Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Responsa Mahariatz - Margareten, 1913 - Dedication to a Student, Handwritten and Signed by Maharam Brisk
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Responsa Mahariatz Shossberg, by R. Yehoshua Aharon Tzvi Weinberger, rabbi of Margareten (Marghita) and its environs, with Sefer Binyan Yehoshua - glosses and commentary from the publisher, grandson of the author, R. Mordechai Brisk. Marghita: Yitzchak Isaac Pollack, [1913]. First edition. Leaf [101] contains an additional title page to sefer Binyan Yehoshua.
Leaf [2] contains a handwritten dedication to a student from R. Mordechai Brisk, grandson of the author: "This book is given as a loving remembrance to the beloved student… Moshe Shlomo. From his teacher, Mordechai". Owner's stamp: "Moshe Shlomo ben Binyamin Weiss, Cluj".
R. Mordechai Brisk - Maharam Brisk (1886-1944), was a leading Torah scholar and teacher in Hungary during the generation preceding the Holocaust. He was the son-in-law of R. Shmuel Zalman Weinberger, rabbi of Marghita [son of the Mahariatz]. He served as a dayan in Marghita, and in 1918 was appointed to the Tăşnad rabbinate. There he established his famous yeshiva where he taught thousands of disciples. His works include: Responsa Maharam Brisk (4 volumes), Derashot Maharam Brisk, and others. He died in the Holocaust in 1944.
[10], 100, [2], 102-117, [1] leaves. 36 cm. Brittle paper. Condition varies. Repaired tear to the title page. Wear and a few tears. New binding; slightly worn.
This is the first book that was printed in Marghita, and the only book from the press of R. Y. I. Pollack. The other books printed in Marghita were printed 20 years later, at the printing press of R. Tzvi Moskowitz.
Leaf [2] contains a handwritten dedication to a student from R. Mordechai Brisk, grandson of the author: "This book is given as a loving remembrance to the beloved student… Moshe Shlomo. From his teacher, Mordechai". Owner's stamp: "Moshe Shlomo ben Binyamin Weiss, Cluj".
R. Mordechai Brisk - Maharam Brisk (1886-1944), was a leading Torah scholar and teacher in Hungary during the generation preceding the Holocaust. He was the son-in-law of R. Shmuel Zalman Weinberger, rabbi of Marghita [son of the Mahariatz]. He served as a dayan in Marghita, and in 1918 was appointed to the Tăşnad rabbinate. There he established his famous yeshiva where he taught thousands of disciples. His works include: Responsa Maharam Brisk (4 volumes), Derashot Maharam Brisk, and others. He died in the Holocaust in 1944.
[10], 100, [2], 102-117, [1] leaves. 36 cm. Brittle paper. Condition varies. Repaired tear to the title page. Wear and a few tears. New binding; slightly worn.
This is the first book that was printed in Marghita, and the only book from the press of R. Y. I. Pollack. The other books printed in Marghita were printed 20 years later, at the printing press of R. Tzvi Moskowitz.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications