Derushim U’Pilpulim [homilies and sermons]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 45
KROCHMAL, ARYEH YEHUDAH LEIB BEN MENACHEM MENDEL.

Derushim U’Pilpulim [homilies and sermons]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic script on paper. ff. 330. Variously worn and stained, stamp removed at end. Modern boards. Thick 4to.

17th-century

Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PRICE REALIZED $28,000
<<Unpublished manuscript>> of an unrecorded work. This large volume focuses upon the pilpulistic style of drush common in the 17th-century. Written by the son of R. Menachem Mendel Krochmal, author of the responsa Tzemach Tzedek (Amsterdam 1675) and one of the leading rabbis of his time, R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib (c. 1630-1700) served as rabbi of Treves and eventually succeeded his father in Nikolsburg, Moravia. As evidenced from this extensive manuscript, R. Aryeh Yehuda Leib was clearly immensely learned. Aside from this manuscript, no other scholarly material from him is known.