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Lot 196:
First edition of the book Ohel David authored by Rabbi David ben Rabbi Mendel Deutsch, "which is what has been omitted from the edition published last year and with some novellae on Sukkah and Chagigah". Printed without a title page in Wien, 1819. Published as a sequel to his novellae that was published a year earlier.
The pagination of this Kuntres continues the previous one [13]-26 leaves.
Re-bound with a fine new binding. Moth damage and perforations. Stains and varied aging blemishes. fair-good overall condition.
In several places, there are corrections, omission of words and erasures handwritten by the author. In addition, on the first leaf, a dedication handwritten by him: "מנחה היא שלוחה לביה"מ ק"ק מיקלאש".
An additional foreign stamp: "רבי מיכאל דושינסקי ראקוספאלוטא" – Rabbi Yitzchak Michael Dushinsky (1871-1940) the leader and Rav of the Jewish Orthodox community of Rákospalota, Pest county. Hungary.
Rabbi David Deutsch [1756-1831], Av Beit Din of Nowe Miasto [formerly a city in Hungary, currently in Austria]. A leading disciple of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, who brings 40 halachic responsa written to Rabbi David Deutsch in his book Noda BiYehuda. He was also a close friend of Rabbi Moshe Sofer, the Chatam Sofer, whose close relationship with him can be seen from the letters he wrote to him and the approbation he wrote for his book: “The righteous man, a tremendous genius… I saw wonderful things more precious than gold… lucky are we who had the merit to hear his conversation and his light… and the merit of the Tzadik will protect us from all harm”. The Yismach Moshe wrote in his approbation: “Halichot Olam Lo, which came from the mouth of the pure and holy one, the great genuine tzadik…and seek Torah from him as he is an angel of God”. The book Ohel David was printed from his novellae on the Talmud. His novellae were also published in the book Chomat Esh by Rabbi Menachem Eisenstadt, as well as in the book Zocher HaBrit by Rabbi Asher Greenwald.
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