Auction 48

Lot of works by the Vilna Gaon and his students. 19th century.

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1. Peh Kadosh, divrei torah organized chronologically according to the parshah. Rabbi Yitzhak of Volozhin, son of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, author of the Nefesh HaChaim. First edition, Warsaw 1890. 56 pages. Moth holes, fair to good condition.


2. Tomer Devorah, with “Gaon Yisrael” at the end—a letter of mussar from the tzaddik of the Mussar movement, Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin of Salant. The publisher was his talmid muvhak and testifies in the introduction that “because of his great modesty he did not publish these in his writings.” First edition, during the life of Rabbi Yisrael. Koenigsberg 1858. Originally [1], 25 leaves. Moth damage, no binding, fair to good condition.

3. Aderet Eliyahu—commentary on the Torah organized by parshah, by Rabbi Eliyahu the Gaon of Vilna. First edition as a separate book and not attached to the Chumash. Halberstadt, 1860. Winograd Sifrei HaGra 2. Originally [1], 128 pages. Missing the last leaf. Stains, no binding, good condition.

4. Aliyot Eliyahu—biography of the Vilna Gaon. By Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Levin—Vilna 1885. 96 pages. Moth holes, no binding, good condition.

5. Even Shlomo Tosefta. Instructions and hanhagot from the Vilna Gaon. Rabbi Shmuel bar Avraham. Vilna 1890. 72 pages.Lone moth holes, good condition. Bound with the rare book entitled “Beseter Raam”, medical advice for people hit by thunder. Berdichev 1891. 31 pages. Lone moth holes, good condition.

6. Tana d’bei Eliyahu—Proverbs with commentary by the Vilna Gaon. Koenigsburg 1857. 98 leaves (originally), missing the first title page of two. Moth holes, no binding, fair to good condition.

7. Books by the Vilna Gaon: Aliyot Eliyahu, Se’arat Eliyahu, Ma’aseh Rav. Published by the Levin-Epstein brothers, Jerusalem.