This is a beautiful example of the printer's art and use of spacing, ornaments and fleurons. It consists of novellae (chiddushim) to Kiddushin and Ketubbot (incomplete) by Rabbi Abraham b. Saul Broda, who died in 1717. He was born in Bunzlau (Bohemia) and served as rabbi in Lichtenstadt and in Raudnitz. In 1693 he was … Continue reading Toldos Avrahom, by Rabbi Abraham ben Shaul Broda, First Edition, Fuerth, 1769.
Month: September 2024
Shetilei Zaytim by Rabbi Shimon Krausz, London, 1964.
This book is by an important Hungarian Rabbi, Shimon Krausz, who was born in Szerdahely in 1863. He was the son of another prominent Hungarian Rabbi, Yaakov Koppel Krausz. He married the daughter of Rabbi Menashe Gelb from Vylkove-Phila in 1889. From 1895 he served as Rabbi of Karlburg, from 1896, he was Rabbi in … Continue reading Shetilei Zaytim by Rabbi Shimon Krausz, London, 1964.
Jewish Hospitality Committee for British and Allied Forces, letter to Rabbi Maurice Abraham Jaffe, 1945.
I don't usually collect rabbinical letters, but this one is interesting and gives me the opportunity to write about Rabbi Maurice Abraham Jaffe. Rabbi Jaffe was born in Salford in 1917. He went to Manchester Yeshiva and Manchester University, where he graduated in law (LL.B.) with honors in Public International Law. He was rabbi of … Continue reading Jewish Hospitality Committee for British and Allied Forces, letter to Rabbi Maurice Abraham Jaffe, 1945.
Chidushei HaRitba, – Copy of Rabbi Dov Ber Duschinsky, Prague, 1810
While it is always nice to have a book that is over 200 years old, the slight Anglo-Jewish connection of this one is because of it's previous owner. The book itself consists of important novellae (Chidushim) on tractate Eruvin of the Talmud. These were written by Rabbi Yom Tov ben Avraham Ishbile (known as Ritba), … Continue reading Chidushei HaRitba, – Copy of Rabbi Dov Ber Duschinsky, Prague, 1810
Toledoth Jacob, Biography of Rabbi Koppel Charif, by Dr. C. Duschinsky, London, 1918.
The author, Charles Duschinsky, was originally Rabbi Jacob Koppel Duschinsky, Rav of Kostel, Moravia from 1904 to 1907, after which he settled in London. He is usually known for his book "The Rabbinate of the Great Synagogue", which had its first edition in 1921, however he published other books and historical monographs for scholarly journals. … Continue reading Toledoth Jacob, Biography of Rabbi Koppel Charif, by Dr. C. Duschinsky, London, 1918.
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