Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique Seforim, 1767–1828.

Collection of Antique Seforim, 1767–1828. Rabbinic Signatures. - 1 . Shu''t She’erit Yosef. Responsa and halakhic replies, by Rabbi Yosef son of Rabbi Mordechai Gershon Katz. Fürth. On the title page it is stated: “Printed in A.D. [Amsterdam], ” but from the approbation it is evident that permission was granted to the printer Attingsois of Fürth. 1767. With signatures and ownership inscription of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Margaliot, Av Beit Din of Bidun. 2.  Sefer   Zera Yitzchak. Only Edition, Amsterdam, 1789. A work composed by a righteous convert. Essays and explanations on the teachings of the Sages, founded upon the three pillars of the world—Torah, Divine service, and acts of lovingkindness, by Rabbi Yitzchak son of Avraham, known to all as Rabbi Yitzchak the Convert. Only Edition. Amsterdam, 1789. Printed by the widow and orphans of the late Rabbi Yaakov Proops. In the introduction, the author recounts his life story and his teachers, among them the gaon Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam, from whom he heard lessons on the Tur and Beit Yosef, and with whom he also studied Talmud privately in his home. An especially interesting work by Rabbi Aharon Moshe Yitzchak Granbaum, known as Rabbi Yitzchak the Convert, with approbations from Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam and other rabbis of Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam, who lavish praise upon the author. In a lengthy introduction he describes his life: his non-Jewish father lived in a place where no Jew had ever passed, and of his own accord he chose God and sought to convert. He left his home and began to wander, and as a result was in great danger. An early handwritten inscription records that the sefer was received as a gift from Rabbi Yisrael, the author’s son, referring to his father as: “our teacher and master, the great and renowned gaon, Rabbi Yitzchak the Convert, of blessed memory, ” in 1820. His son, Rabbi Yisrael, authored Melitz Yosher (Amsterdam, 1809). [5], 38 leaves. 19.7 cm. 3 . Sefer Derekh HaHashgachah. A treatise on the existence of God, His unity, and the creation of the world and its inhabitants, the foundations of religion by way of philosophical inquiry and faith, in four chapters. By Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Marcus. Only Edition. Amsterdam, 1805. Printed by Yohanan Levi Rofe and his son Binyamin. In his introduction, the author states his intention to publish a large work entitled HaYashar Mordechai, comprising twelve books, each called “Derekh (Path)”: The Path of Creation; the Path of the Patriarchs; the Path of Egypt; the Path of the Torah; the Path of the Commandments; the Path of the Wilderness; the Path of the Individual and the Community; the Path of Attainment; the Path of Ethics; the Path of Eternity; the Path of Redemption; and the Path of Divine Providence. This aspiration was never realized, and only the present work, Derekh HaHashgachah, was printed. [2], 30 leaves. 20 cm. 4. Sefer HaTishbi. By Rabbi Elijah son of Asher HaLevi Ashkenazi (Rabbi Elijah the Bachur). Grodno, 1805. Printed by Yechezkel (son of Moshe) and his sons Simcha Zimel and Simcha Zimel son of Menachem Nachum. 66 leaves. 18.3 cm. Early ownership signature: Elchanan Zabrosher. 5 . Sefer Asarah LeMe’ah. Sermons on matters of ethics and character traits, by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch, the Maggid of Wądzysław, father of the holy Admor Rebbi Simcha Bunim of Pshischa. Rödelheim, 1828. [Printed by Wolf Heidenheim]. The sefer contains ten sermons, arranged as a dialogue of questions and answers between father and son, addressing faith and Divine providence, prayer and livelihood, and various aspects of the service of God. With the stamp of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi Amberger, Av Beit Din of Schönlanke. [2], 40 leaves. 15.8 cm.