Large and Diverse Collection of Antique Seforim in Elegant Leather Bindings. 1692-1837.

Large and Diverse Collection of Antique Seforim in Elegant Leather Bindings. 1692-1837.

1. Sefer Chidushei Halachot, Later Edition on tractates Bava Kamma, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra, Shabbat, Yevamot, Gittin, Chullin. By Rabbi Samuel Eidels with Halachic novellae of his son-in-law Rabbi Moses Av Beit Din of Lublin.

Prague, 1692. Printed by Moses Katz.

2. Sefer Marot HaTzovot, wonderful commentary on Later Prophets, by Rabbi Moses Alshich. On Isaiah, Jeremiah and Twelve Minor Prophets, with the original text.

Jessnitz, 1720. Printed by R' Israel son of Abraham.

Antique signature: Hakatan Mordechai Michael son of...

3.Sefer Yam Shel Shlomo, on tractate Bava Kamma. Jessnitz, 1723. Printed by Israel son of Abraham.

4.Sefer  Pri Chadash, work on Shulchan Aruch laws of New Month, Passover, Festivals and Megillah (Sections 417-506, 686-697). Some laws of divorce and Maimonides' terminology. By Rabbi Hezekiah da Silva.

Karlsruhe, 1757. Printed by Johannes Ludwig Jacob Heller.

Antique rabbinical signature: Jacob Moreh Tzedek here...

Antique ownership inscription: The youth Isaac Hittenbach.

5. Sefer Be'er Yaakov, novellae and explanations on Shulchan Aruch and Talmudic topics. By Rabbi Jacob Berlin.

First Edition. Fürth, 1767.

6. SeferYam Shel Shlomo, novellae and practical halachic explanations on tractate Beitzah, by Rabbi Solomon Luria. Fürth, 1767.

7. Responsa MaHaRI MiTrani. By Rabbi Joseph Trani. Fürth, 1768.

8. Sefer Chidushei Halachot RaShBaTZ on tractates Ketubot and Gittin.

Fürth, 1779. Printed by R' Itzik son of Leib, son-in-law of R' Zalman the printer.

Ownership inscription of R' Henich Spiegel from Odessa currently residing in his father-in-law's house, the wealthy R' Chaim Biarsky.

9. Responsa RaDBaZ Part Three. First Edition, Fürth, 1781.

10. Sefer Kol Bo, containing everything, book of customs and laws for the entire year. Fürth, 1782.

11. Sefer Apei Ravravi, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer. Fürth, 1782.

Antique inscription mentions the borrowing of the sefer from Rabbi Rahamim Kapiloto, [a shadar  of Hebron], signed with the initials "Ha'ach S"T".

This  is the signature of  Rabbi Eliyahu Bechor Chazan (1848–1908), who served as the Av Beit Din in Jerusalem, the Hakham Bashi  and chief rabbi of Tripoli, Libya, and later as the chief rabbi of Alexandria, Egypt. He was also a noted author of several works. 

Rabbi Eliyahu was born to Rabbi Yosef Raphal Chazan, the son of Rabbi Chaim David Chazan, a former Rishon LeZion. He immigrated to Jerusalem with his grandfather, Rabbi Chaim David Chazan, in 1856  and received rabbinical ordination from him in 1865. By 1869 he served as a dayan in Jerusalem. 

In 1874 after the passing of Rabbi Avraham Chaim Adadi, the rabbi of Tripoli, the Jewish community of Tripoli invited Rabbi Eliyahu to assume the position of chief rabbi. He accepted and became the first rabbi in Libya to bear the title Hakham Bashi. In Tripoli, he enacted numerous regulations, established Talmud Torah schools, and worked extensively to educate the youth. 

In 1888  Rabbi Eliyahu was appointed the chief rabbi of Alexandria (also referred to as No-Ammon) and served in this capacity for approximately 20 years until his passing in 1908. He authored several seforim, including Ta'alumot Lev, Zikaron Yerushalayim, and others. For more details, see: Frumkin-Rivlin, Toldot Chachmei Yerushalayim, Vol. 3, Jerusalem, 1929, p. 306.

12. Sefer HaShorashim called Sfat Emet - to teach the children of Judah the purity of the Holy Language, to understand Scripture explicitly and comprehend the explanations of the literal commentators like Rashi and Ibn Ezra and others - by the grammarian Isaac Satanov.

First Edition, Berlin, 1787. With many important approbations from the great rabbis of the period, led by the approbation of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Av Beit Din of Berlin.

Antique signature: Yuzpa son of R"B.

13. Sefer Etz Shatul Sefer HaIkarim by Rabbi Joseph Albo, with commentary by Rabbi Gedaliah Lifshitz. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1788.

At the beginning of the volume is the approbation of the Noda BiYehuda. At the end of the book is a short list of signatories including the genius of that generation, the pride of Israel, the holy Rabbi Akiva Eiger.

Antique signature and marginalia signed: Uri Leib HaLevi (apparently Rabbi Uri Leib HaLevi Feitel Av Beit Din of Dittenheim).

14. Sefer Pri Megadim Part 2. Zholkva, 1798.

Antique signatures: Yaski son of R"Y of Rawicz.

15. Sefer Pri Megadim. Lemberg, 1810.

16. Sefer Simlah Chadasha - Tevuot Shor and Bechor Shor. By Rabbi Alexander Sender Schorr. Zholkva, 1811.

17. Sefer  Hafla'ah, Sefer HaMikneh, on tractate Kiddushin, by the holy Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz rabbi of Frankfurt author of the Hafla'ah. Lemberg, 1818.

18. Sefer Asifat Zekenim which is novellae on Bava Metzia. Lemberg, 1827.

19. Responsa RaDaCh by Rabbi David HaCohen. Ostroh, 1834. Second Edition.

20. Sefer Sidrei Tahara on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah laws of Niddah, by Rabbi Elchanan Ashkenazi. Sudilkov, 1836.

Antique signatures: Menachem Tzvi son of our teacher Rabbi Moses.

Ownership inscription of Rabbi Abraham Ettingen Moreh Tzedek...

21. Responsa RaDBaZ Parts One-Five bound together. Sudilkov, 1836.

Antique signature and ownership inscription: Belongs to the rabbi Moses Yechezkel Rosh Metivta here... son-in-law of R' Mordechai Segal of Slonim.

At the end is a handwritten list of rabbis.

22. Sefer MaHaRaM Schiff - Chidushei Halachot. Lemberg, 1837.

Antique Sephardic signatures on the title page.

Overall Good Condition, Complete copies.