Auction 129 Shavuot sale. Chabad, Belongings of Tzaddikim, Manuscripts, Rabbinical letters and Rare books
May 11, 2021
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel

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LOT 31:

Sefer HaMakneh. Offenbach, 1801. Copy that was Given by the Author of Hafla'ah


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Sefer HaMakneh. Offenbach, 1801. Copy that was Given by the Author of Hafla'ah


Sefer HaMakneh - Part II of Sefer Hafla'ah novellae on Tractate Kiddushin and the related halachahs, by Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, rabbi of Frankfurt. Offenbach, 1801. First edition. [5], 256 leaves, 32 cm. Stefansky, Chassidut 178.

On the title page of Seder HaMakneh, there is a lengthy owner's notation that the book was gifted to him by the author: "This book was given to me as a present by the famous gaon, the author ..."

Printed and bound with: 

Minchat Levi - Talmudic novellae by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz [son of the Makneh and the Hafla'ah], Offenbach, 1801. First edition. The author was the rabbi of Frankfurt am Main after his father's passing. [1] 98 [1], 32 cm.


Fine condition. Aging stains.


Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a discussion of Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz's Chassidic connections.