Auction 62
Lot 224:
Dedication handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushlimsky Av Beit Din of Ostrolnika-Poland to Rabbi Meir Raphalovich Av Beit Din of Kominka. With the official stamps of the dedicator and the receiver. The dedication appears on his book Be’er Moshe, three sections: Heshiv Moshe, Kevod Chachamim, Binyan Yerushalayim. First ediiton – Warsaw, 1901. 142 leaves.
Ancient, original? binding. Impressed leather spine. Stains. Moth perforations, Fair-good overall condition.
The author, writer of the dedicatyion: the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Nachum Yerushlimsky (1855-1916) was the Av Beit Din of Kominka (Kiev) and Ostrolinka (Poland), one of the great meishivs of his generation and a leader of Polish Jewry. Already in his youth he corresponded with the Torah greats of the generation which preceded him. When he was 17 he was already included in a Heter 100 Rabbanim. In his youth he travelled to Zans and became close to the Divrei Haim. He also studied under the Admor Rabbi David of Tolna.
In 1880 (when he was 25) he was appointed rabbi of Kominka in the Kiev region. He served there more than 25 years and was known across European Jewry. He wrote a number of books including the Minchas Moshe, Leshed HaShemen, Birkas Moshe, and more.
On the title page, a notation: "מירושת אדמו"ר הרה"ק זצללה"ה לי בנו מנחם נחום רבינאוויץ" and a blurred stamp from the time he was Rav of Vasnizensk (Ukraine). Thus, this was the copy of an imporatnt father and son:
The father: Rabbi Pinchas Rabinowitz (1861-1926), served as rebbe in Kantikoziva (Charson region). Succeeded his father, Rabbi Yitzchak Yo’el, as rebbe in Linitz. Described as tremendous genius in all facets of the Torah. His composition Avodat Yitzchak on the Torah remained handwritten.
His son and successor: Rabbi Menachem Nachum Rabinowitz (1887-1959) Av Beit Din of Haifa and previously his father’s successor as Rav of Vasnizensk and the Rosh Yeshiva of Koidinov in Baranovich. rabbeinu received his Hora’ah Semich from rabbi Chaim of Brisk and additional rabbis. His Divrei Torah appear in Sefer machshevet nachum.
Inside the book, several lengthy, significant handwritten comments on the margins of the leaves. One of them shatrply pharsed against the author’s words. Its writer has not been determined.
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