Collection of Books – From the Library of Rabbi Yosef Yaski Av Beit Din of Kańczuga – Signatures and Glosses

Collection of Books – From the Library of Rabbi Yosef Yaski Av Beit Din of Kańczuga – Signatures and Glosses
Collection of books from the library of Rabbi Yosef Yaski Westreich, Av Beit Din of Kańczuga and his son-in-law Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Horowitz. · Amarot Tehorot, on Tehillim. By Rabbi Eliezer HaLevi Horowitz. Warsaw, 1838. First edition (Stefansky Chassidut no. 597). Stamps of Rabbi "Yosef Yaski Westreich Av Beit Din of Kańczuga" and with his signatures. · Sha'arei Efraim, on the laws of Kriyat HaTorah and Stam, by Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot. Lemberg, 1840. Stamps of Rabbi Yosef Yaski, stamps and signatures of Rabbi "Ya'akov Yitzchak HaLevi Ish Horowitz of Rudnik". · Hakdama V'Derech L'Etz HaChaim", by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Eichenstein of Zhydachiv, with glosses of Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Shapira of Dynow. Bound with: Or HaChaim, by Rabbi Yosef Ya'avetz. [Lvov, 1850]. Stefansky Chassidut no. 185. Stamps of Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Horowitz. Handwritten glosses [of his father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yaski?]. Rabbi Yosef Yaski Westreich (1810-1883), son of Rabbi Yisrael Hillel Av Beit Din of Grybów [disciple of the Maor V'Shemesh who wrote his book and first printed it]. Succeeded his father in the Grybów rabbinate and later his father-in-law in the Kańczuga rabbinate. Disciple of Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Sieniawa. His son-in-law and successor, Rabbi Ya'akov Yitzchak Horowitz (1840-1900, Otzar HaRabbanim 10157), grew up and later taught Torah in the Rudnik community. He served as Av Beit Din of Radomyshl and later succeeded his father-in-law in the Kańczuga rabbinate. Dozens of responsa send to him were printed in books of responsa written by Galicia Torah scholars. Enclosed: A printed leaf, invitation by Rabbi Yosef Yaski Westreich Av Beit Din of Kańczuga [grandson of the aforementioned Rabbi Yosef Yaski], to the wedding of his son Rabbi Ben Zion Yitzchak with the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Sapir Av Beit Din of New-Sanz. The groom’s father – Rabbi Yosef Yaski Westreich the II (1885-1944), son-in-law of Rabbi Elazar Rokeach, Av Beit Din of Hajdúböszörmény and Kańczuga. Perished in the Holocaust. His son the groom, Rabbi Ben Zion Yitzchak Westreich (1904-1942), was a rabbi in New-Sanz alongside his father-in-law, and later appointed Av Beit Din in Belyy Kamen. Perished in the Holocaust. Four books in three volumes, and a printed invitation leaf. Varied size. Poor-fair condition, dampness, fungus and mildew. Damaged bindings.