Bidspirit auction | Batei Nefesh, first edition, Vienna


Batei Nefesh, first edition, Vienna 1815 –Nayos Barama, Only edition, Vienna 1814. Extremely Rare. Signature of the Tzadik Rabbi Asher Emanuel Benedict of Mattersdorf. - 1.  Sefer  Batei Nefesh, sermons for the Sabbaths of the year and for holidays and eulogies, by Rabbi Yosef K.P. [Kottenplan] (Also known as Rabbi Yosef of Breslau), Rabbi of Ungarisch Brod, Nové Město, Holíč, and Stampfen. Vienna, 1815. First Edition. A very uncommon sefer! [2], 54 pages. Signature on the title page of the Tzadik Rabbi Asher Amniel Benedict, a teacher of Torah in Mattersdorf. Brother-in-law and in his second marriage son-in-law of the wonderful Tzadik Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Federweiss of Dunaszerdahely Stamp in German of  R. Yehoshua Goldstein of Dunaszerdahely, son of Rabbi Ezra Tzoref-Goldstein, Av Beit Din of Dunaszerdahely. Rabbi Yehoshua passed away in 1918. His sons: Rabbi Yehuda Goldstein, Av Beit Din of Sabinov, Rabbi Ezra Menachem Goldstein, Av Beit Din of Balaton-Füred, and his son-in-law Rabbi Yekutiel Dov Gewirtz, a shochet in Tet. In good condition, with some stains. Bound with: 2 . Sefer Nayos Barama, 18 sermons, words of ethics, and interpretations of scriptures, by Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Hirsch Isserles, Av Beit Din of Kromnoy. Vienna, 1814. Only Edition. With approbations from Rabbi Mordechai Benet, Av Beit Din of Nikolsburg. Signed along with him are the members of his Beit Din: Rabbi Moshe Leib Tziltz  and Rabbi Moshe Karichoner. Very rare! A complete copy has never appeared at an auction. [3], 86, [1] pages. The last page, ”Corrections, ” is unknown bibliographically  and is not in the copy at the Jewish  National Library. In good condition, with some stains.