Auction 55

Maloh HaRo’im—Halberstadt 1859. Copy owned by Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Bamberger, with handwritten chiddushim.

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Two sections—Section 1: collection of all the disagreements [machlokot] in the Talmud, organized alphabetically; section 2: on the 13 attributes of mercy, guidelines of psak, by the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Zvi Yalish. [4], 229 pages. 51. Some pages are brown, Some detached pages, stains, Detached cover without spine, generally good condition.

The back of the binding has a note of ownership: “the holy Moshe Aryeh ben Mori v’Rabbi … HaGadol Yitzhak Dov HaLevi Bamberger” and “introduction to the second section of sefer Maleh HaRo’im, probably in his handwriting. The body of the work also has notes and the back of the rear binding has a taped leaf with notes in identical handwriting.

Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi Bamberger (1838-1900), rabbi of Bad-Kissingen (Bavaria, Germany) for around 25 years. Sixth son of the Wurzberg rabbi, Rabbi Yitzhak Dov Bamberger, and son-in-law (first marriage) to Rabbi Yaakov Ettlinger, author of the Aruch LaNer. He worked printing his father’s works with his brother Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Bamberger, Av Beit Din of Senheim.