Auction 68
Lot 190:
Sefer Maslul Bedikduk Leshon Hakodesh, by Rabbi Chaim ben Naftali Keslin of Berlin, the grandson of the Baal Tosfot Yom Tov. – First Edition, Hamburg 1788. [8], 125 leaves. Introduction by the author and a letter by him to Rabbi Shmuel Vertheim. Approbations by Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam, praising the work and its author for not changing the version of the prayer as done by others. Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Av Beit Din of Berlin, Rabbi Aryeh Leibush Av beit Din of Hanover, Rabbi Shaul Av beit Din of Frankfurt am Main. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod p. 151 of the appendices.
Ancient binding, loose. Blemished leather spine. Stains. Red edges. Good overall condition.
On the flyleaf, notations in fine, square calligraphic script, by Rabbi Zvi Binyamin Auerbach (1808-1872) Av Beit Din of Darmstadt and Halberstadt who was known as the Tzava. One of the leading rabbis of Germany who vigorously fought the reformers and members of the Enlightenment Movement. One of the prominent leaders of orthodox Jewry in Germany of the 19th century. Author of Nachal Eshkol. He is considered one of the first neo-orthodox rabbis.
On verso of the binding, he wrote a fine poem in honor of the author. Before it, he wrote in small script: לכבוד ולתפארת המחבר מלשבחו ולפארו אל אשר הרים ידו בזרוע הנטויה לסלל הדרך דרכי הלשון אשר היו אבלות ושממה.. אשא משלי ושירתי.." ואח"כ חותם: "מאת אוהב תורת ה’ ולמדיה… צבי בנימין יכונה הירש וואלף אויערבאך".
On verso, in square script, a fine rhymed self-dedication: זה ספר מסלול הוא אלי לתשועה מאת אלוף בתורה…מה’ יהודה ליב ק"ב נר"ו" (Rabbi Yehuda Leib Karlburg, see below) who signed his name again with the date of 1825.
The Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Karlburg (1765?-1825) was a Rav in Bonn and Karlfeld. Studied with Rabbi Meir Berabi in Pressburg and Rabbi Natan Adler in Frankfurt. He also studied at the Prague Yeshiva (in the last days of the Noda BiYehuda) and the Berlin Yeshiva. In Bonn, he studied Latin, Greek, philosophy, Arabic and Syrian linguistics. In 1806, when Napoleon gathered the meeting of Jewish dignitaries, he feared its results and held prayers services and fasts. Later, he was invited to the great Sanhedrin in Paris yet could not attend due to an eye illness he suffered from. In 1809, he was chosen to the Chief Rabbi of Karfeld, a position he held for 25 years. until his passing.
In addition, pencil notations in small script and on verso of the back board – not studied.
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