Solomon ibn Adret (RaSHB”A). Avodath HaKodesh [laws of Sabbath and Festivals].

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

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Solomon ibn Adret (RaSHB”A). Avodath HaKodesh [laws of Sabbath and Festivals].

Contains a lengthy approbation from R. Akiva Eger extolling the virtues and scarcity of this work. <<With signature of R. Chaim Elazar Waks>> on front pastedown; with an inscription in another hand stating that the volume belongs to “HaGaon HaGadol… Ner Yisrael… Pe’er Hador…” ff. 51. Previous owners’ marks, stained. Contemporary boards, worn. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Warsaw 23.

Warsaw: Victor Dabrowski 1803

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

The previous owner, R. Chaim Elazar Waks (1822-89) Rabbi of Kalisch, was the son-in-law of the Chassidic posek Rabbi Yisrael Yehoshua Trunk of Kutno (known affectionately as R. Shiyaleh Kutner). Author of responsa Nefesh Chaya, Rabbi Waks was a committed follower of R. Eliyahu Gutmacher, supporting the idea of colonization and settlement of the Holy Land. He was president of Kupat Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes Kollel Polen (Warsaw branch).