Auction 63

Collection of Books on the Shas and Shulchan Aruch - Most of Them First Editions Pedigreed Copies and Some with Glosses - 1769-1913

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1. Tchelet Mordechai by Rabbi Mordechai Kletzki known as Meltzer – first edition Vilna, 1889. An additional detailed title page. 82 leaves. Moth perforations. Good overall condition. 

On the title page, a dedication to the Churvat Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid Synagogue handwritten by the Kabbalist Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Burg (1903-1957) served as Rav of Tiberius in 1934 and later was appointed a mashgiach of the Sha’ar Hashamayim yeshiva of Jerusalem. Author of Be’er Mordechai. 

2. Beit Ephraim, section I and II, by the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Maragliot on Shulchan Aruch, Taz and Shach – Sudilkov, 1833. Has not been examined for missing leaves. Only front board, detached. Loose leaves. Moth perforations and damage. Fair overall condition. 

Inside the book, comments handwritten on the margins of the leaves. On the title page, stamps  "יהונתן בהגאון מוהר"ם נ"י עליאסבערג רב במאריאמפאל נוב. סוואלק". Additional notations on the back and front flyleaf. 

3. Sefer Ilana Dechaya by the Gaon Rabbi Gershon Tanchum of Minsk, the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Binyamin of Mir. 

Section II: Shut on HIlchot Chametz and Matzah and on Hilchot Lulav – first edition Vilna, 1864. [2], 30, 19 leaves. 

Section III: Shut on Kvod Yom Tov Rishon and Yom Tov Sheini shel galuyot – first edition Vilna, 1865. [2], 37, [1] leaves. 

Tears to the first title page and the following leaf. Some moth damage. Stains. 

At its end, Sefer Ishei Yisrael section I on tractate Shabbat, by Rabbi Isser Isserlen of Slutzk author of Shem Yisrael on Mishnayot Zera’im. First edition – Vilna, 1864. [2], 2-65 leaves. Most of it on bluish paper. 

Stamps: "ביבליותיקה של כולל קאוונא".

4. Ateret Eliyahu, by Rabbi Eliyahu Frankel author of Avnei Eliyahu and Orot Elim – first edition Jerusalem, 1913. [3], 78 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Approbations by the Geonim Rabbi Yerucham Diskin and Rabbi Lipman David Shuvaks. No binding. Color title page. Varied blemishes. 

5. Chemed Moshe on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by Rabbi Gedalya Moshe ben Zvi Hirsch of Lashitz. First edition – Furth, 1769. Originally, [1], 118, 18 leaves – in this copy, the last 18 leaves are missing. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod, p. 63 of the additions. Detached bindings without the spine. Moth perforations. Several handwritten corrections on the margins of the leaves. Stamps on the title page: "אברהם ליב גיבערמאנן דיין ומו"צ דק"ק עדת ישרון קלוניא".


6. Shut Avnei Tzedek by the Admor Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Siget. Section II on Yoreh Deah, Even Haezer and Choshen Mishpat. Chassidut First edition Lemberg, 1866. Incomplete copy beginning with leaf 86. No binding. 

Stamps on the title page: "מרדכי יהודה שלמה זלמן וויזניצער אב"ד דקה"י [דקהל יראים] אראד יצ"ו" Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Shlomo Zalman Vizhnitzer – Chassid and close to the Admorim the Ahavat Yisrael and the Damesek Eliezer of Vizhnitz. Rav and Rosh Yeshiva of Borod under the communists. Worked with the Admor of Skolen for the children of Romania. Immigrated to Israel and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Antinia in Bnei Berak. See: Doresh LeZion [Bnei berak, 1996].