Tiferet - Auction 50 of the Tiferet Auction House
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Letters by Chassidic shepherds, pedigreed copies of Tzaddikim, manuscripts by leading rabbis, books printed at the pedigreed printeries of Slavuta and Zhytomyr, artifacts that had belonged to Tzaddikim and first editions.
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LOT 121:
Pri Megadim and Machatzit Hashekel, Zhytomyr, 1863. Copy of Rabbi Avraham Abele Katz Rappaport-Hortstein.
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Pri Megadim and Machatzit Hashekel, Zhytomyr, 1863. Copy of Rabbi Avraham Abele Katz Rappaport-Hortstein.
A basic book! Pri Megadim and Machatzit Hashekel, Orach Chaim, I, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim.
Zhytomyr, 1863. Copy of Rabbi Avraham Abele Katz Rappaport-Hortstein, the grandson of the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Avraham Abele Rappaort Hortstein (the first) of Ohel.
Sefer Pri Megadim, I: Orach Chaim (Siman 1-428), containing the Mishbetzot Zahav and Eshel Avraham elucidations, Orach Chaim, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. With Machatzit hashekel, by Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Kelin. The press of the partners, the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta, Zhytomyr, 1863.
[1], 179 leaves. 38 cm. With the stamp of Rabbi Avraham Abele Katz Rappaport-Horshtein. A foreign owner's signature on verso of the title page: "David Tevl Rappaport Hortstein".
Rabbeinu the Pri Megadim, Rabbi Yosef Te'omim (1727-1792) one of the greatest Poskim of all generations. Studied Torah with his father Rabbi Meir who was a Dayan in Lemberg. In his youth, he lived on Komarno, where he was Melamed. Later, he moved to Berlin, where he taught Torah at the Beis Midrash of the philanthropist Rabbi Daniel Yaffe. In 1774 he was appointed Dayan on Lemberg and in 1781, Av Beis Din of Frankfurt on the Oder. Authored many works: Teivat Gomeh, Porat Yosef, Ginat Vradim, Rosh Yosef and topping them all, his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch - Pri Megadim.
Rabbeinu the Machatzit Hashekel, Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Nosson Note Halevi Kelin (1724-1806) had thousands of disciples for sixty years at the Boskovich community, yet turned down Rabbinic offers from large and famed communities. Authored innovations and lessons of the Shas, Poskim and sermons and was famed for his book Machatzit Hashekel containing innovations on the Shulchan Aruch and its commentaries.
Rabbi Avraham Abele Katz Rappaport-Hortstein of Ohel (passed away in 1888) - one of the important disciples of the holy Rav the Yismach Moshe, supervisor of the Kupat Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes. Responses to him appear in the books Divrei Chaim, Ketav Sofer and more. His father, Rabbi Pinchas Aryeh Hacohen Rappaport (Sameter) was one of the leading Ohel Chassidim and a Ba'al Tokeah of the Yismach Moshe.
The stamp appearing in the book is of his grandson, who was named after him.
Original leather binding. Stains. Moth holes. Blemishes to the edges of the title page. Fair-good condition.
