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In the home of Rabbi Itze’le of Volozhin (son of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and father-in-law of the Netziv) when a latecomer arrived at their Shabbos meal he will be given two slices of bread to be used for lechem minshneh .
Fellow students of Rabbi Chaim, son of the Netziv, argued that this custom had no basis as there was no virtue to two slices of bread. Rabbi Chaim argued in his grandfather’s favor and sent his words to the Netziv to hear his opinion. Read more
This fascinating letter appears alongside close to two hundred additional selections in Genazym’s magnificent new catalogue; a masterpiece of historical treasures from the Giants of our nation Chassidishe Dynasties of Poland and Hungary, and Torah halls of Lithuania.
Touch a part of history as you peruse pages filled with handwritten letters and rare sefarim spanning generations. A complete set of the first shulchan aruch with hagahoth of the “Rema”
Cracow 1578-1580
Additional prominent selections include manuscripts from the acharonim such as the Nesivos Hamishpat, Chassam Sofer, Machaneh Chaim, Kol Aryeh, Maharsham and Chafetz Chaim, to name a few.
Letters from the Divrei Chaim and his descendants, Rabbi Chana of Kolshitz and Rabbi Avraham Shalom of Stropkov; Letters from the prestigious Gur, Ruzhin, Chernobyl, Rachmastrivka, Skvere, Belze, Dinov, Koidanov and Kozhnitz, dynasties; Letters from the Teitlebaum Dynasty including the Atzei Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Yokel of Volovo, and most remarkably an original handwritten page from Rabbi Yoel of Satmar regarding his views on the application of living in Eretz Yisrael today.
Genazym’s collection is brought to you by the leading professionals in the field. Each page in their catalogue, bears content; witnesses to the world that was.
There are manuscripts from the great baalei mofsim, Rabbi Shaul Rosenberg of Ratzfert, the Ribnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom of Shatz– London, and many additional Hungarian gedolim.
All of these items and so many others are slated for auction at 6:30 pm (Jerusalem time) {1130am NY time }on the 16th of July, 2019, you can participate Live online at www.genazym.com or reserve to be a phone bidder at 845-5019990 or at Beit Tovei Ha’ir, located on Malchei Yisrael, 36, Jerusalem.
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The Genazym catalogue is available at select bookshops.
For further inquiries, please call 845-501-9990 or email [email protected].
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