Bidspirit auction | A Diverse Collection of Antique

A Diverse Collection of Antique Seforim, 1886–1931. - 1.  Sefer Darkei Zion by Rabbi Ovadiah of Bertinoro Kolomyia, 1886. Darkei Zion, containing the letters of the renowned Rabbi Ovadiah of Bertinoro, in which he recounts to his father and brothers the experiences of his journey to the Holy Land and all that he encountered along the way. The title page notes that the work had never before been printed and that the manuscript had been preserved in the possession of Rabbi Zvi Yechezkel Michelson, rabbi of Krasnobród. The three letters were first published from the Ginzburg Manuscript in Paris, accompanied by notes and emendations by Shneur Sachs and Abraham Neubauer. The so-called ”Iggeret HaArchi” (”The Archi Letter”) was written in Jerusalem in 1495 by a disciple of Rabbi Ovadiah of Bertinoro. Its closing remarks state that ”the roads are unsafe because of the Arabs.” The manuscript itself simply reads ha-arkhi, leading the editor to mistakenly adopt the title Iggeret HaArchi. This error was subsequently repeated by J. D. Eisenstein in Otzar Masa'ot (New York, 1927), where he described it as ”a travel letter by an anonymous Venetian sage known as 'HaArchi.'” A corrected text of the first two letters, based on manuscript sources, was later prepared by Menachem Hartom and published in Abraham Yaari's Iggerot Eretz Yisrael (Tel Aviv, 1943). 2. The Life of the Gaon Rabbi Judah Moscato Only Edition. Drohobych, 1900. 3.  Sefer Milchemet Chovah, together with Ketav Yosher Divrei Emet Sámosújvár, [ca. 1910]. This work was published in response to a controversy concerning the kashrut of the ritual slaughter performed by a shochet from the community of Senzshorcz. The volume contains defenses and letters of support from leading Hungarian rabbis on behalf of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Freund, rabbi of Interdam and Năsăud, who had ruled the slaughterer's shechitah invalid. A rebuttal entitled Mishpat LaAshukim was published in the same place and year. For further discussion of this controversy, see Rabbi Yekutiel Yehudah Greenwald, HaShochet VeHaShechitah BaSifrut HaRabbanit (New York, 1955), pp. 156–176. Incomplete copy. 4 . Der Tanna Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, oder Der Gan Eden HaTachton A Yiddish adaptation based on sacred books, prepared by Yehoshua Mazach. Vilna, 1915  Very Rare! 5. Toledot VeZikhronot. A memorial booklet dedicated to Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomyia, written by his grandson Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Lichtenstein. Satmar, 1931. The title page bears a self-presentation inscription by Rabbi Aharon Kohn of Budapest, noting that he was studying at the Pápa Yeshiva, dated 1943.