Auction 32 Tiferet 32 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Feb 10, 2022
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

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LOT 66:

Pedigreed copy! Signatures of Rabbeinu the Chida on Sefer Chidushei Agados by the Maharsha. Frankfurt am Main ...


Start price:
$ 3,500
Estimated price :
$5,000 - $8,000
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Auction took place on Feb 10, 2022 at Tiferet Auctions

Pedigreed copy! Signatures of Rabbeinu the Chida on Sefer Chidushei Agados by the Maharsha. Frankfurt am Main, [1682]. Rare.


Sefer Chidushei Agados by Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Segal Av Beis Din of Ostrohe. Literis Blasii Ilsneri Press, Frankfurt am Main, [1682]. Rare. The personal copy of Rabbeinu the Chida. 


[1], 50, 52-63, 66-141; 36, 45 leaves, 29 cm. Mispagination. Incomplete copy: the leaf of the foreword and the last 8 leaves are missing. Published after the Lublin-Krakow 1627-1632 edition, with a variation in the ordering of the tractates. On the top of the pages: Chidushei Maharash.


The great Rav Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai the Chida [1724-1806] which is also known in Chassidic communities as 'The Azulai'. An admired holy Gaon. Famed for his journeys and travels. Among Tzaddikim, it is known that studying his Seforim is most capable of Yiras Shamayim and Kirvas Elokim.


Wear to binding, ancient semi-leather binding, incomplete copy, aging stains, the last leaf of this copy is glued to the flyleaf, fair-good condition.  


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