Auction 89 Rare and Important Items
By Kedem
Nov 22, 2022
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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LOT 38:

Tehillim Diglei Hodaya – Zhitomir, 1866 – Important Ownership

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Tehillim Diglei Hodaya – Zhitomir, 1866 – Important Ownership
Tehillim, Diglei Hodaya VehaMitzvah, with Seder Maamadot by the rabbi of Apta. Zhitomir: R. Aryeh Leib Shapira grandson of the rabbi of Slavita, 1866.
Lacking the first title page (of two) of Book of Tehillim. Additional title page for Seder Maamadot.
Many approbations by rabbis of Eretz Israel and long list of pre-subscribers from Eretz Israel and Russia at the beginning of the book (featuring the names of many prominent rabbis and rebbes).
At the beginning of Seder Maamadot, additional list of pre-subscribers (including the four sons of Rebbe Yitzchak of Skver and others). Before the book of Tehillim: "Order of handwashing to replace immersing in a mikveh", compiled by the maggid R. Mordechai of Chernobyl, from the Baal Shem Tov.
Stamps of Rebbe Meshulam Zusia Golditch (d. 1940, descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, first rebbe in Manchester, England), and signature of his son on title page: "Yitzchak Golditch" (dayan in the Beit Din of the Minchat Yitzchak in Manchester).
3-440, 221-225, [11]; [4], 112, 57-64, 61-64, 16, 21-28 pages. Lacking first title page of Tehillim, and lacking pp. 17-20 of Tikkunei Shabbat at end of Seder Maamadot. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear. Tears, including open tears affecting text in several places (large open tears to final leaf), repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings in several places. Handwritten inscriptions in several places (over text). New leather binding.