Auction 68
Lot 200:
Sefer Sheilat Yavetz, two section s(separate title page for each) authored by Rabbi Yaakov Emden known as the Yavetz. Lemberg – 1884. [1], 83; [1], 58 leaves. In this copy, the sections were interchanged: the first title page was bound and after it, the second section. After it, the second title page with the first section. Dry leaves with tears to edges, sometimes affecting the text. Stains and other blemishes. Fine new binding. Fair-good overall condition.
On the title pages, signature of Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Sofer, the son of Rabbi Chaim Sofer, the Machaneh Chaim (see below). Inside the book, 2 glosses apparently handwritten by him. Ownership stamps of Rabbi Sheraga Shmuel Schnitzler Av Beit Din of Tshaba (see below). Inside the book, 2 glosses, apparently handwritten by him.
Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Sofer (1854-1921) Dayan and Moreg Tzedek of Budapest. The son of Rabbi Chaim Sofer, the Machaneh Chaim – one of the leading rabbis of Hungray and a leading disciple of the Chasam Sofer. This son of his succeeded him as Dayan in Budapest. Author of Torat Chaim, Yeshvav Sofer and Chidushei Shas. His sons: Rabbi Chaim Sofer Av beit Din of Arad and Rabbi Naftali Hirtzke Sofer-Schreiber of Paks.
Rabbi Sheraga Shmuel Schnitzler Av Beit Din of Tshaba (1889-1980) the son of Rabbi Baruch Yehuda, a descendant of the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg. Was a Chassidic Rav of several villages and towns in Hungary. Was a famed wonder-worker. Was a disciple of Rabbi Menachem Brody of Kaliv and Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald of Satmar and a leading Chassid of the Maharid of Belz and his son the Admor Rabbi Aharon, He merited being buried near Rabbi Aharon’s gravesite. Was Rav of Tshaba (Békéscsaba, Hungary). After World War II, immigrated to Jerusalem, where by the advice of his holy Rav of Belz, he refused a position of Rav and where he passed away in 1980. After his passing, his Divrei Torah were published by his grandson and successor Rabbi Meshulam Shalom Weinberg in the book Birkot Shmuel. His father-in-law (by his second marriage) was the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zussia of Skolen. His descendants are important Chareidi Admorim, Rabbis and dignitaries in Israel and abroad.
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