Collection of Books by Rabbi Shlomo Kluger – First Editions – Signatures and Glosses

Collection of Books by Rabbi Shlomo Kluger – First Editions – Signatures and Glosses

Collection of books by R. Shlomo Kluger, most first editions printed during the author's lifetime, some with signatures, ownership inscriptions and glosses.

• Sefer HaChaim, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. Zhovkva, 1825. First edition.

• Mei Nidah, halachic and aggadic novellae on Tractate Niddah. Zhovkva, 1834. First edition.

• Responsa Sheyarei Taharah, on laws of Niddah and Mikvaot. Zhovkva, 1854. Variant, with content and errata apparently not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.

Stamps (blurred) and ownership inscription of R. Shmuel Zalman Weinberger (1863-1932), son and successor of R. Yehoshua Aharon Tzvi (Mahariatz; 1815-1892) as Rabbi of Marghita.

• Shenot Chaim and Sefer Stam. Lviv, 1855-1856. First edition. Two parts in two volumes. Many handwritten glosses to first volume.

On title page of first part, mounted red piece of paper with stamp of R. Eliezer Chaim Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád, with his handwritten and signed ownership inscription (in pencil).

R. Eliezer Chaim Deutsch, Rabbi of Bonyhád (1850-1915), leading Hungarian posek, disciple of R. Yehudah (Mahari) Aszod and Maharam Ash.

• Kinat Sofrim, laws of Stam, Niddah, Mikvaot and Nedarim, and responsa on Yoreh Deah. Lviv, 1860. First edition. With six leaves of addenda. Handwritten learned glosses (slightly trimmed).

• Kesef Nivchar Leshon Tzaddik, ethical will of R. Shlomo Kluger and eulogy of his son R. Avraham Binyamin Kluger. Lviv, 1885 (Hebrew date given as 1884).

• Imrei Shefer, on the Torah. Lviv, 1903. Third edition.

Bound with: Magen Avot, Mahadura Kama, commentary on Tractate Avot. Piotrków, 1883. First edition.

Bound with: Mesilat Yesharim, by R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal). Vilna, 1895.

• Responsa HaElef Lecha Shlomo, on Shulchan Aruch, Parts II-IV. Bilgoraj, [1932-1933]. Second edition. Two volumes.

• Responsa Uvacharta BaChaim, responsa on Orach Chaim, Part I. Budapest, 1934. First edition.

11 volumes. Size and condition Varies. Old bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.

The author, R. Shlomo Kluger (1786-1869), leading Torah authority, served as chief dayan and maggid of Brody and had a great impact on all Jewish communities, both in the realm of halachic rulings and public leadership. In 1820, at the young age of 33, he was appointed chief dayan of Brody, which at that time was the largest Torah center in Galicia, at the initiative of R. Efraim Zalman Margolies – one of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation and prominent rabbi in Brody. R. Shlomo Kluger wrote more than 100 books on halachah and Talmudic topics, many of which were reprinted a number of times in later editions.