Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, 1730–1835.

Collection of Antique Seforim, 1730–1835. Copy of the Holy Rebbi Yehoshua of Ostrova. - 1. Sefer Shoresh Yosef, a commentary on all the laws of Migo, by Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi David of Breslau, son-in-law of Rabbi Avraham Broda, author of Eshel Avraham. Behind the title page are endorsements from the rabbis of Amsterdam and Hamburg. First Edition. Amsterdam, 1730. Printed by Moshe Frankfurt. Signature and stamp of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Alter. Antique signature: Mazuz son of Aharon. 2–3 . Two rare seforim by Rabbi Asher Anshil ben Rabbi Moshe Ber of Ruzhil: Chidat Shimshon – ethics/moral teachings, bound together with Ben Emunim. Only Edition. Fürth, 1785. On the first title page is the stamp of the holy Rebbi Yehoshua of Ostrova, son of the holy Rebbi Shlomo Leib of Lenshchna (1819–1873), one of the great tzaddikim of Poland. He continued the path of his holy father and of his teachers, the Chozeh of Lublin and the Yid HaKadosh of Peshischa. He served as rabbi of Sosnowiec, and later led his own Hasidic court in Ostrova. He succeeded his father in leading a large community of thousands of Hasidim and was renowned for his greatness and sanctity. Rebbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin said about him that he was a ”Guardian of the Holy Covenant.” He authored the sefer Toldot Adam (Yozefov, 1875), which earned him the title “The Little Noam Elimelech.” His son-in-law was Rebbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz of Biala, the first rebbe of the Biala Hasidic dynasty. 4. Sefer Shaar Naftali, novellae on Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen. First Edition. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1798. Printed by the daughter of Dr. Grilla. 5. Sefer Yesod VeShoresh HaAvodah, on prayer, Torah, and mitzvot, by the holy tzaddik Rabbi Alexander Ziskind of Horodna. Includes maps of the borders in Parashat Massei and the land division in the Book of Joshua. Warsaw, 1814. 6. Sefer Pri Chadash, on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De’ah, by Rabbi Chizkiyah de Silva. Sudilkov, 1835. Stamp of Rabbi Isaac Leib, Av Beit Din of Kozhnitz. In the margins of the sefer are two antique glosses, one of which begins with “Amar Avraham Aharon” (“Says Avraham Aharon”). 7. Set of Machzorim ( according to the customs of Poland, Reisin (Belarus), and Lithuania – with Yiddish (Ashkenazi) translation.  Vienna, 1835.