Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Telegram by R. Chaim Meir Hager, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz, sent to Eretz Israel via the Red Cross. Grosswardein (Oradea), 5th August 1941.
Red Cross form, completed in typewriting. Sent by Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz, to Yisrael Bardaki (Bar Zakai) in Jerusalem. Request to locate R. Naftali Chaim Adler – son-in-law of the rebbe, whom they had presumably lost contact with: "Please notify if Naftali is in Haifa or at your home. Thank G-d we are all healthy, and we wish you so too. Hinda". The rebbe is marked as the sender, though the letter is signed by Hinda, daughter of the rebbe and wife of R. Naftali Chaim.
Rebbe Naftali Chaim Adler of Dzikov-Vizhnitz (1914-1995), son-in-law of the Imrei Chaim. Born in Jerusalem to a distinguished family (he was the great-grandson of Rebbe David Biederman of Lelov). When WWII broke out, he was very active in arranging lodging and food for the many refugees who flocked to Grosswardein, later dedicating himself to rescuing many Jews who were deported to Transnistria, until Grosswardein was conquered by the Nazis. He somehow managed to cross the border into Romania, and eventually reached Eretz Israel in 1944. Rabbi of the Vizhnitz chassidim in Tel Aviv, and later dean of the Yachel Yisrael yeshiva in Haifa. In 1965, he was appointed rabbi of the Vizhnitz chassidim in Netanya, and established the Dzikov-Vizhnitz court there.
The recipient of the telegram, Cantor Yisrael Bar Zakai (Bardaki, 1890-1970), descendant of R. Yisrael of Shklow, R. Yeshaya Bardaki and R. Shmuel Salant. Chief cantor of the Churva synagogue until the fall of the Jewish quarter.
[1] leaf. 23 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Tiny marginal tears. Folding marks. Inscription and stamps.
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The book was published during WWII, under the pro-Nazi regime in Slovakia. It includes various illustrations.
Copy of R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal, author of Mishneh Sachir and Em HaBanim Semecha, with his signature on the front endpaper. Two glosses handwritten by R. Teichtal on p. 2b, one of which is lengthy and relates to the author's discussion on whether the final Redemption and building of the Third Temple will occur in a miraculous or natural way. R. Teichtal quotes sources which corroborate the second option.
These glosses reflect R. Teichtal's focus on the topics of exile and redemption during the Holocaust, even before the publication of his book Em HaBanim Semecha in 1943.
R. Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal (1885-1945; perished in the Holocaust). Rabbi and dean of Pishtian (Piešťany). During the Holocaust, he changed his position from staunch opposition to Jewish settlement of Eretz Israel to advocating the rebuilding of the land as a means of bringing about the Final Redemption.
[12], 465, [1] pages. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tear to title page, slightly affecting text. Stamps. New leather binding.
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HaDerech was printed three times in Shevat-Adar 1944; this is the third edition, published several days before the German forces conquered Hungary, March 1944.
The present copy was bound with the printed wrappers of the second edition.
[3], 2-26 pages + [2] leaves of printed wrappers. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Inscriptions on wrappers. With leather binding.
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Lacking beginning of responsum, only the final leaf with the conclusion of the responsum and the signatures is present. Typewritten, with handwritten signatures.
Heading the list of signatories are the main dayanim of the Chassidic Beit Din in Jerusalem: R. Yerucham Fishel Bernstein, R. Naftali Tzvi Schmerler and R. Yitzchak HaLevi Reisman. These signatures are followed by some hundred signatures on both sides of the leaf – rebbes, rabbis, and young Torah scholars in Jerusalem (see Hebrew description for more details).
[1] leaf. 33 cm. Printed and handwritten on both sides. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and folding marks.
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Partial set of the Babylonian Talmud printed in Shanghai by students of the Mir yeshiva who escaped to the Far East during the Holocaust.
Lacking Tractates: Gittin, Kiddushin, Nazir and Sotah.
Reduced photocopy edition of the Romm Vilna Talmud.
16 volumes. Approx. 26 cm. Several volumes printed on dry, brittle paper. Most volumes in good condition, several volumes in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal wear and tears to some leaves. Open tears affecting text (including open tear to one title page), repaired in part with paper. Worming to a few volumes. Stamps and handwritten ownership inscriptions. New bindings.
Tractate Yevamot was not printed in Shanghai.
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After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. This is the first complete Talmud edition printed after the Holocaust.
Two title pages in each volume. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany – at the top is an illustration of a Jewish town; and at the bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp.
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. Several volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Minor tears to margins and in several other places. Creases to some title pages. Stamps. New (uniform) leather bindings.
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