Collection of Antique Seforim, German Imprints, 1692-1852. Most in Luxurious Leather Bindings, Primarily First Editions.
1. Sefer Zahav Sheva – A work on Talmudic language and the interpretations of the Tosafists related to Aggadah. By Rabbi Nissim ben Avraham Algazi.
Fürth, 1692. Title page with woodcut engraving.
The author, Rabbi Nissim ben Avraham Algazi, was born in Bursa, Turkey, in 1610. He later moved to Jerusalem, where he served as a dayan (judge). In 1646, he returned to Turkey and became the head of a yeshiva in Izmir. He was a prominent opponent of the Sabbatean movement, which ultimately forced him to leave Turkey. He returned to Jerusalem, joining the scholars of the Beit Midrash "Beit Yaakov, " founded by Rabbi Yaakov Hagiz. He authored several works, including Shema Shlomo, Me’ulefet Sapirim, Lechem Setarim, and others.
Signatures, inscriptions, and stamps of Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Chazan of Lubitch.
Stamp of Rabbi Eliezer Silver.
2. Sefer Tiferet HaGershoni – By Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi.
First Edition. Frankfurt am Main, 1699, printed by Johann Wust. Nicely engraved title page.
Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi was a student of the Bach and Magen Shlomo and one of the leading opponents of the early Sabbatean movement. His prominent disciple, Rabbi David Oppenheim, wrote in the introduction to *Responsa Avodat HaGershoni* that "if Torah had been forgotten in Israel during his lifetime, he would have restored it with his dialectic reasoning."
Antique ownership inscriptions.
3. Sefer Ma’amar Avraham – Insights on Jewish law and Aggadah on the Torah portions. Includes Machazeh Avraham, principles and indices for the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch in alphabetical order, and Zera Avraham, a collection of ethical teachings. By Rabbi Avraham Wallerstein, Chief Rabbi of Schnaittach.
Only Edition. Fürth, 1757
4. Kitzur Ma’avar Yabok – Prayers and supplications for the sick and for the time of passing, extracted from Ma’avar Yabok
Fürth, 1766, printed by Yosef Petschaya and his son Mendel Baer.
Printed following the Homburg 1740 edition with an additional Yiddish translation of select Psalms and prayers. Added on pages 66b-67: HaAdaret VeHaEmunah, Yigdal, Adon Olam, and the Havineinu prayer. On page 67, the printers note that the translator is "the scholarly… Rabbi Avraham Fernbach, of blessed memory" and that the publishers are members of the "Chevra Kadisha" Rabbi Wolf Segal son of Rabbi Shlomo of Krakow and Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Zeligman Lichtenshtat.
Very rare edition with Yiddish translation.
Antique signatures: Yosef ben Zanvil, Itzik Weinbach, 1842.
5. Sefer Yekara DeChaya on the chapter "Eizehu Neshech". By Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi Shlomo Glivitz, Chief Rabbi of Semlin.
First Edition. Brno, 1788.
6. Sefer HaChinuch – A foundational work on the 613 mitzvot, edited by Rabbi Moshe Yosef Cohen Shapira of Triescht, with an introduction by him.
Brno, 1799, with important endorsements, including that of Rabbi Mordechai Banet, Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg.
7. Sefer
Yamin Moshe – Sermons, explanations, poetry, and elegy Avel Yachid, a lamentation on the passing of the Rebbe, the esteemed Rabbi Avraham Tiktin, who served as Chief Rabbi and teacher in Glogau and in our community here in Breslau. By Rabbi Moshe Kranik, resident of Great Glogau, son of the esteemed Rabbi Akiva Kranik.
Yamin Moshe – Sermons, explanations, poetry, and elegy Avel Yachid, a lamentation on the passing of the Rebbe, the esteemed Rabbi Avraham Tiktin, who served as Chief Rabbi and teacher in Glogau and in our community here in Breslau. By Rabbi Moshe Kranik, resident of Great Glogau, son of the esteemed Rabbi Akiva Kranik.
Only Edition. Breslau, 1824.
Stamps of Rabbi Binyamin Fuchs Chief Rabbi of Grosswardein.
Stamp of Yisrael (Jeno) Stern, Tallos.
8. Sefer Sha’ar HaZekeinim, Part II – By Rabbi Wolf Hamburg, head of the yeshiva in Fürth.
First Edition. Sulzbach, 1830.
9. Responsa of Rabbi Mordechai Michael Yaffe – By Rabbi Mordechai Michael Yaffe, A Yoshev in Hamburg.
Only Edition. Hamburg, 1852.
Overall Good - Great Condition, Complete Copies.
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