1. Rav Alfas – Two Parts – Kapust, 1818–1820 – Endorsement of Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Yanovitch (brother of the Alter Rebbe, the author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch).
Sefer Hilchot Rav Alfas (Rif), with commentaries, Mordechai, and Tosefta.
Printed in 1818–1820 by Rabbi Yisrael son of Rabbi Yitzchak Yaffe (one of the foremost students of the Alter Rebbe) in Kapust.
Two volumes in two parts. Some letters on the title page of part one were printed in red ink. Printed on blue paper. This edition was based on the Slavuta edition (1807–1810).
The endorsement of Rabbi Yehuda Leib (the Maharil of Yanovitch), author of She’erit Yehuda, brother of the Alter Rebbe (author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch), appears after the title page of part one. The content of the endorsement: “Printing seforim is not prohibited due to the violation of boundaries, nor by any general regulation, but rather due to the decree of those giving the endorsement, which only applies in their jurisdiction and not in another region, even within the same empire. Particularly if the first printer did something improper" (She’erit Yehuda, new edition, New York, 2009, p. 276-277, note 1). The content of the endorsement is also mentioned in the Responsa Tzemach Tzedek (Yoreh De’ah, section 195, p. 15/63): "As my uncle, the great Rabbi Yehuda Leib z"l, has brought…".
On the title page of part one is the signature of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Davidsohn, Av Beit Din of Warsaw. On the flyleaf is a note of ownership indicating the sefer belongs to him.
Rabbi Chaim Davidsohn Otzar HaRabbanim 5945) was born in 1760 in Pinchow, to his father, Rabbi David Tevel. A student of Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa (author of Netivot HaMishpat), he became a famous Torah scholar and a wealthy man. He led the Jewish community of Warsaw and Poland and was one of the prominent rabbis who supported the Polish Uprising. In 1839, after the passing of the Chemdat Shlolmo Rabbi Chaim was appointed Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Warsaw, a position he held for 14 years. Despite his advanced age, he remained energetic and active until his last days. He passed away in Adar 1854 at the age of 94.
Antique ownership inscriptions in part two:
The famous wealthy and pious Chassidic philanthropist Rabbi Binyamin, son of Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf, who lived at Dunerhoff Courtyard, 1833.
Belongs to the groom Chaim, son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Vilman, and Yehuda Leib, son of Rabbi Yissachar Ber.
Luxurious leather bindings.
2. Sefer of She’erit Yehuda – Shulchan Aruch laws of salting (Simanim 69–74), with commentary and responsa on all four sections of Shulchan Aruch, by Rabbi Yehuda Leib, Maggid and Dayan of the community of Yanovitch, brother of the Alter Rebbe (author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch).
Vilna, 1841. Printed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel, son of Rabbi Baruch, and Rabbi Simcha Zimel, son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum. First edition.
Stefansky, Chassidic Books no. 543.
3. Kuntres Pirush HaMilot called Mahadura Basra on the Siddur of the Alter Rebbe (author of the Tanya and the Shulchan Aruch).
Warsaw, 1867. First edition.
Stefansky, Chassidic Books no. 474.
Based on the interpretation of the words in the siddur by the divine genius, the holy Alter Rebbe, the beacon of light, the crown of Israel, the shining mirror, the holy one of God, our master and teacher Rabbi Shneur Zalman of blessed memory, which were written by his son, the light of Israel, the pious and holy Rabbi Dovber, of blessed memory.
4. Sefer Ha’aruch, Józefów, 1869.
Stamps:
Congregation Chassidim, Lubavitch, Boston, 1889.
5. Seder Birkot HaNeheni* with Yiddish translation. Warsaw, Yehoshua Gershon Munk, 1874.
Signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak Eliezer son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gutterman.
6. Sefer Darkei HaChayim, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and the Shulchan Aruch HaRav of Ladi, responsa and Chassidic discourses, by Rabbi Yosef, Av Beit Din of Chehrin.
Piotrków, 1884. Only Edition.
Endorsements from the Rebbes of the Twersky family (Rebbi Yochanan of Rachmastrivka and his sons, Rebbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Korev, Rebbi Mordechai Dov of Hornostopol, Rebbi Ephraim Margaliyot, Av Beit Din of Matsiv, and others).
Luxurious leather binding.
7. Pokeach Ivrim with Darkei Teshuva Łódź, 1924.
Extremely rare edition! Not recorded in the Bibliographic Institute, not in the National Library, and never appeared in a public auction.
8. Seder Hilchot Netilat Yadayim by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. With Likkutei Maharit by Rabbi Yom Tov Branshpeigel.
First edition. Piotrków, 1911.
Ownership inscriptions of the chassid Rabbi Moshe Zinger of Lublin.
