Auction 57

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Two books from Polish geonim bound together: Gan Reva and Kavei Or—first edition, Lodz 1928.

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1. Gan Reva includes three commentaries on the Torah: “Gan Reva”, precious exegeses and wonderful pshatim on drashot of chazal written on the verses of the Torah; “Motzeh Mayim”, sources for what was said in Gan Reva; “Divrei Chanoch”, a commentary and expansion on the above. By the gaon Rabbi Chanoch Henich Erzan of Zagierz, author of the Chanukat HaTorah, Kol Eliyahu, and Minchas Chinuch.

The book has many quotes from Chassidic books and things heard from other Admorim that have not been printed.


2. Pamphlet Kavei Or, a unique commentary on the Sefer Or HaChaim, by Rabbi Avraham Natan Elberg, Avdak of Sonik. The book quotes Chassidic gedolim at length.

[1] leaf, 322 pages, [1] leaf, 7-46 pages. Binding partially detached, paper a little dry in the margins, good condition.

Bound with Sefer HaMidrash v’HaMa’aseh on the Torah, by Rabbi Yehezkel Livshitz of Kalisz, Pietrekov 1929.

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