Auction 20 Tiferet 20 - Rare and Special Items
Dec 1, 2020
Israel
 Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem

A special auction of rare items: 

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 27:

Sefer Avodat Yisrael, authored by the Holy Rabbi the renowned Maggid of Kozhnitz. First Edition. Josefow, 1842


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Sefer Avodat Yisrael, authored by the Holy Rabbi the renowned Maggid of Kozhnitz. First Edition. Josefow, 1842

A basic Chassidic sefer. Sefer 'Avodat Yisrael', Drushim on the Torah and on Pirkei Avot, by the Holy Rabbi the renowned Maggid Rabbi Yisrael of Kozhnitz. First edition. Josefow, 1842. 


[4], 90, 32 leaves. Two title pages. 20.5 cm. Stamps and ownership inscriptions. 


This copy lacks page [5], with three approbations. This page was added to only some of the copies, since the approbations were brought to the printer after the sefer was printed. 


Many stains. moisture stains on some of the pages. Some tears, moth damage, some restored with tape. Gluing on the title pages, with slight damage to the frames and to the text on the back of the second title page. handwritten inscriptions and stamps. 


New beautiful leather binding. General good condition. 


Stefansky Chassidut: 452. Stefansky Sifrei Yessod: 389.