Chidushim [Halachic novellae]
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
Lot 226
BACHRACH, MICHAEL B. SHMUEL ZANVEL (DAYAN OF PRAGUE)
Chidushim [Halachic novellae]
Prague: 1752-89
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
AN IMPORTANT UNPUBLISHED WORK BY ONE OF THE GREAT SCHOLARS OF THE 18TH CENTURY. The author was a grandson of R. Yair Chaim Bachrach, the author of Teshuvoth Chavoth Yair.
Contains a poetic introduction signed by the author, followed by commentaries on various Talmudic and Halachic subjects. Includes: Mishnah Keilim, tractates in Zeraim and Kodashim, Talmud tractates Berachoth, Eiruvin, Chulin; Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah, Even HaEzer, and Choshen Mishpat. The final five leaves contain pilpulim delivered to the “Bnei HaYeshiva” on Rosh HaShana and Pesach. The author was fond of these Holiday lectures. Although they were written in1758-59, he states in a later marginal note that he repeated them at various intervals in 1778, 1788 and 1789. End-paper contains a formula for the relief of toothache