Auction 56

Chiddushei Shem MiShmuel—approbations of Chassidic gedolim. First edition, Lemberg 1817.

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Chiddushei Shem MiShmuel by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salir, Ra’avad of Lviv. Brought to the publisher by his sons: Rabbi Natan Hecht of Jaroslav, Rabbi Yehuda Yudele, and Rabbi Avraham Ivli. First edition, Lemberg, printed by Shlomo Yarish Rapaport (the known publisher of the first edition of Noam Elimelech). [2], 38; 22 leaves in the original. This copy is missing the last two leaves. First section: Chiddushim on the Torah. Second section: Chiddushim on masechtot.


The author’s family name appears in a variety of ways, as seen in his signature on different approbations: Scheindlinger, Scheindlisch, Scheindilsch, Scheindles, Scheindels. See also: Anshei Shem by Rabbi Shlomo Buber, Krakow 1895, p. 213, #541.

Many important approbations from gedolim, a number by rabbis of Brod and Lviv: Rabbi Yaakovkha Landau, the son of the Noda BiYehuda, the gaon Rabbi Baruch Frankel the Baruch Taam of Leifnik (father-in-law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz), and Admorim: Yismach Moshe of Ohel,
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horwitz of Rofshitz, and other tzaddikim.

Tape on the title page, stains, limited worming damage next to the spine, worn binding, overall good condition.

Many notes on the binding leaves in foreign languages. Stamps: “Chaim Friedman of Yeletz.”