Auction 37 Tiferet 37 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Jul 4, 2022
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel

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 12:

Reshis Bikurim, by Rabbi Chanoch ben Rabbi Avraham of Gnesen, his son and grandson. Frankfurt am Main, [1708]. ...

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04/07/2022 at Tiferet Auctions

Reshis Bikurim, by Rabbi Chanoch ben Rabbi Avraham of Gnesen, his son and grandson. Frankfurt am Main, [1708]. First edition. Rare. With the signature of Rabbi Hertz Kalif.

Sefer Reshis Bikurim, 1-3, Kabbalistic sermons and elucidations, by Rabbi Chanoch ben Rabbi Avraham of Gnesen, his son and grandson. Matias Andrea Press, [1708]. First and rare edition. The personal copy of Rabbi Hertz Kalif of Furth.

68, [1] leaves, 18 cm. The last leaf with the Table of Errors is missing from most copies, including this one. Printed with approbations by Gedolei Hador including Rabbi Naftali Katz, the author of Semichas Chachamim, Rabbi David Oppenheim, the Rav of Prague, and more.

Rabbi Chanoch ben Avraham Dayan of Posnan (ca. 1603-1663) served as Rav of Gnesen, Poland. In 1656 he escaped from Poland to Bohemia and in 1659 immigrated to Germany, where he served as Rav of Etingen.

Rabbi Hertz Kalif, one of the famed leaders of the Furth community who was referred to numerous times in 'Pinkas Kehilas Berlin'. Was the son-in-law of Rabbi David Rintel of Hamburg.

New, elegant leather binding, moth damage, stains, without the leaf containing the table of errors which is missing from most copies, good condition.
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