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Volume with 4 Rare Books: an Issue of Or Hamussar / Tzava'at Moshe of the Chatam Sofer / Darka shel Torah / Ma'asseh Rav - Piotrkow, Jerusalem, Vilna 1896-1902 - 1. Or Hamussar, the journal of the yeshivas of Novhardok Beit Yosef Poland, issue 9 Adar 1925. Green cover.  2. Tzava'at Moshe, the will of the Chatam Sofer. Accompanied by the Sefer No’ar Ivri by the publisher, Rabbi Akiva Yehosef Schlesinger, dealing with Tochacha (rebuke) for those engaged with non-Jewish texts and who adopt other languages. Jerusalem, 1924. [2], 19, 2 pp. The will appears with a Yiddish translation on each page. 3. Darka shel Torah, rare historical booklet published by the rabbis of Lithuania and Poland to fight the new schools of Europe that did not believe in pure education. Apparently single edition (except for later facsimiles) - Vilna, 1902. 28 pp. in addition to the orange cover. An additional title page. Contains letters by leading contemporary rabbis.  4. Tosefet Ma'asseh Rav, Hanhagot HaGra with Hosafot Yekarot by Rabbi Yaakov Kahana, HaGra's nephew. Published by Rabbi Eliyahu ben Rabbi Elazar who was HaGra's grandson. First edition of these Hosafot , Jerusalem 1896. [3], 25 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection . Vinograd Gra 818.  Bound together. Loose binding. Worn, unravelled fabric binding. Stains. Good overall condition.  Stamps and an ownership notation from 1921 with the name: ”שלום יעקב שמחה בר יעקב ראטמאן פעה”ק ירושלם ת”ו and notations by his father ” יעקב ראטמאן ”.