repaired cover. Beginning of the book—2(1)—has a long dedication, 3 lines long, erased at the edge, handwritten by Rabbi Yosef Zundel Salant (1786-1865), who was father-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Salant and student of rAbbi Haim of Volozhin. Founded the Mussar movement, and was the rabbi of Rav Yisrael fo Salant. Rabbi Yeshaya Bardaki (1790-1962) was born in Pinsk (father was Rabbi Issachar Dov Beer). In 1825 he moved to Israel, married the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov, student of the Gra. When his father-in-law died in 1739 he led the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem. Even princes and lords came to visit him, including a story of a prince of Austria who came and had to wait until he had finished his long prayer. The Austrian Emperor sent for him to pray on his behalf when he fell ill. He is the father-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. | Stamps. Moth damage on a number of pages. Stains and wear. | 2-59 leaves; [76] pages. 17cm. Generally ok to good condition.
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