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Important Collection of Antique and Rare Seforim, Russian and Polish imprints in Nice Leather Bindings. 1770-1868. - 1.  Responsa of Maharam Alshich – Berlin, 1770. Title page says: ”Here in Slonik... for the sake of Moshe, truth and His Torah is truth”. However, according to bibliographic project, the sefer was printed in Berlin ca. 1770. 2.  Rare Hasidic Work: Mayim Kadoshim– Mezhirov, 1790. Sefer Mayim Kadoshim by Rabbi Avraham Moshe Segal from Brahilov, a disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. It contains innovations on the Talmudic tractate of Kodashim. Mezhirov, 1790. First and rare edition. Printed by Yitzhak Bar ben Moshe Yehuda, Michal ben David Katz, and Avraham ben Yosef. The author added introductions with matters of aggadah and concluded with responsa regarding agunot and interest. Rabbi Avraham Moshe b”r Asher Segal - from the communities of Pikov, Perlukh, and Brahilov. In Stefansky - Hasidism, 342, it is written that he was a student of the Maggid of Mezritch and brought from the Maggid's teachings in his introduction. 3.  Sma''g – Kopust, 1807 – with the approbation of Rebbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev and Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin. Two parts. The first part contains prohibitive commandments and the second part contains affirmative commandments ”from the sefer authored by the great Rabbi Moshe of Kutsee, the author of the Tosefot, ” with various explanations and for the first time with the explanation 'Amudei Shlomo' by the Maharshal. Kopust, 1807. Important approbations from Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and Rebbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev, among others. 4.  Responsa of Toldot Adam – with the approbation of the author of Orach Chaim from Zlotchow, zt”l. Responsa 'Toldot Adam' by the Rashba. This part is known as ”the second part of the Rashba's responsa.” Lemberg, 1811.     With the approbation of Rebbi Avraham Chaim Ab”D of Zlotchow (added after the completion of the printing). 5.  Rare Kabbalistic Work: Etz Chaim – Korzec or Łaszczów, 1818. Sefer Etz Chaim, foundational to Kabbalistic teaching, by our teacher Rabbi Chaim Vital, based on what he heard from his teacher Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi – the Ari”zal. Printed by Avraham Yitzhak, Korzec or Łaszczów, 1818. 6 .  Sefer Midrash Ketubah, a comprehensive treatise on all matters of the Ketubah tractate, by Rabbi Alexander Yehuda Margaliot. Warsaw, 1823. Only Edition. Stamp of Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Klapfish (5792-5795) from Warsaw [brother of the Rabbi of Warsaw, and father-in-law of the righteous Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg] and Rabbi Nechemiah Yosef Deneburg from Jerusalem. 7.  Sefer Terumat HaDeshen / Ikarei Dinim. Sudylkiv, 1835. 8.  Sefer   Kav Nakhi by Rabbi Abraham David Lawat (grandfather of the Rebbe of Lubavitch) –  Warsaw, 1868. Sefer Kav Nakhi, on the orders of gittin and laws of gittin, by Rabbi Avraham David Lawat, ”from Colony Ramanaivka adjacent to the community of Kherson, a teacher of law in the community of Nikolayev.” Warsaw, printed by Natan Shriftgisser, 1868. First edition. In two parts (a separate title for the second part). Contains approbations from Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneerson (the eldest son of the Rebbe, the author of the ”Tzemach Tzedek” from Lubavitch and grandfather of the Rebbe of Lubavitch), Rabbi Yosef Tomarkin, A”BD  Kremenchug, and others.     In the sefer Kav Nakhi, the laws regarding the writing and delivery of the get are clarified, along with the writing of names and variations in laws. In his work, Rabbi David Lawat resolved many uncertainties regarding the writing of names that have been widely discussed in the writings of the poskim, especially regarding names common in our time, where their writing varies from place to place according to speech and dialect. In the second part of Kav Nakhi, the author arranged systematic lists of each name. The laws were also adapted for the Sephardic communities. The book was primarily intended for rabbis, judges, and writers of gittin, and indeed, it remains a practical guide for rabbinical authorities engaged in gittin to this day. In his introduction, the author explains the reason for naming the sefer this way, because the gematria of ”Kav Nakhi” equals his name ”Avraham David” – 262; and the gematria of ”Gittin” equals his father's name ”Yehuda Leib” = 72. Includes the approbation of the eldest son of the Rebbe ”Tzemach Tzedek” from Lubavitch, Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneerson, whose descendants later married the descendants of the author Rabbi David Lawat – Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Schneerson and Rebbetzin Chana, daughter of Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky (parents of the Rebbe of Lubavitch).     In his approbation, Rabbi Baruch Shalom recounts that he encountered the author Rabbi Avraham David Lawat in Nikolayev, where he was shown his work on the laws of gittin and was convinced that ”the arrangement of all these is correct, each matter in its place,