Auction 1
Rare and Prestigious Items
Mar 19, 2018
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Israel
22 Ha'Nassi Ha'Shishi st., Jerusalem
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Historical Documents, Rare Books, Rabbis Letters, Art and Banknotes
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LOT 19:
The Book of Psalms of the Rebbe of Sochaczew Rabbi David Borenstein from which he had Prayed during the Holocaust – ...
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The Book of Psalms of the Rebbe of Sochaczew Rabbi David Borenstein from which he had Prayed during the Holocaust – Glosses Handwritten by Him
The book of Psalms (Tehillim) of the Rebbe of Sochaczew Rabbi David Borenstein – stamps, a signature and glosses, the Book of Psalms with the Rashi and Metzudot commentaries. Warsaw, 1890. Bound with "Kitvei Kodesh", Mishlei, with the Rashi and Metzudot commentaries. Warsaw, 1890.
Different stamps of Rabbi David Borenstein. At the beginning of Mishlei, his handwritten signature in pencil. Short handwritten glosses and different notations throughout the leaves of Tehillim.
Some of the glosses refer to the hard times.
On leaf 44b, another page was printed by mistake and the Psalms and Rashi commentary were completed by hand on an attached leaf.
Rabbi David Borenstein was the son of the author "Shem Mi'Shmuel", the son of the "avnei Nezer" of Sochaczew. When his father died in 1926, he became the Rebbe of Sochaczew. He died in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Kislev 1942. His complete family perished in the Holocaust. His many books and manuscripts on the Sugiyot of the Talmud and on Halacha and Aggadah were lost.
120 leaves; 51 leaves. 18.5cm.
Condition: Fair. Wear and signs of use. Stains. Original worn binding that is partially detached. In an impressive wood and leather case.
