Auction 32 Tiferet 32 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Feb 10, 2022
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , 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 38:

Pri Megadim, Orach Chaim I, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. Frankfurt on the Oder, 1886-1887. First, rare ...

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Pri Megadim, Orach Chaim I, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. Frankfurt on the Oder, 1886-1887. First, rare edition. 


Sefer Pri Megadim, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim I, Mishbetzos Zahav, by Rabbi Yosef Te'omim. Printed by the Grila widow, Frankfurt on the Oder, 1886-1887. First edition in the author's lifetime. Rare. 


[1], 174 leaves, 32 cm. Two title pages: the first illustrated, the second detailed. Owner's signatures on the title page. Two handwritten glosses. 


Rabbeinu the Pri Megadim, Rabbi Yosef Te'omim (1727-1792) one of the greatest Poskim of all generations. Studied Torah with his father Rabbi Meir who was a Dayan in Lemberg. In his youth, he lived on Komarno, where he was Melamed. Later, he moved to Berlin, where he taught Torah at the Beis Midrash of the philanthropist Rabbi Daniel Yaffe. In 1774 he was appointed Dayan on Lemberg and in 1781, Av Beis Din of Frankfurt on the Oder. Authored many compositions: Teivas Gomeh, Poras Yosef, Ginas Vradim, Rosh Yosef and topping them all, his commentary on the Shulcha Aruch - Pri Megadim. 


Renewed binding, aging stains, some moth damage, one title page is partly detached, the edges of some leaves have been restored, good condition.



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