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First editions of two of the books of R. Avraham David Lavut, Rabbi of Nikolayev (grandfather of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe):
• Kav Naki, on laws of Gittin. Warsaw: Natan Schriftgisser, 1868. First edition. Two parts. Two title pages to Part I; divisional title page to Part II. The book contains approbations by R. Baruch Shalom Schneerson, eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch, [whose descendants later married the descendants of the author R. Lavut – R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson and Rebbetzin Chanah daughter of R. Meir Shlomo Yanovsky, parents of the Lubavitcher Rebbe].
Part I: [4], 4-26, [1], 27-59 leaves; Part II: [1], 2-39 leaves. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and wear. New binding.
• Beit Aharon VeHosafot, index to Talmud, Rabbinic literature, Kabbalah and Chabad Chassidic books according to the order of the Tanach. Vilna: Yehudah Leib Metz, 1880. Only edition. On leaf [2]a is an approbation by the Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch. Under the approbation is the ink seal and signature of the author, R. Avraham David Lavut. In the leaves of the book are three short handwritten glosses, signed with the initials M. A. H.
[3], 2-180 leaves. 33 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Browning of paper. Open tears, affecting text on last leaves. New binding.
The author, Rabbi Avraham David Lavut (1815-1890), disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe Maharash and one of the most prominent Chabad rabbis in Russia. Served in the rabbinate of Nikolayev (Mikolaiv) and the forty nearby villages for about forty years until his death. Authored several important works, most famously Kav Naki on laws of Gittin (a foundational work still used as a manual by rabbis to this day) and the Torah Or Siddur – an accurate version of the Alter Rebbe's Siddur, to which he appended the works Shaarei Tefillah and Shaar HaKollel.
Three letters and documents from the Neumark family archive (a Chabad rabbi in Russia):
• Leaf handwritten by Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Neumark, Rabbi of Novhorod-Siverskyi (elder brother of R. Chaim Meshulam Zalman Neumark, Rabbi of Starodub). [Novhorod-Siverskyi, 1864.] Letter of commitment not to drink alcohol [apparently due to R. Neumark's function as a shochet, following an ancient statute].
• Responsum (2 handwritten pages) to R. Chaim Meshulam Zalman Neumark, Rabbi of Starodub, by R. Uri Aryeh Leib Katz, posek in the bordering town of Pahar (Lubyane). [Zlynka?], first day of Rosh Chodesh Tamuz, 1892. Question as to whether the synagogue ark should be changed from the east side to the south side to face Jerusalem.
• Document of sale of chametz (2 pages), handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yaakov Neumark, Rabbi of Prienai (grandson of R. Chaim Meshulam Zalman Neumark, Rabbi of Starodub). Prienai, 14 Nisan, 1912.
[3] leaves. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair condition.
R. Chaim Meshulam Zalman Neumark (d. 1893), a leading Chabad rabbi, important disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Maharash and the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch. One of the most renowned and prominent rabbis of Chabad Chassidut in his times. He served as rabbi of the following prominent Chabad cities and towns: Horki (1857-1867), Starodub (1867-1886), Vitebsk (1886-1888) and Nevel (1888-1893). Rebbe Yehudah Leib of Kopust called him "a renowned posek, both in halachic ruling and in his Chassidic knowledge".
Lengthy responsum (8 pages) handwritten and signed by Rabbi Shlomo Yehudah Leib Eliezerov. Oran (Algeria), Wednesday, 21 Cheshvan [1887].
Responsum letter on a woman who was betrothed to multiple men. R. Eliezerov discusses the issue at length and proffers a ruling.
Interestingly, this letter was sent from Oran, Algeria in 1887, while R. Eliezerov was an emissary sent to raise funds for the Jewish settlement in Hebron at the young age of 24. Little is known about this voyage, which R. Eliezerov describes in the letter.
The letter was printed, with textual variants, in his book Responsa She'elat Shlomo (Jerusalem, 2002), section 55.
R. Shlomo Yehudah Leib Eliezerov (1863-1952), rabbi and leader of the Chabad and Ashkenazi community in Hebron, and emissary to the Jewish community of Bukhara-Samarkand. Founder of the Magen Avot and Torat Emet yeshivas in Hebron. His father R. Eliezer Shimon Kazarnovsky was a grandson of Rebbetzin Menuchah Rachel Slonim, daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe. In 1873 he immigrated with his parents to Eretz Israel and settled in Hebron, where he studied under R. Shimon Menashe Chaikin and R. Eliyahu Mani. He traveled frequently to North Africa and Uzbekistan as an emissary of the Sephardic Hebron community, and in 1897 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Bukhara-Samarkand region, where he changed his surname to Eliezerov (after his father). In 1903 he was appointed Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Hebron community, and after World War I he settled in Jerusalem until his passing. His halachic responsa are printed in She'elat Shlomo.
