Auction 63
Lot 256:
Sefer Tziyun Lenefesh Chayah on Tractate Beitzah, by the great Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, the Ndau BiYehuda. First edition, Prague 1799. [2], 65 leaves. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod 79.
Many important approbations by Rabbi Mordechai Bennett of Nikolsburg, the rabbis of Prague, Worms, Furth, Amsterdam, and other leading rabbis of the period. No binding. Stains and moth damage. Some of the first leaves, including the title page, are detached as a gathering. Fair overall condition.
This copy was owned by several important rabbinic figures:
1. On the upper part of the title page, an ancient signatures with the name "Shmuel….? Heller" – We have not been able to find out who it is.
2. On the flyleaf, an ancient ownership notation indicating this copy was owned by Rabbi Shaul Halevi Vohl Av Beit Din of Turbin, the son of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Halevi Vohl Av Beit Din of Tornigrod. In his old age, in 1822, he moved to Zamoshtsh, where his two sons lived. Rabbi Shaul succeeded his in-law as Rav of the town until his passing in 1831.
3. On the title page, a handwritten dedication with the signature of the Admor Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Taub (1905-1984), the third Admor of Modzitz, known as the Imrei Esh.
In 1948, he succeeded his father the Admor Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub as Admor. A varied crowd used to come to the Tishes he conducted in Tel Aviv, including Chassidim, Lithuanian yeshiva student and members of religious and non-religious youth movements. Since 1973, he served as a member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael. In 1978, was titled Yakir Tel Aviv. In 1981, he established a yeshiva commemorating his father in Bnei Berak.
Like his forefathers, he was a gifted composer who composed many Nigunim.
His stamp also appears on the book.
On the flyleaf, an ancient notation with the name Yaakov of Opatow and a stamp of Aryeh Yehuda Leib Reinman Shedlitz – have not been thoroughly studied.
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