Torath Kohanim [Halachic Midrash on Leviticus with commentary “Asirith ha-Eifah” by R. Isaac of Komarno]

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 198

SAFRIN, ISAAC JUDAH JECHIEL.

Torath Kohanim [Halachic Midrash on Leviticus with commentary “Asirith ha-Eifah” by R. Isaac of Komarno]

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s mark on title. On ff. 3r., 19r., 30r., 37v., 39r., 89v., 91r., 133v., 155v. scholarly marginalia in a petite, cultured hand ff. (2), 158. (Two ff. 54). Waterstained and wormed in places. Unbound. Folio Vinograd, Lemberg 909

Lemberg: Löbl Balaban 1848

Est: $800 - $1,000

The Chassidic rebbe of Komarno, Isaac Judah Jehiel (1806-1874) excelled equally well in the fields of theology, kabbalah and halacha. The present work is a display of the man’s halachic acumen. With approbations by R. Moses Teitelbaum of Ujhely and R. Meir Eisenstadt of Ungvar. See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 635-636