Auction 12 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
By Kedem
Oct 21, 2010
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 327:

Collection of Pirkei Avot books


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$ 600
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VAT: 17% On commission only
Auction took place on Oct 21, 2010 at Kedem
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Collection of Pirkei Avot books
1. Kipat HaMan'ul, wonderful commentary on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Avraham Baumgarten (Frostits). Vienna, 1817. Approbation by Rabbi Mordechai Bennet.
2. Mishnat Chachamim, on the 48 requirements for acquiring Torah (Sixth chapter of Avot), by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Tschernowitz, 1864. Approbations by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Komarno. (Includes rare title-covers with lists of books on Chassidut and other books published by the printer).
3. Pirkei Avot with Yiddish translation by Yehoash and English translation by Dr. Ben-Zion Halper. New York, 1921. (English handwritten dedication).
4. Masechet Avot with commentary Mussar Yisrael, by Rabbi Zvi Yisrael Binyamin-Bendet Feibelsohn Rabbi of Baisegale. Kaunas, 1923. (Note attached with handwritten dedication by Rabbi Feibelsohn).
5. Avot Al Banim, commentary on Tractate Avot by Rabbi Shaul Brach of Nitra. Seini, 1926.
6. Ra'ayonot Al Avot (Thoughts on Pirkei Avot), by Yosef Chaim Cohen. Vilna, 1934.
7. Pirkei Avot with commentary Midrash Chachamim, by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Kleinman. Lodz, 1934. (Several approbations including an approbation by Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveitchik โ€“ the Brisker Rabbi).
8. Chazon Yeshayahu on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Yeshayahu HaLevi Jungreis. Seini, [1936].
9. She'ei Nivi on Pirkei Avot, by Rabbi Yekutial Weiss. Buenos Aires, [1936].
Varied size and condition.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.