1. Piskei Rabbeinu Asher (Piskei Rosh) with commentaries Maadanei Yom Tov and Divrei Chamudot, which were originally called Maadanei Melech and Lechem Chamudot. This is the second edition of these foundational commentaries on the rulings of the Rosh and the first to adopt the title change from Maadanei Melech to Maadanei Yom Tov.
Printed in Fürth, 1745, by Tzvi Hirsh ben Chaim and his son Chaim ben Tzvi Hirsh.
This edition was printed page-for-page based on the first printing from Prague, 1628. It includes a rare endorsement by Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz.
Initially, the work was titled Maadanei Melech and Lechem Chamudot. However, the author changed the name to Maadanei Yom Tov in later editions due to an incident where it was alleged that the original title implied a desire to renew the monarchy in Israel, which was perceived as rebellious. Not all commentators agree with this interpretation.
On the title page is the signature of the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Eiger: “Hakatan Moshe Eiger from Wielen.”
There are additional old inscriptions by Reb Zaf Wolf Alkish and his son Itzhak Itzik Alkish, as well as stamps from the Old New Kloiz in Hamburg.
[2], 2-320 Leaves. 33.8 cm.
2. Aruch HaKinuyim (Glossary of Biblical Hebrew Terms), First Edition, with an endorsement by Rebbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Dyhernfurth, 1806.
The Aruch HaKinuyim is a lexicon explaining the roots and meanings of terms in Biblical Hebrew, authored by Rabbi Yechiel Heilprin, the author of Seder HaDorot.
The first edition was printed in Dyhernfurth, 1806, by Yosef May. It includes endorsements from various leading scholars of the era, including the holy Rebbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, who signed in a unique form, “the young Tzvi Levi, son of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel, in hope for good.” This endorsement was written in Selichavi on Lag B’Omer, 1775 (see: Kiryat Sefer, Vol. 23, 1945–1946, pp. 192–193).
On the title page is the signature of Rabbi Moshe Eiger: “God has granted me this, the young Moshe, son of the Gaon Rabbi Bunim Güns, may he live long, here in the holy community of Wielen.”
The Gaon Rabbi Moshe Ginz-Eiger-Schlesinger (d. 1858), the beloved disciple of his uncle, Rabbi Akiva Eiger, was one of the rabbis of Wieleń (Filehne, near Poznań). In 1830, he was appointed as a resident scholar in the Kloiz of Rabbi Leib ben Shaul’s Beit Midrash in Hamburg. (In Igrot Sofrim, Rabbi Akiva Eiger writes to his brother, Rabbi Bunim, regarding him: “…to announce the good news that his son, my dear, the sharp Rabbi Moshe, may his light endure, has been appointed as a resident in the Beit Midrash of Hamburg… he was here last week to engage with him before his departure”). He helped prepare many of his uncle’s works for publication, as noted in the introduction to Drush V’Chidush. He is frequently mentioned in the writings of Rabbi Akiva Eiger and the Chatam Sofer. For more about him, see Chachmei Ahu (Hamburg, 1908, p. 119).
Stamp in Latin characters of his cousin, Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Eiger of Johannisburg.
The Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Eiger (d. 1871) was the beloved son of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the spiritual leader of the Jewish people. From a young age, he was deeply engaged in Torah study, and his great father would often share the halachic discussions they had, even from his youth, as recorded in Drush V’Chidush on Ketubot (40b): “…my son, the wise groom, Yitzchak Leib, inquired, and I replied to him…” Following his marriage, he lived in Lomza and later moved to Johannisburg, Prussia. In 1862, he published his father’s Chiddushim on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. In 1868, he was appointed as the leader of his community in Johannisburg, where he worked tirelessly for the welfare of the Jewish people (HaMagid, Shevat 1868). For more about his works and acts of kindness, see Maoran Shel Yisrael (Strasser, Vol. II, p. 316). Some of his insights were printed in Otiyot DeRabbi Akiva (London, 1979), including chiddushim on Masechet Chullin, where he discusses at length what he heard from his holy father.
4, 85 Leaves. 37 cm.
Rabeinu Asher: Overall Good condition, marginal water stains, first and last few pages have frayed corners, minor worming to first few pages sometimes affecting text, new black leather binding.
Orchei Ha\'Kinuim: Overall Great condition, some light marginal water stains, title page has marginal tear slightly affecting text, original binding damaged.
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