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.
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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.
Toldos Avrahom, by Rabbi Abraham ben Shaul Broda, First Edition, Fuerth, 1769.
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.
Chelek Shani (Second Part) of Sefer Nachalat Sheva, by Rabbi Shmuel Halevi, Fuerth, 1692.
This is a book from my Antique books collection. Rabbi Shmuel Halevi (1624 - 1681) was a disciple of the author of the Ta"Z, and of Shabasai Sheftel Horowitz, son of the ShLa"H. It is a fine example of early printing from the town of Fuerth in Bavaria. Hebrew printing was begun in Fuerth in … Continue reading Chelek Shani (Second Part) of Sefer Nachalat Sheva, by Rabbi Shmuel Halevi, Fuerth, 1692.
Sefer Kneses HaGadolah by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, Fuerth, 1692. (With an approbation by the father-in-law of the first British Chief Rabbi).
With the terrible tragedy of the earthquakes in Turkey, my thoughts turned to a Turkish Rabbi, the author of this book, printed in Furth in 1692.. There is also a tangential British connection... read on to the Haskamah (approbation). Rabbi Chaim Benvenisti was born in Constantinople in 1603, and in his youth studied under Rabbi … Continue reading Sefer Kneses HaGadolah by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, Fuerth, 1692. (With an approbation by the father-in-law of the first British Chief Rabbi).
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