[4] leaves (8 handwritten pages). Approx. 21 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains and wear (mainly to last page). Small marginal tears, reinforced with tape.
Four letters of pilpul and halachah sent to R. Chaim Berlin (during his tenure as Rabbi of Yelisavetgrad and during his Jerusalem period), by important Chabad rabbis in Russia during the time of the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Maharash and the Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch. Kherson, Romanovka, Yekaterinoslav and Lubavitch, 1902-1912.
1. Letter handwritten and signed by R. Gershon Dov Ber Pinsker, Rabbi of Kherson, regarding permitting an agunah to remarry. Kherson, 18 Shevat, 1902. At the top of the letter is his stamp.
2. Letter handwritten and signed by R. Sheiman (Shlomo) Itkin, Rabbi of Romanovka. Romanovka, 1903. At the top of the leaf is his stamp: "Sheiman son of R. Itkin, posek of the Romanovka community". In the letter R. Itkin asks R. Berlin's opinion regarding a machine for drawing well water into a mikveh [in the beginning of the letter R. Itkin mentions a responsum he had received from R. Berlin a week earlier; see this responsum on mikveh matters in Nishmat Chaim – Yoreh Deah, Jerusalem 2008, section 122, pp. 219-220].
3. Letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Dov Ze'ev Kozhevnikov, posek in Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro), regarding succession to a position as community shochet. Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro), 11 Nisan, 1905. At the top of the leaf is his stamp.
4. Lengthy letter (10 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Chaim Naeh. Lubavitch, 27 Sivan, 1912. At the end of the letter are his stamps in Hebrew and Latin script: “Chaim Mendelov”, “Ch. Mendelow”. Lengthy responsum discussing various topics (Chazakah and Chezkat Mamon, Tzrorot and Koach Kocho, and more).
The letter was sent during R. Naeh's stay in Lubavitch with the Rebbe Rashab, at the end of his service as an emissary in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on the way back to Eretz Israel. During this period R. Naeh wore the characteristic clothing of Bucharan Jews and adopted the surname Mendelov. Despite his young age when sending the present letter, only 22 years old, R. Naeh was famed for his greatness in Torah and corresponded with the great rabbis of Jerusalem. At the beginning of Chanoch LaNaar, a book he had printed during that period for the residents of Samarkand, R. Berlin's letter to him is printed, where he showers him with titles of admiration and affection. [It can be deduced from the beginning of the present letter that he had sent previous responsa.]
Four letters (14 handwritten pages). Approx. 21-22 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains, creases and light wear.
To the best of our knowledge and research, the four present letters have never before been printed.
Kuntres Chag HaGeulah 12-13 Tamuz 5688, along with a dollar bill for charity, received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot, 1990. "200th anniversary of the Tzemach Tzedek's birth and forty years of the Rebbe's leadership".
The Lubavitcher Rebbe distributed the present booklet on Sunday evening, 9th Tamuz, 1990, following the Maariv prayer, after his return from his father-in-law's gravesite. The booklet contains a letter and a Chassidic discourse, sent by the Rebbe Rayatz on the occasion of the first Chag HaGeulah, 12-13 Tamuz 1928, one year after he was released from the Soviet prison; it contains five additional letters, sent by the Rebbe Rayatz in 1928. Along with each booklet, the Lubavitcher Rebbe distributed a dollar bill for charity.
Inscription on booklet cover and on margins of the dollar by the recipient, R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch: "from the Rebbe's hand".
Booklet: 16 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Very good condition.
Etz HaChaim, along with a dollar for charity, received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot, 20 Cheshvan, 1990. "Forty years of the Rebbe's leadership" (1951-1990).
Etz HaChaim is an instructional booklet written by the Rebbe Rashab in 1904 for students of the Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch yeshiva, containing an explanation of the objectives of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva and the necessity to study the "inner Torah" (Chassidut) in order to succeed in the "outer Torah" and fear of heaven. The booklet was first printed in 1946 and is prefaced by an introduction by his son, the Rebbe Rayatz. Shortly before 20 Cheshvan, 1990, on the 130th anniversary of the Rebbe Rashab's birth, the booklet was printed anew in a special edition at the behest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; at the beginning were added a portrait of the Rebbe Rashab and a facsimile of his manuscript.
On 20 Cheshvan, 1990, the Rebbe distributed the booklet along with a dollar bill for charity.
On the inner side of the cover and in the margins of the dollar bill appears an inscription by the recipient, R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch: "from the Rebbe's hand".
