Bidspirit auction | Collection of Seforim, 1871–1912. Rabbinic

Collection of Seforim, 1871–1912. Rabbinic & other Signatures and Ownership Stamps. - 1 . Sefer Pri HaChag, Part I, on the Laws of Passover, by Rabbi Avraham Broda, Av Beit Din of Brezna. First Edition. Ungvár (Uzhhorod), 1871. Part II, Sighet, 1876. Bearing the signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir HaKohen Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Dragomirești. 2. Responsa (Yoreh De’ah section), by the author of Tiv Gittin, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Heller, Av Beit Din of several communities. First Edition. Kraków, 1880. Bearing the signatures of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir HaKohen Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Dragomirești. The gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Meir HaKohen Schwartz (1866–1936) was born in 1866 to the gaon Rabbi Naftali Schwartz, son of the renowned Kol Aryeh and author of Beit Naftali. He was named after the Chidushei HaRim of Gur, who had passed away only a few months before his birth. He received the majority of his Torah education from his father., He married Mrs. Ratzia, daughter of the wealthy Rabbi Yosef Mordechai Kahana, a descendant of the author of Kuntres HaSfeikot. After the death of his first wife in 1899, he remarried her cousin, Mrs. Yehudit. From 1872  he lived in Dragomirești, where his father-in-law resided, and for several years served unofficially as the town’s rabbi. In 1903 he was formally appointed rabbi and dayan of the town, a position he held until his passing on 7 Nissan 1936. His Torah writings include the published works Pnei Yitzchak, Imrei Yitzchak, and Kevod Shabbat. Additional manuscripts of his remain, including Siach Yitzchak on the Book of Psalms. Bearing the stamp of his son, Rabbi Menachem Mendel HaKohen Schwartz of Vișeu de Sus. Also with the signature: Tzvi Hirsch Kahana. Bearing the stamp of Rabbi Yehoshua Segal Deutsch, Av Beit Din of Marosh-Ujvar. 3.  Sefer Nitei Avraham A. Chidushei Rav Aviah — novellae and comments on Gemara, Rashi, and Tosafot. B. Hagahot Mar Rav Aviah — glosses and sources on the Rif, Rosh, responsa, and more.By Rabbi Avraham HaLevi Ettinger of the holy community of Vitebsk, son of Rabbi Yosef HaLevi, late Av Beit Din of Yarmolintsy, and brother of the gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Ettinger, uncle of the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Ze'ev (Ramaz) Ettinger of Lviv, author of Mefarshei HaYam. Single Edition. Przemyśl, 1881. Extremely Rare! Apparently never appeared at public auction. 4. Responsa Lechem Rav, by Rabbi Avraham Di Boton. Kraków, 1885. Bearing the stamp of Rabbi Avraham Yissachar Englard, Av Beit Din of Sosnowiec. 5.  Responsa Halachot Ketanot, by Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Chagiz. Kraków, 1897. 6. Yalkut HaRo’im - a collection of the opinions of the Tannaim and Amoraim, with all the detailed distinctions between the various approaches found throughout the Talmud, by Rabbi Shimon Betzalel Neiman. Lviv, 1908. At the beginning of the sefer appear approbations from: Rabbi Yitzchak Shmelkes, Av Beit Din of Przemyśl; followed by the approbation of the holy Rebbe Shlomo of Bobov, who blesses the purchasers of the book: “May the merit of Torah study protect all those who assist him, that they may always merit to be supporters of Torah.” and the approbation of the gaon Rabbi Yehoshua Baruch Reinitz, Av Beit Din of Tsetchowitz, blessing those “who strengthen his hands, that God should bless them, sustain and elevate them until the coming of Shiloh.” Bearing the stamp of Aharon Yehuda Bash, Shamloy. 7. Da’at Kedoshim [on Shemelah Chadashah], Kadshei David I - laws of salting, meat and milk, and other minor halachot, by Rabbi Avraham David of Butschatsch (Buczacz), together with Gidulei HaKodesh and Mikdash Me’at by Rabbi Feivel HaLevi. First Edition. Lviv, 1912.