Auction 77
Lot 63:
Sefer Tehillim with Mamadot, ordered by the days of the week… the Press of the Rom Widow and Brothers, Vilna- 1884. Bound with Siddur Korban Minchah, Ashkenaz version, which was originally printed with it. The beginning of the Siddur is missing as well as part of the Mamadot after Tehillim. Much mispagination. Tears. Detached binding and leaves. Stains and moth damage. Varied blemishes. Fair overall condition. Old, worn binding. All these indicated it was used frequently.
Stamps: "יחזקאל בנעט אב"ד דק"ק ווארהאל" – the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Bennett ben Rabbi Gershon Wolf Bennett who was the son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried. Rabbeinu studied Torah with his famed grandfather. Printed at the beginning of the book Shem Shlomo by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried is the author’s biography by his grandson, Rabbi Yechezkel Bennett. For several years, Rabbeinu served as Dayan of Toltshova, beside his father-in-law, the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Glick of Toltshova (author of Shut Yad Yitzchak and Beer Yitzchak on Masechet Chulin). Later. for approx. twenty-five years, was Av Beit Din and Rosh yeshiva of Vorhol and the vicinity. Wrote nineteen works, of them, Shut Meshiv Taam was published. Passed away in 1913.
On verso of the binding, a notation: "רחל בנעט" (Rachel Bennett); possibly, the Siddur was used by the Rebbetzin or one of the daughters of Rabbi Yechezkel.
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