Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tractate Bava Metzia – Gemara of Rebbe Shalom Halberstam, First Rebbe of Stropkov
Opening: $800
Sold for: $3,250
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud – Tractate Bava Metzia, with Chiddushei HaMaharsha. Warsaw: Abraham Kahana, Nalewki 39, 1929.
Gemara of Rebbe Shalom of Stropkov, with his stamps on the endpapers and other leaves. Various signatures, inscriptions and quill trials on the endpapers and first and final leaves.
Rebbe (Avraham) Shalom Halberstam (1855-1940), the Divrei Shalom, first rebbe of Stropkov. Son of the Divrei Yechezkel, Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, who would acclaim him for "his very holy and supremely lofty soul". His court was always teeming with Chassidim and thousands came to seek his blessings. He was reputed for his wonderworks.
[1], 2-143, [1] leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, wear and tears. Title page torn and lacking upper half, with loss of text, repaired with paper. Open tears to leaf 2, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tape repair to leaf 70. Stamps. New leather binding.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
Gemara of Rebbe Shalom of Stropkov, with his stamps on the endpapers and other leaves. Various signatures, inscriptions and quill trials on the endpapers and first and final leaves.
Rebbe (Avraham) Shalom Halberstam (1855-1940), the Divrei Shalom, first rebbe of Stropkov. Son of the Divrei Yechezkel, Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova, who would acclaim him for "his very holy and supremely lofty soul". His court was always teeming with Chassidim and thousands came to seek his blessings. He was reputed for his wonderworks.
[1], 2-143, [1] leaves. 27.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, wear and tears. Title page torn and lacking upper half, with loss of text, repaired with paper. Open tears to leaf 2, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tape repair to leaf 70. Stamps. New leather binding.
PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.
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