Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
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Collection of 26 books printed in Hungary and Transylvania, during the Holocaust. The collection includes: Chassidic and ethical books, books on the Torah, halachah, Talmudic novellae and more.
During World War II, all the Hebrew presses in eastern and western Europe were shut down except for those in Hungary and Romania, which also faced heavy pressure. Hungarian Jews continued their religious life, studying Torah (to the extent possible) and even printing books, until the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944, murdering hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews. Some of the books in the present collection are particularly rare.
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26 books in 27 volumes. Varying size and condition. Signatures and stamps. New bindings (except for one volume). The books have not been thoroughly examined, and they are being sold as is.
Talmud Bavli – complete set. Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After World War II, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few available copies. From 1946, the Union of Rabbis in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC, began to print volumes of Talmud for survivors. At first, only a few tractates were printed in various formats. In 1948, the present edition – a complete edition of the Talmud – was printed for the first time. Each volume contains two title pages. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the debased German land; on its upper part is an illustration of a Jewish town with the caption "From slavery to redemption and from darkness to great light"; on its lower part is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a concentration camp, with the captions: "Labor camp in Germany during Nazi era", "They almost destroyed me on Earth, but I did not forsake Your precepts" (Psalms 119).
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. Several volumes printed on dry paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears, including tear to title page of Tractate Pesachim. Title page of Tractate Rosh Hashanah missing. New leather bindings (uniform).
Thirteen books printed in Shanghai between 1942-1945 by Mir yeshiva students who fled to the Far East during the Holocaust:
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13 books. Varying size and condition. Original bindings (worn, dusty and loose, some with open tears). The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.