Auction 75
Lot 18:
Set of the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah / Hayad Hachazakah, complete set, with Maggid Mishneh, Kesef Mishneh, Lechem Mishneh and more of its famed commentators.
Important edition on which following editions are based – at the Press of Emanuel ben Yosef Atias – Amsterdam, 1702. Known also as the Rambam Michtav after the Hebrew year of printing. In section I, a half-title with an impressive engraved illustration – rare. Approbations by the rabbis of Amsterdam and a foreword in a foreign language. In the special collections of the National Library.
Details of volumes:
Section I. Mada with four plates with illustrations for Hilchot Kiddush Hachodesh, Shabbat and Sukkah. [11], 327, [6] leaves. The plates are bound here at the beginning, unlike what appears in the records.
Section II. Nashim – Kedusha. [2], 227, [4] leaves.
Section III. Hafla’ah – Tahara. With pictures illustrating Kilei Zeraim and Kilei Hakerem. [2], 368, [9] leaves. In this copy, the plates are bound in the middle of the book and not at the beginning as appears in the records.
Section IV. Nezikin – Shoftim. With pictures of Hilchot Mechira and Shutafim. [1], 309, [13] leaves.
Three volumes containing the entire set, with impressive ancient bindings – leather-covered wood with gilt embossments.
Section II and IV are bound in a single volume. Quality paper. Stains. Some sheets of section I are detached. Good overall condition.
In each volume there are ancient stamps: "ה"ק משה יהודא ליב בה"ר בנימין אב"ד דקוטנא ולע"ע פעיה"ק ירושלים תוב"ב", In addition, notations in each volume: "מעזבון הגאון זצ"ל מקוטנא" (from the state of the Gaon of Kutna). On one of the guard leaves, a notation: "זה הרמב"ם ז"ל שייך להרב הגאון מפלונצאק" – all indicating that this rare set had belonged to the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Leib Zilberberg author of the Zayit Ra’anan.
The Gaon Rabbi Moshe Leib Zilberberg (1794-1864) the son of Rabbi Binyamin. For thirty years served as the Rav of Jerusalem alongside the official rabbis of the town: Rabbi Meir Auerbach and Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Many of the Geonim and Tzaddikim of Jerusalem thirsted for his Divrei Torah. He was born in Luntshitz and served as Rav of several towns including Kutnak, after which he was known. In 1857, immigrated to Jerusalem. He was one of the presidents of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva and signed varied broadsides that were published then in Jerusalem. Was also known as the Zayot Ra’anan after his halachic book.
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