Pachad Yitzchak (Lampronti) – First Edition – Venice and Livorno, 1750-1839 – Distinguished Copy – Copy of Rabbi ...

Pachad Yitzchak (Lampronti) – First Edition – Venice and Livorno, 1750-1839 – Distinguished Copy – Copy of Rabbi Elyakim Getzel Margaliot of Brody, Brother of Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margaliot, And His Grandson Rabbi Menachem Manish Mordechai Teomim, Son-in-Law of the Baruch Taam and Brother-in-Law of the Divrei Chaim, And Rebbe Pinchas Hager of Borșa

Pachad Yitzchak, the first Torah encyclopedia, by R. Yitzchak Lampronti – partial set (letters Alef-Mem), six parts (second part divided into two subparts), in five volumes, printed in Venice and Livorno from 1750-1839.

• Pachad Yitzchak, Part I (Alef-Bet). Venice, [1750].

• Pachad Yitzchak, Part II (first subpart, Gimel-Dalet). Venice, [1753]. Bound with: Pachad Yitzchak, Part II (second subpart, Hei to first half of Chet). Venice, [1796].

• Pachad Yitzchak, Part III (Chet-Tet). Venice, [1798].

• Pachad Yitzchak, Part IV (Yud-Lamed). Venice-Reggio, [1813].

• Pachad Yitzchak, Part V (Mem). Livorno, [1839].

Distinguished copy.

Ownership inscription on endpaper of Part IV: "Belongs to… R. Elyakim Getzel Margaliot of Brody".

R. Elyakim Getzel Margaliot, a rabbi of Brody, brother of R. Efraim Zalman Margaliot, a rabbi of the Kloiz of Brody, author of Beit Efraim, and of R. Chaim Mordechai Margaliot, author of the Shaarei Teshuvah commentary on Shulchan Aruch.

Signatures of R. "Menachem Manish Mordechai Teomim" on title pages of Parts II, III and IV (additional signature on endpaper of Part IV).

R. Menachem Manish Mordechai Teomim, grandson of R. Elyakim Getzel Margaliot, was the son-in-law of R. Baruch Frankel Teomim, Rabbi of Leipnik, author of Baruch Taam, and brother-in-law of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. R. Menachem Manish Mordechai mediated and contributed to a correspondence between the Baruch Taam and the Beit Efraim, published as Agudat Ezov (Brooklyn, 2002).

Stamps on title page and other places in all volumes: "Pinchas son of the Tzaddik R. Baruch".

Rebbe Pinchas Hager of Borșa (d. 1941), son of Rebbe Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz. In 1893 he settled in Borșa, Maramureș region, where he established a court numbering hundreds of followers. He was known for his great learning and expertise in kabbalah, and as a wonder-worker and doer of kindness. His son R. Yitzchak Meir succeeded his father as Rebbe in Sighet, until he perished in the Holocaust along with his family.

Pages 5-8 of the preface to the second edition bound after approbations to first volume.

5 volumes. Part I: [8], 124; 76 leaves. Part II (subparts I-II): [4], 105 leaves, [1] folding leaf; 110 leaves. Lacking title page of Part II. Part III: [1], 93 leaves, [1] folding leaf. Part IV: [1], 108; 28 leaves. Part V: [1], 241 leaves. 35-39.5 cm (wide margins in Part V). Condition of volumes vary, good-fair to fair, most in fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Traces of former dampness with mold stains to first leaves of Part II. Tears, including open tears (including tears to title page of Part II, slightly affecting text, repaired with tape. Worming, affecting text, to first and last leaves of Part V in many places. Old bindings (non-uniform).