Bidspirit auction | Three Volumes: Eshlei Rabrevi, Shulchan
Three Volumes: Eshlei Rabrevi, Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, I–III. Vilna, 1873. A Copy of Distinguished Provenance. The personal copy of Rabbi Avraham Betzalel Natan Neta Biderman. Eshlei Rabrevi, Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, I–III. Printed by the Widow and Brothers Romm, Vilna, 1873. [3] volumes: [I]: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, §§1–111. [2], 301, 19, 3 leaves. [II]: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, §§112–202. At the end: Siddrei Taharah, Widow and Brothers Romm, Vilna, 1873. [1], 182, 19, 15; [2], 62 leaves. Front flyleaf torn and restored, with a partially missing handwritten note. [III]: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, §§203–503. [1], 219 leaves. With ownership stamps of the holy Rabbi “Avraham Betzalel Natan Neta, son of the holy Rabbi Elazar Menachem, OBM, Biderman, in the Holy City of Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and established, ” as well as several additional ownership signatures. The holy Rabbi Alter Avraham Betzalel Natan Neta Biderman of Sosnowiec (1862–1933), son of the holy Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mendel of Lelov and brother of the holy Rabbi David Tzvi Shlomo [Reb Dudel]. In 1894, he traveled to Poland, returning to Jerusalem after four years. At the beginning of the First World War, he returned to Poland and served as Rebbe in Sosnowiec. In his ways and dress, he followed the customs of Jerusalemites, earning him the title “the Eretz Yisrael Rebbe.” His name became renowned as a worker of wondrous salvations and a servant of Hashem with awe and trembling. A year and three months after his passing, his body was reinterred on Har HaZeitim in Jerusalem; the Chevra Kadisha attested that his body had remained intact. Decorated red leather binding. Stains. Good condition.