Bidspirit auction | Diverse Collection of Antique Seforim,


Diverse Collection of Antique Seforim, 1799–1930. Mostly in elegant leather bindings. Signatures. - 1. Sefer HaMevakesh, on ethics and philosophy, by Rabbi Shem Tov Falkira. First edition from manuscript. The Hague, 1799. With approbations by Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam, Rabbi Shaul HaLevi Av Beit Din of The Hague, and the Chida. Signed by Rabbi Dov Aryeh Ritter, Av Beit Din of Rotterdam. 2. Emunot VeDeot (”The Book of Beliefs and Opinions”) in Arabic, translated into Hebrew by Rabbi Yehuda ibn Tibbon. Includes ten essays on matters of faith. Additional commentary added: first part called Shomer Emunah, second part Heiker Daat, by Yehuda ben Binyamin Ze’ev ben Yamini. Berlin, 1789. printed by the Chevrat Chinuch Ne'arim Press. Ownership inscription of Rafael Coila. 3. Sefer Afikei Yehuda, sermons on various topics, by Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Edel. Zolkiew, 1819. Signature of Rabbi Yaakov …, Av Beit Din of Zawiechost. Stamp: Yaakov Shalom Hakohen Donner, Serock. 4 . Sefer Shaarei Kedusha, by Rabbi Chaim Vital, foremost disciple of the Arizal. ”We have added wonderful and awesome novelties from the genius… Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropoli...” [Lemberg, 1859]. Stamps of Rabbi Simcha Bunim Greenberger, Rabbi of Pressburg. 5 . Another edition of the above sefer, [Lemberg, 1862]. 6. Sefer   Sidduro Shel Shabbat, Lviv, 1863, by the holy Rabbi Chaim of Chernowitz. 7.  Sefer Zechor L’Chaim, sermons by Rabbi Chaim Cohen Rappaport, Av Beit Din of Lviv. Lemberg, 1866. With two title pages. Bibliographic records only note one, and this is also the case in some known copies. 8.  Sefer Mashmi’a Yeshuah, Lemberg, 1871. 9. Sefer Hit’orerut HaTefillah, by Rabbi David Shlomo of Tulchin. Lviv, [circa 1875]. Missing some pages at the end. 10 . Sefer Kol Dodi, sermons and insights including scientific and critical essays on many Talmudic sayings… Also includes essays by: Yehuda HaLevi Lifshitz, Yaakov HaLevi Lifshitz, Tzvi Hirsch HaLevi Lifshitz. Compiled by Yehoshua HaLevi Beinashowitz. Warsaw, 1901. Signed by Rabbi Yekutiel Zalman Gruibart, Av Beit Din of Bendin. 11 . Sefer Keren LeDavid on the Torah in the style of Chassidut, by the saintly Rabbi Eliezer David Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Tchelim and Satmar. First edition, Satmar, 1930.