This is an interesting book from my collection – interesting as an example of how auction houses and sellers copy descriptions of books from one to the other. Rabbi Yosef ben Menachem Steinhardt (1720 – 1776) was an important German Rabbi. He studied at the yeshiva of Rabbi Yaakov Hakohen Poppers, in Frankfurt. In 1746 … Continue reading Shu”t Zichron Yosef by Rabbi Yosef Steinhardt, Fuerth, 1773.
Category: Antique Judaica
Shulchan Aruch – Choshen Mishpat, Ostrowa 1804, with approbation of R’ Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev (Zelechow).
This volume is from my antique Hebrew book collection. The Shulchan Aruch, which means 'Set Table' is a code of Jewish law compiled in 1563 by Rabbi Yosef Karo. It is version of the Beit Yosef, a commentary that Rabbi Karo wrote on the Tur, with innovative rulings from the Ramo (Rabbi Moshe Isserles). Choshen … Continue reading Shulchan Aruch – Choshen Mishpat, Ostrowa 1804, with approbation of R’ Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev (Zelechow).
What was Rabbi Ferber reading? Sefer Yermiahu (the book of Jeremiah), Dyhrenfurth, 1825.
This edition of Kiriyah Ne'emana (the prophets and scriptures) was printed in Dyhrenfurth in 1825. Dyhrenfurth (in Polish Brzeg Dolny) is a town in lower Silesia, whose Jewish community was established with the first Hebrew printing house there in 1688 and declined with the closure of the printing houses there in the late nineteenth century. … Continue reading What was Rabbi Ferber reading? Sefer Yermiahu (the book of Jeremiah), Dyhrenfurth, 1825.
Sermons by Abraham P. Mendes, London, 1855.
My copy of this significant book touches on various aspects of Anglo-Jewish history, including Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Birmingham, London, Swansea and other places. The author of the book, which includes sermons preached in Birmingham and at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, was Abraham Pereira Mendes. There is also an interesting provenance, as my copy was … Continue reading Sermons by Abraham P. Mendes, London, 1855.
Sefer Hafla’a, by Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, Lvov, 1816 and Warsaw, 1861.
I have two editions of this fundamental and basic book, which consists of Novellae (Chidushim) on Tractate (Masseches) Kesuvos. This important Tractate of the Talmud covers marriage contracts, but also many other important discussions which are relevant today. For, example, whether a hostage who says that she was not violated while a hostage can marry … Continue reading Sefer Hafla’a, by Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz, Lvov, 1816 and Warsaw, 1861.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, with Ir David, by Rabbi David Feldman, Leipzig, 1924.
Rabbi David Feldman (he sometimes spelled it Feldmann) was born in Tolno in the Ukraine. He received semicha (his rabbinical diploma) from Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein (known, after his book, as the Aruch HaShulchan), and Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Schwadron. Rabbi Feldman was appointed Rabbi of the Ahavath Torah Synagogue of the Brodde Community in Leipzig … Continue reading Kitzur Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, with Ir David, by Rabbi David Feldman, Leipzig, 1924.
Sulzbach Talmud – 1755 to 1770
I have a number of volumes of the Talmud, printed in Sulzbach, Bavaria, on various dates in the mid-eighteenth century. Hebrew printing had begun in Sulzbach, an old-established Jewish community, in 1669. These editions of the Talmud are the second and third editions printed in Sulzbach by Meshulam Zalman (known as Zalman) son of Aharon … Continue reading Sulzbach Talmud – 1755 to 1770
Hagahot Mesechos Chulin uKrisus, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dünner (J H Dünner) of Amsterdam, Frankfort on Main, 1900.
The author, Rabbi Joseph Hirsch Dünner, was born in Cracow, Poland, in 1833. He received semicha (his rabbinical degree) in his native city, and studied philosophy and Oriental philology at Bonn and Heidelberg. He received a PhD from the latter institution with a thesis on Abraham Ibn Ezra. In 1862 he was called from Bonn … Continue reading Hagahot Mesechos Chulin uKrisus, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dünner (J H Dünner) of Amsterdam, Frankfort on Main, 1900.
Sefer Zichron Avrohom by Rabbi Abraham Bing, Pressburg, 1892.
Rabbi Abraham Bing was a German rabbi and Talmudist, who was born in 1752 at Frankfort-on-the-Main. He died in 1841 at Würzburg, Bavaria, where he had been chief rabbi until his resignation at the beginning of 1839. Before officiating at Würzburg, he was rabbi at Heidingsfeld, Bavaria. Rabbi Bing was a pupil of Nathan Adler … Continue reading Sefer Zichron Avrohom by Rabbi Abraham Bing, Pressburg, 1892.
Minchas Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov ben Yosef Reischer, Fuerth, 1763.
This is another book from my antique Hebrew book collection - Sefer Minchas Yaakov. It is a commentary on the laws of forbidden and permitted foods, printed in Fuerth in 1763, based on the original Prague edition. It was Rabbi Jacob ben Joseph Reischer's first published work. He was a prolific writer, and his books … Continue reading Minchas Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov ben Yosef Reischer, Fuerth, 1763.
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