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LOT 24:
Aggadic Innovations Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim
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Sold for: $800
Start price:
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800
Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
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Aggadic Innovations Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim
Aggadic innovations handwritten by the holy Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim. Prague, ca. 1820. Have ever been printed!
A single leaf, 2 pp. handwritten by the famed Gaon Rabbi David Oppenheim Av Beis Din of Nikolsburg and Prague and the Chief Rabbi of Moravia.
Have never been printed!
The pages are part of his composition Ir David, which was not printed, like most of his innovations and writings. The work was written in the format of "verses" ("Batim").
This is leaf 1 with the verses titled Beit Ot, Beit Na'ar Rachav and Beit Bechor.
2 issues and several additional lines of a fourth.
Rabbi David Oppenheim [1737-1836] one of the greatest Geonim of Ashkenaz. Was born in Worms. When he was 20, received his Hora'ah Semicha and when he was 25 was appointed the Rav of Nikolsburg. After twenty years there, he became the Rav of Prague. Leading rabbis asked for his approbation for their books, and he willingly obliged. Authored approx. twenty books on Halacha and Aggadah including Shut Nishal David; however, most of the books were never printed.
[1] leaf, [2] pp. Stains and slight wear. Signs of erasures. Good-very good condition.
| Measurement with frame: | 15 x 19 cm |
