Auction 86 Part 2 The Leo Rapaport Collection
By Kedem
May 24, 2022
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LOT 138:

Torat Chaim – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1734 – Glosses by R. Shmuel Berenstein Rabbi of Amsterdam

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Torat Chaim – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1734 – Glosses by R. Shmuel Berenstein Rabbi of Amsterdam
Torat Chaim, novellae on the Talmud, by R. Avraham Chaim Schorr. Frankfurt an der Oder: Michel Gottschalk, [1734]. Fourth edition. Engraved title page depicting Moses and Aaron, King David, Jacob and the Angel, Jacob's ladder, and more.
Lengthy scholarly glosses are found on several leaves, mostly handwritten by R. Shmuel Berenstein Rabbi of Amsterdam (see Hebrew sidebar).
R. Shmuel Bernstein (1773-1839), leading Dutch rabbi. He was the son of R. Yissachar Berish Berenstein Rabbi of Hanover (son of the Pnei Aryeh and grandson of the Pnei Yehoshua), son-in-law of R. Yaakov Moshe Lowenstam Rabbi of Amsterdam. He served as rabbi of Groningen, Leeuwarden, and from 1815, of Amsterdam.
Some glosses in late script on the book pages and on the endpapers. The endpapers contain handwritten inscriptions and many signatures of family members and students of the yeshiva of R. Asher Anshel Weiss Rabbi of Nagyfalu (Nușfalău, Sălaj County, Transylvania), whose stamp appears on the title page.
[1], 103, 105-148 leaves. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear and creases. Open tears to title page and several other leaves, slightly affecting border and text. Marginal paper repairs to title page. Worming, affecting text in several places. One endpaper detached. Old binding, damaged (tears to spine), partially detached.
Provenance: The present book was offered at an auction held by the Levisson-Proops company in Amsterdam, on December 16, 1907 – items from the estate of R. B. Berenstein Rabbi of The Hague. See auction catalog (titled Binah LeItim), p. 63, listing 1282.

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