A large collection of antique Seforim, German imprints with ornate leather bindings.1687-1798. Most of them are ...

A large collection of antique Seforim, German imprints with ornate leather bindings.1687-1798. Most of them are First or Only Editions. Signatures.

1. Commentary on the Early Prophets, authored by the complete scholar... Don Isaac Abarbanel. With the addition of "Chiddushei HaRif" [by Rabbi Yaakov Pidanki].

Hamburg. 1687. First edition with the commentary of the Rif.

2. Sefer She'elot u'Teshuvot Avodat HaGershuni, first part by the famous sage Rabbi Gershon Ashkenazi z"l, Av Beit Din of Vienna and Nikolsburg.

Illustrated and beautiful title page, with an architectural round frame, featuring plants and angelic figures (the same title page where the responsa of the Bach was first printed).

   

First Edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1699. Printed by Johann Wuest.

3. Sefer Kavod HaBayit – innovations and commentaries on the legends of the Talmud as brought in Ein Yaakov, by Rabbi Shimon Wolf of Pinczów, son of Rabbi Yaakov, Av Beit Din of Chełm.

Tractates Berakhot – Chagigah. The colophon notes: "And may it be His will that I will soon be able to publish the last part as well", but it was not printed.

   

First Edition, Hamburg, 1707.

4. Sefer Be'er Sheva. A collection of additional commentary on places where there are no commentaries, by Rabbi Yissachar Ber Eilenburg.

   

Frankfurt am Main, 1709.

With the approbation of Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of Semichat Chachamim, given for this edition. The title page is fully illustrated with many figures of angels and mythical cherubs.

5. Sefer Maleh Ratzon, "to resolve all difficult matters throughout the Talmud", by Rabbi Avraham Naftali Hirsch Halevi Spitz Segal, "Chief Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva in the community of Worms and its surrounding areas."

First Edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1710. With the approbation of the Av Beit Din of Frankfurt, Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of Semichat Chachami..

 The title page is decorated with floral patterns, with the inscription "The Lord of Hosts, as a crown of glory." Additional illustrations and decorations appear throughout the sefers pages.

On leaf E/1 (Tractate Berakhot, page 21), there is an illustration of the arrangement of the 400 chairs for students in the study hall of Rabbi Eliezer ben Azariah.

Antique signature: Eliezer Skotch. Ownership inscription of the officer R' Raphael son of R' Leib Landauer.

6. Sefer Ohel Olam, novellae and halachic analysis on Tractate Ketubot, by Rabbi Akiva Lehren.

   

First Edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1714. Printed by Johann Kellner.

Antique signature : David Segal Rashowitz.

7. Sefer Chiddushei Torah – and this is its name, Brit Shalom, sermons according to the order of the weekly Torah portions, the Five Megillot, the Passover Haggadah, and more. By Rabbi Pinchas ben Pelta, Av Beit Din of Volodoy.

   

Only Edition. Frankfurt am Main, 1718.

Approbations from the sages of the Four Lands of the State of Poland, as well as many approbations from the great sages of Israel.

Antique signatures and ownership inscriptions.

8. Sefer Divrei Shlomo, sermons on the Torah, halacha, and aggada, by Rabbi Shlomo Shalem of Sofia.

   

Only Edition. Frankfurt d'Oder (in Amsterdam font), 1753. Printed by Greila.

The sage Rabbi Shlomo Shalem, Av Beit Din of the Sephardi community in Amsterdam, was born around 1718 in Adrianople, Turkey. He studied under the Rishon LeTzion, Rabbi Eliezer Nahum, author of Chazon Nachum, and Rabbi Avraham Giron, author of Mikra Soferim and Atur Soferim. He served as rabbi in Sofia from 1740–1752, then in Belgrade, and from 1762, as the rabbi of the Sephardic community in Amsterdam until his death in 1781. His other works include Lev Shalem and Shoneh Halachot.

9. Rare: Tehillim (Psalms) with the commentary Tehillot Yaakov – by Rabbi Yaakov Asc''h [Uri Shraga] Feivel.

   

Only Edition. Hamburg, 1784.

The author [1710–1780] also authored Beit Yaakov Aish [published in Frankfurt Am De Oder, 1765] and Reshfei Aish [Altona, 1769]. This sefer was printed posthumously, with additional writings by his son, who brought it to print, along with important approbations.

10. Sefer Akeidat Yitzchak by Rabbi Yitzchak ben Arama.

   

Frankfurt d'Oder, 1786.

11. Sefer Sha'ar Naftali, novellae on the Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen.

First Edition, Frankfurt d'Oder, 1798. Printed by the daughter of Dr. Greila.

Various sizes and conditions. Overall condition is good.