Booklet: [3], 88 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Damage, stains and light wear. Erased stamp at the top of the first title page. The dollar is in good condition.
Maamar Anochi Magen Lach – 5678, along with a dollar for charity, received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot, 20 Cheshvan, 1990."Forty years of the Rebbe's leadership" (1951-1990).
Maamar Anochi Magen Lach was delivered by the Rebbe Rashab for Shabbat Parashat Lech Lecha, 1917, and his autograph manuscript was found shortly before 20 Cheshvan, 1990, the 130th anniversary of his birth. The discourse was first printed at the behest of the Rebbe and was distributed by him along with a dollar bill for charity.
The present booklet was distributed Monday, 24 Cheshvan, 1990, after the missing autograph manuscript of the Rebbe Rashab came to light shortly before his birthday.
The inscription of the recipient, R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch, is on the inside cover of the booklet and in the margins of the dollar bill: "From the Rebbe's hand".
Booklet: 11 pages. Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. The dollar is in good condition.
Devar Malchut, issue 12, novellae and commentary on Rambam's Laws of Kings (chapters 11-12), by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot ("special edition"), 1991.
This book was distributed by the Rebbe on Monday, 15 Iyar, 1991.Notably, this was the only distribution that took place on an ordinary weekday, unrelated to a holiday. Inscription of the recipient on the title cover: "from the Rebbe's hand".
Booklet: 27, [4] pages. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and light wear.
Kuntres Maamarim 5682, along with two dollars for charity, received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot, 1992. "The Rebbe's ninetieth year".
The booklet, printed at the behest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his father-in-law the Rebbe Rayatz on 10 Shevat, contains three Chassidic discourses delivered by the Rayatz in 1921, located in manuscript. At the beginning of the booklet is printed a portrait of the Rebbe Rayatz, and at its end are facsimiles of the copyist's manuscript and a brief biography of the Rebbe Rayatz.
On the night of 10 Shevat, 1992, the Rebbe distributed the present booklet along with two dollars for charity. The Rebbe distributed about 7000 booklets over the course of three hours, giving brief blessings. The gathering of 10 Shevat which was held afterwards began with the study of a section from the newly-distributed booklet.
On the inner side of the cover and on the margins of the two dollar bills appears an inscription by the recipient, R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch: "from the Rebbe's hand".
Booklet: 59, [1] pages. Red cover. Approx. 23 cm. The booklet and dollars are in good condition.
Letter of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Riga, 12 Cheshvan, 1932.
Typewritten on official stationery of the Rebbe Rayatz – "Department of Affairs of Kollel Chabad in our Holy Land" – with his signature "Yosef Yitzchak".
Sent to the administration of Kollel Chabad in Jerusalem [whose members were: R. Shlomo Yehudah Leib Eliezerov, R. Menachem Mendel Naeh, R. Chaim Kam, R. Yisrael Asher Libo and R. Mordechai Reuven Rokeach]: "I hereby send the text of the founding statutes of Kollel Chabad, as well as a letter to the advisory board, requesting that the statutes and letter be delivered to them".
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Folds.
Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Warsaw, 18 Elul, 1935.
Sent to his relative R. Azriel Zelig Slonim: "For the upcoming year… I bless him and his relatives… with a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a good and sweet year, physically and spiritually".
[1] leaf, official stationery. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Folds and creases. Marginal tears.
Letter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn, New York, 24 Tishrei, 1948.
Typewritten on the official stationery of the Rebbe Rayatz, with his signature "Yosef Yitzchak" and an addition in his handwriting.
Sent to the dean of the Torat Emet yeshiva in Jerusalem, R. Moshe Aryeh Leib Shapiro. In his letter, the Rebbe Rayatz blesses the students of the yeshiva: "Thank God for his great kindness with the students of the Torat Emet yeshiva [during the difficult days of the War of Independence], and that you can now with God's help study without disturbances. May He bolster all their health and may they succeed in their studies and practice of fear of heaven"; he goes on to bless the yeshiva dean: "may God bolster his health and that of his family, and may He give them good livelihood and may they succeed in their service physically and spiritually".
The words "physically and spiritually" are added in the Rayatz's handwriting.
The letter is printed in the Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz (X, 3305).
R. Moshe Aryeh Leib Shapiro (1889-1972), dean of Torat Emet yeshiva and rabbi and posek in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem. During the visit of the Rebbe Rayatz in Jerusalem in 1889, R. Shapiro was one of his escorts. Author of Nimukei Malbim and Tabeot Zahav on Ketzot HaChoshen.
[1] leaf, official stationery (thin paper). Approx. 16 cm. Good condition. Folds.