Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Kovetz Yagdil Torah - Odessa, 1879-1886 - Single Volume Containing All Issues - Handwritten Glosses by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taubes, Rabbi of Barlad
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Kovetz Yagdil Torah, "Collections of Torah Novellae, Responsa, and Halachic Novellae from the Great Torah Leaders of Our Generation", R. Moshe Eliezer Belinson. Odessa, 1879-1886.
Kovetz Yagdil Torah was published in Odessa by R. Moshe Eliezer Belinson for over six years. This volume includes all ten issues published from 1879-1886, with an additional two issues published in 1886 under the names "Shemat'ti DeRabanan" and "Ateret Yosef". Contributors included: R. Yosef Shaul Halevi Nathanson, R. Yisrael Salanter, R. Meir Leibush Malbim, R. Yosef Zechariah Stern, R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Yechiel Michel Epstein, R. Baruch Halevi Epstein, R. Yehoshua Heller, R. Yaakov Yozef, R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov, R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet), R. Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini (the "Sdei Chemed"), R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes, and others.
On the title page of issue "Ateret Yosef" is a dedication to the memory of "The great nobleman, leader and philanthropist, who stood before kings, the wise R. Yosef Yozel Baron Günzburg [Joseph Günzburg], may his soul rest in Paradise… unique in our generation in Russia… he supported many of our brethren through his ceaseless activities…".
Long glosses in the (tiny) handwriting of R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes, rabbi of Barlad, Romania. Most of the glosses are to articles he himself authored. Issue 9 contains 3 glosses to his own article, as well as signatures in Hebrew and Latin letters. Issue 8 contains a handwritten signature: "Taubes…" (?), and Issue 9 contains a stamp: "A. Taubes, Rabin Berlad".
R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes (1837-1920) was a grandson and disciple of R. Aharon Moshe Taubes, rabbi of Iasi, Romania. He officiated as rabbi in the city of Barlad, Romania and the district of Tutova for thirty-two years. After this period he became rabbi in Bucharest, a position which he held until his passing twenty-five years later. See Encyclopedia LeYahadut Romania, II, p. 507-510.
Single volume containing 12 issues. Pagination varies. One issue with original wrappers. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Binding with leather spine, worn and slightly detached.
Kovetz Yagdil Torah was published in Odessa by R. Moshe Eliezer Belinson for over six years. This volume includes all ten issues published from 1879-1886, with an additional two issues published in 1886 under the names "Shemat'ti DeRabanan" and "Ateret Yosef". Contributors included: R. Yosef Shaul Halevi Nathanson, R. Yisrael Salanter, R. Meir Leibush Malbim, R. Yosef Zechariah Stern, R. Alexander Moshe Lapidot, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Yechiel Michel Epstein, R. Baruch Halevi Epstein, R. Yehoshua Heller, R. Yaakov Yozef, R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov, R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet), R. Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini (the "Sdei Chemed"), R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes, and others.
On the title page of issue "Ateret Yosef" is a dedication to the memory of "The great nobleman, leader and philanthropist, who stood before kings, the wise R. Yosef Yozel Baron Günzburg [Joseph Günzburg], may his soul rest in Paradise… unique in our generation in Russia… he supported many of our brethren through his ceaseless activities…".
Long glosses in the (tiny) handwriting of R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes, rabbi of Barlad, Romania. Most of the glosses are to articles he himself authored. Issue 9 contains 3 glosses to his own article, as well as signatures in Hebrew and Latin letters. Issue 8 contains a handwritten signature: "Taubes…" (?), and Issue 9 contains a stamp: "A. Taubes, Rabin Berlad".
R. Yitzchak Isaac Taubes (1837-1920) was a grandson and disciple of R. Aharon Moshe Taubes, rabbi of Iasi, Romania. He officiated as rabbi in the city of Barlad, Romania and the district of Tutova for thirty-two years. After this period he became rabbi in Bucharest, a position which he held until his passing twenty-five years later. See Encyclopedia LeYahadut Romania, II, p. 507-510.
Single volume containing 12 issues. Pagination varies. One issue with original wrappers. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Binding with leather spine, worn and slightly detached.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses