Auction 128 Passover Sale. Chabad, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters and Rare books
Mar 15, 2021
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 47:

Keter Torah - Complete Manuscript, that was not Printed. Galicia, 1867

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Keter Torah - Complete Manuscript, that was not Printed. Galicia, 1867


"Compilations and commentaries on Chiddushei HaMaharsh"a, and on Choshen Mishpat and Yoreh Deah, also on the second chapter of Avot and various midrashim and other matters" (text of the title page). Complete work in a clear and beautiful script by one of the geonim of Galicia. 


The title page bears a colorful decorative border with pillars and flower vases. At the top is the decorative headline "Keter Torah, " and this may be the title of the work.


At the end of section 39 of the novellae on Choshen Mishpat (p. 44b), the following is noted: "This was stated by Rabbi Zalman Mishel, dayan of Balchov [author of Otzrot Shlomo al Treifot HaReiah (Lvov, 1841)]. He passed away in 1857 and was eulogized by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Panet in the latter's book Ma'agalei Tzedek Part II, page 79a].


210 leaves of which approximately [330] pages are written. 17x10 cm.

Fine condition: Minimal tiny worming perforations. In the final leaves, there are stains in the upper third and minimal tears, most without lack. New semi-parchment binding.