Bidspirit auction | CHOK LEYISRAEL – TWO VOLUMES

CHOK LEYISRAEL – TWO VOLUMES – BELONGING TO RABBI PINCHAS ARYEH HACOHEN RAPAPORT – HARTSTEIN – THE YISMACH MOSHE’S BAAL TOKEA . Two volumes of the Chok Leyisrael belonging to the tzadik Rabbi Pinchas Aryeh Hacohen Rapaport – Hartstein of Ujhely . 1. Chok Leyisrael, Zolkiew 5584 (1824), Vayikra, inscription reading, ‘Belonging to harabani hamuflag Rabbi Pinchas Aryeh Cahana Rapaport of Ujhely’. Contains a number of manuscript notes, which it is likely are in Rabbi Rapaport’s handwriting. Signature of his grandson Yechezkel Shraga Katz Rapaport Hartstein on flyleaf. 2. Chok Leyisrael, Zolkiew 5584 (1824), Devarim, inscription on flyleaf reading, ‘These Chukim were received from the estate of my late saintly father, [signed] Avraham Abele Katz Rapaport Hartstein of Ujhely’. Contains a number of manuscript notes, which it is likely are in Rabbi Rapaport’s handwriting. Signature of his grandson Yechezkel Shraga Katz Rapaport Hartstein on flyleaf. Rabbi Pinchas Aryeh Hacohen Rapaport – Hartstein, known as Reb Pinchas Samater, grandson of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Cahana author of Bris Kehunas Olam. Greatly revered for his saintliness and revered by Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, author of Yismach Moshe, Rabbi of Ujhel. Buried next to the Yismach Moshe, his epitaph describes him as: ‘Harav hagadol chad mibenei heichala hagaon hatzadik chasida uperisha ...’ 12x19 cm. Condition generally good. Original leather binding.