Auction 20 Tiferet 20 - Rare and Special Items
Dec 1, 2020
Israel
 Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem

A special auction of rare items: 

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 46:

Pedigreed Copy! Sefer Koreh HaDorot, about the History of Jewish Sages. Venice, 1746. The Personal Copy of the Holy ...

Sold for: $850
Start price:
$ 500
Auction house commission: 23%
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tags: Books

Pedigreed Copy! Sefer Koreh HaDorot, about the History of Jewish Sages. Venice, 1746. The Personal Copy of the Holy Rabbi Yaakov Shimshon Chodorow of Bahapali

Pedigreed Copy! Sefer Koreh HaDorot, one of the basic books about the History of Jewish Sages. Venice, 1746. The Chida in his monumental Sefer 'Shem HaGedolim' greatly relied on the information contained in this book.


The Personal Copy of the Holy Rabbi Yaakov Shimshon Chodorow of Bahapali. Several signatures indicating tha the Sefer had belonged to him.


The Holy Rabbi Yaakov Shimshon Chodorow of Bahapali.  [1835-ca. 1915] the son of the Holy Rabbi Yehoshua Eliezer of Bahapali. A descendant of the Holy Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz. The son-in-law of the Holy Rabbi Gedalya Aharon of Soklovaka of the Linitz family. The in-law of the holy Tzaddikim Rabbi Ze'ev of Rachmistrivka and Rabbi Yisrael Sholom  Yosef of Mezhebuzh. Branches of these holy families, the Holy Rabbi the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz, the Holy Rabbi Mordechai Sholom Yosef of Sadigura, the Holy Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Mezhibuzh and their holy descendants,  


52 leaves. 19 cm. Moth holes. Repairs and restorations in the title page and several additional leaves. Waer to leaves. Original binding with remnants of an original clasp. Good condition.