Auction 45

Shut Mahari HaLevi Bach—first edition, Lemberg 1893. Copy with yichus of rabbis of the Yafeh-Schlesinger family.

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Sefer Shut Mahari HaLevi, two sections (separate title page for each), by Rabbi Yitzhak Aharon HaLevi Ettinger, Av Beit Din of Przmylsan and Lviv. First edition, Lemberg 1893. [2], 114; [1], 94 leaves. Stains and a few defects. Overall good condition.

The leaf before the blank first page has the stamp of the Tiberias Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Refael HaKohen Kook.

Blank first page has a note in block letters: “belongs to the Admor Gmahar”i Margaliy’ Yafeh of Avdak Ra’agad.” Stamp: “Shmuel ben Gmahar”i Margaliyot Yafeh Schleisnger, Avdak Oronias-Morot” and “Mordechai Margaliyot Yafeh Schlesinger of Eisenstadt.” – This family of rabbis are the grandsons of the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Yafeh, the baal HaLevushim.