Bidspirit auction | Darchei Teshuva with numerous glosses

Darchei Teshuva with numerous glosses that were never printed, in the handwriting of Yaakov Wizenfeld of Opatow, Av Beit Din of Zaklikov. - Sefer Darkei Teshuva on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, by the Admor the holy Gaon Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Shapira, Av Beit Din of Munkatch – Parts Three and Four – Munkatch, 1903–1904 – First Edition – with many lengthy glosses on practical halachic matters in the handwriting of the great Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Wiesenfeld of Opatow, Av Beit Din of Zaklikov. The glosses are full of ”ma'aseh rav” (practical rulings), traditions and oral transmissions, stories and practices, and halachic conclusions, overflowing with extensive knowledge of the responsa literature – never printed. At the end of the sefer is a long gloss in which the writer recounts an unknown episode from his life. Below are several excerpts from the glosses presented here: ”And I heard that the holy Gaon Rabbi Yechiel, Av Beit Din of Pilzno OBM, once debated in the Beit Midrash with another Rav, and later, when he became the leader of the Biala Chassidim and accepted the position of Av Beit Din of Alexander, that same Rav came to him and appeased him for the earlier debate. I also heard from other Rabbis who permit the pot after 24 hours…” (Leaf 39/2). ”And a case came before me in which a quarter portion was salted… and I ruled it permitted by salting the quarter… then a poor man came before me who had come for medical treatment and had salted… and since it was the end of Tammuz… I permitted it for the poor man and in honor of Shabbat…” (Leaf 84/1). ”And I heard in the name of the Chiddushei HaRim OBM, that when the Karei U’Palti defended the matter of the mealbin [insects in flour], there was a great joy in Heaven…” (Leaf 274/1). As mentioned, at the end of the sefer there is a long gloss in which the writer recounts an unknown chapter of his life – an offer of the rabbinate from the sages of the city of Paks in Hungary. However, due to a trace of offense toward the previous Rabbi of Paks, he refrained from accepting the position. As a divine reward, he was granted the rabbinate of Zaklikov without any effort on his part. These are his words on the matter: ”And in Shu”t Emek She’elah by the son-in-law of the Nasi, the author of Divrei Chaim… a similar episode… and this was twenty years before those sefarim were printed. I elaborated on the matter when it became necessary, when the majority of the community of Paks came… and wrote a letter of appointment with signatures of nearly the entire community, and with the agreement of the Rav and Dayan there, and the holy Rabbi Matel, son of the Maggid of Trisk, who stated his holy opinion not to heed the objections of the previous Rabbi, who was expelled by the government, and also the Rebbes of Chentshin, Ozerov, Dzikov, the great Gaon Av Beit Din OBM, the righteous Gaon Av Beit Din of Ostrowiec – all were in favor of accepting the rabbinate. Nonetheless, I did not wish to accept, and I chose the rabbinate of the holy community of Zaklikov, which came to me with complete permission, without any effort from me or my representatives, and without a penny paid, for the Beit Din who sat on the matter… they chose me…”. The great Gaon Rabbi Yaakov HaKohen Wiesenfeld (1851–1926) of Opatow, Av Beit Din of Zaklikov. His life story is briefly inscribed on his gravestone in Zaklikov as follows: “… The Rav OBM, was born in the city of Opatow, where he lived most of his years as a merchant and great philanthropist. Torah and greatness in one place. He made his business secondary and Torah primary. At the age of fifty, he was honored with a prestigious appointment, and served here in the rabbinate for twenty-five years. The holy Gaon was from a distinguished priestly lineage of Gedolei Yisroel. His good name spread far and wide as a Gaon and wise man of the sages, and his righteousness and uprightness amazed all who knew him…” (Based on Yizkor Book of Kariv [Koriv], Tel Aviv 1955, p. 658). He was very close to the holy Gaon Rabbi Yechiel Meir of Ostrowiec. He owned a valuable and rare library and frequently recorded his Chiddushim in the margins of his numerous sefarim. A small portion of his marginal notes were published in the Chassidut Bobov's ”Etz Chaim” journal. [Leaf numbers:] 150, [1], 158–380, [8] leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Fragile paper. Original binding.