Pair of Sefarim, Copies that Belonged to Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer, Author of Torat Chayim

Pair of Sefarim, Copies that Belonged to Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer, Author of Torat Chayim

Pair of rare and important sefarim. First editions. Signature on the title pages of both sefarim by the ra'ava"d of Budapest, the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer, author of Torat Chayim, son of the gaon hageonim, Rabbi Chaim Sofer, author of Machaneh Chayim. Shared binding, separate title pages.

* Sefer Tiv Shemo Gittin, an abbreviated form of Sefer Tiv Gittin by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot, by the gaon Rabbi Dov Ber Krasik, one of the most prominent disciples of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Including supplements in the name of the Tzemach Tzeddek. First edition. Vilna, 1873. Rare sefer.

Signature at the top of the title page by the sacred gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer: "LaHashem HaAretz U'Meloah, HaK' Ya'akov Shalom son of the gaon Rabbi Chaim ..."

130 pp, approximately 21 cm.

Fine condition. Pencilled scribbles on two leaves.

Bound with:

Sefer Shirei Maskil - "Brings about livelihood and sustenance" (!) by the wonder-worker, the sacred gaon Rabbi Hillel of Kolomiyya - one of the leading kedoshim of Hungary. First edition. Lemberg, 1877. Original ink stamp on the back of the title page from the author's son.

Beautiful and lengthy self-dedication at the top of the title page from Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer, cleverly integrated with the name of the sefer, in which he writes that he received the sefer from the author: "Received [as a gift?] from the rabbi, gaon and tzaddik, the author of this precious sefer Shirei Maskil, [signature].

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the sacred gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shalom Sofer and the sacred gaon Rabbi Hillel Lichtenstein.

14, 90 leaf, approximately 21 cm.

Fine condition.