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Auction 60
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 6:00 PM UTC
Lot 20:
Sefer Hatrumah, a basic halachic book by Rabbi Baruch ben Yitzchak of Worns, one of the Rishonim. Second edition (the first was published in Venice in 1523) Zholkva, 1811. [1], 102 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the collection of rare books.
New, impressed binding. Stains. Good general condition.
On the title page, the official stamp of the Gaon the Malbim, from when he was Rav in Bucharest, Romania. In addition, inside the book, there are several erasures and corrections handwritten by him. On the title page, the signature of Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Bleichart, the son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Eiger, the son of the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger.
Rabbi Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michal Weizer (the Malbim, 1809-1880) was a gaon born in Wahlin, a commentator on the Bible and one of the achronim. He worked in the Russian Empire, Prussia, and Romania. He is most known for his Bible commentary, which shows his wide-ranging scholarship—in his commentaries can be found references to philosophers of the past like Kant, Philo, and more.
He wrote many books on a variety of subjects, including:
Mikra’ei Kodesh (commentary on Nach);
Artzot HaChaim (chiddushim on Shulchan Aruch Orech Chaim);
Eretz Chemda (drashot on the Torah),
Artzot HaShalom (various drashot);
Torah v’HaMitzvah (commentary on the Torah, Mechilta, Safra and Sifrei);
Yesodei Chochmat HaHigayon (exegesis on the laws of logic);
Mashal u’Melitzah; Ala L’Trufah (commentary on the Mishnah Torah, Ch. 4 from Halachot De’ot);
Yair Or (dictionary of synonyms)
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