Bidspirit auction | Large & diverse collection of
Large & diverse collection of antique Seforim with signatures and stamps of Rabbis, 1841–1931. - 1. Sefer Torat HaAdam, On human conduct and mourning, including ”Shaar HaGemul” by the Ramban. Warsaw, 1841. Stamps of Rabbi Yekutiel Eliyahu Zochovitzky, Av Beit Din of Kamoravka. 2. Sefer Ir HaTzedek, A summary of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (SeMaG) by Rabbeinu Moshe of Coucy, authored by Rabbi Shmuel Freund. First edition. Prague, 1864. Stamp of Rabbi Raphael Zilberman, Av Beit Din of Safed, along with signatures and stamps of his grandson, Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman, Av Beit Din of Safed. 3. Sefer Yad HaKetanah, Laws of the 613 mitzvot following the Rambam, by Rabbi Dov Berish Gottlieb. Lviv (first title page: Pressburg), 1868. With a self dedication from Rabbi Mordechai Zvi Schwartz, who received the sefer from his brother-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Betzalel Panet, Av Beit Din of Retig. Second title page bears Rabbi Schwartz's stamp as Av Beit Din of Chek-Sereda and the surrounding region. 4. Sefer HaMidot, By Rabbeinu Yaakov Dubno, with ”Sheyurei HaMidot” by his student, Rabbi Avraham Berush Plohn. Vilna, 1870. Stamp and annotations of Rabbi Yosef ben Gaon Meir Peimer of Slutsk. 5. Sefer Midrash Shmuel, Warsaw, 1870. Stamp of Rabbi Natan Nota Kalonymus, son of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchak Kabak, Av Beit Din of Vishia (author of Shelamei Nedava). 6. Sefer Zikaron Tov, By Rabbi Ezra Tzoref, Av Beit Din of Serdahali, a student of the Baruch Taam and the Chatam Sofer. Explores six key themes: the purpose of creation, Shabbat observance, the House of Israel, the Song at the Sea, Torah acquisition, and the Mishkan. Published by his son, Rabbi Yehoshua. First edition. Lviv, 1874. Stamp of Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Halevi Haberfeld, Av Beit Din of Zlate Moravce. 7. Sefer Tiferet Banim, On the Torah, festivals, and collected teachings, by the holy Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Shapira, Av Beit Din of Munkatch, author of Darkei Teshuva. First edition. Bardejov, 1921. Printed by Yosef Meir Bleier. Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Frenkel of Khust and Jerusalem on the flyleaf. 8. Sefer Zera Kodesh Matzava, Ethical teachings by Rabbi Moshe Graf, along with Bat Melech by Rabbi Shimon Abayov. Mukachevo, 1893–1894. The final pages of Zera Kodesh Matzava recount the exorcism of a dybbuk in the community of Nikolsburg. Bat Melech has a special title page, concluding with Igeret HaKodesh by Rebbi Elazar, son of Rebbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, published for the first time by the Rebbe Yechezkel Halberstam of Shinova. Signatures and stamps of the righteous Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kahana of Kerestur and Humenné. 9. Sefer Ben Yosef, By Rabbi Yosef Tzvi, son of Rabbi Chaim Yehuda HaLevi of Gherla. Only Edition. Cluj (Klausenburg), 1926. A very rare sefer! Signatures and stamps of the righteous Rabbi Mendel Friedlander of Klausenburg and Kleinwardein, as well as signature of his son? Rabbi Moshe David Friedlander of Klausenburg. 10. Sefer Mikveh Taharah, On the laws of mikvaot in Yoreh De’ah, by Rabbi Moshe Grünwald, author of Arugat HaBosem. First edition. Ungvar, 1931. Nice ownership inscription indicating the sefer belonged to his father-in-law, the righteous Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Goldenberg, Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Swalava.