Bidspirit auction | Collection of Halachic and Homiletical

Collection of Halachic and Homiletical Books – Altona and Hamburg – 1710-1792 - Five books printed in Altona and Hamburg in the 18th century, halachic and homiletical books, some only or rare editions: • Responsa of the Rama, R. Moshe Isserles. Hamburg, [1710?]. Lacking last leaf, with end of index. Illustrated bookplate of R. Justus (Tzadok) Tal, leading Dutch rabbi. Rabbi of Utrecht from 1918, and Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam and Holland after the Holocaust (d. 1954). Son of R. Moshe Tuviah Tal, Rabbi of Arnheim and the Hague (d. 1898). • Michtav Eliyahu, commentary on Pirkei Avot, including main text, by R. Eliyahu Binkowitzer. Hamburg, [1715]. Only edition. Inscriptions. • Rosh Amanah, principles of faith, by R. Yitzchak Abarbanel. Altona, [1770]. Signature on title page: ”Yaakov de Pinto” [rabbi and distinguished member of the 19th-century Hague community]. • Gedi Mekulas, commentary on Chad Gadya from the Haggadah, by R. Avraham Abele of Norden, East Frisia. [Altona, 1770]. Only edition. On title page, handwritten dedication, apparently by the author : ”A gift to R. Leib Bresla, Rabbi of Emden”. Few corrections on several leaves, apparently in the author's hand. R. Aryeh Leib Bresla (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar of his generation. He was born in Breslau (Wrocław), and studied in Lissa (Leszno) and Berlin, in the famed Beit Midrash of R. Daniel Yaffe (where the Pri Megadim and other leading Torah scholars of the time studied). Served as Rabbi of Emden, and from 1781 as Rabbi of Rotterdam. His Responsa Pnei Aryeh records his halachic correspondence with leading rabbis of his generation, including the Haflaah, R. Yeshayah Pik, R. David Tevele, R. Meir Weil of Lissa and the Beit Meir. Otzar HaHaggadot 254. • Or Pnei Moshe, various sermons by the preacher R. Moshe of Połaniec. Altona, 1792. Only edition, with notable approbation by R. Refael HaKohen Rabbi of Hamburg. 5 books. Varying size. Good to good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Tears in several places. Mostly old and original bindings. Bookplates of Mozes Heiman Gans.