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

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(WACHS, CHAIM ELAZAR).

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Victor Dabrowski

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1803

Description

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…”

references

Vinograd, Warsaw 23.

summary

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).

ff. 51. Previous owners’ marks, stained. Contemporary boards, worn. Sm. 4to.

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