Collection of nine manuscripts. Torah stemming from Sadigura, Boyan, and Ruzhin Chassidic dynasties.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 60
(CHASSIDISM).

Collection of nine manuscripts. Torah stemming from Sadigura, Boyan, and Ruzhin Chassidic dynasties.

Various hands. Texts in Hebrew and Yiddish. Loose in binder.

1860’s-1900’s

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
<<Includes:>> <<*>> 11 pages of Torah on Parshath Chayei Sarah-Vayigash by Grand Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov Friedman (1820-1833) the Admor of Sadigur and second son of R. Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin. Published in Irin Kadishin (Warsaw, 1885). This is perhaps a draft of that work. <<*>> A collection of Chasidic Sipurim numbered 1-17, and 24-29. Some have appeared in Migdol Yeshu’oth Malko (Jerusalem, 1956), but most are apparently unpublished. <<*>> 76 pages of Torah discourses by Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Friedman (1850-1917) the Admor of Boyan. Arranged by the weekly parsha, these are dated, and include the years 1902, 1903, 1905, and 1909. Many have been published in Imrei Kodesh. <<*>> 14 pages of Yiddish discourses arranged by weekly parsha, dating from 1868 to 1875. <<*>> The rest of the collection comprises manuscripts of Chasidic Torah and stories, some of which are attributed to Rabbi Yisroel Friedman (1796-1850), the progenitor of the dynasty. <<This archive of manuscripts is a treasure trove for enthusiasts and historians of Chassidism.>>