Auction 7 Important Judaica: Hebrew Books, Manuscripts & Letters, Jewish Art.
By Taj Art
Feb 28, 2023
16 Betzalel st. Jerusalem 94591, Israel
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LOT 36:

Minchas Chinuch. Lemberg, 1869. First Edition, Printed Anonymously. Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Grenik Dayan of Berlin.

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Minchas Chinuch. Lemberg, 1869. First Edition, Printed Anonymously. Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Grenik Dayan of Berlin.

Minchas Chinuch, three volumes in one binding. A thorough elucidation on Sefer HaChinuch; incorporating both an expansive as well as in-depth approach. Authored by Rabbi Yosef Babad, Av Beit Din of Tarnopol. At the back of the book is a pamphelet, Minchas Ani by Rabbi Reuven Rappaport.


First edition of this famed scholarly work, published anonymously. Only in the second edition, printed 15 years following the author’s passing, was the author’s name printed in the book.

The title page features handwritten, owners’ signatures:
Rabbi Yitzchak Grenik (son of Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leibush), Dayan in Berlin.
Mordechai Levohl.

Lemberg, 1869.
[2] 116. [1], 148. [2], 105, 4, [3] leaves.
Each section has its own title page. Very good condition. Original, antique binding.
Otzar Hasefer Computerized Database, No. 97666.

Complete and rare copy of a fundamental, scholarly composition.