Lot 116:

Seforim Belonging to the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam of Chakava (Čaková)

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Seven Seforim, personal exemplars, with the stamp and signature, of the holy Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam of Chakava (Čaková), son of the holy Rabbi Sinai of Zhmigrad.

✵ Kol Yehuda, Fürth, 1769.

[1] 43, [1] pp. Restoration in old paper on the last page. Aes and water stains, wear. Ownership note on title page: “Belongs to the honorable R’ Yaakov”, stamps of Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam, Av Beis Din of Chakowa. Damaged binding.

✵ Meorei Or on tractates Berachot, Shabbos, and Eruvin, vol. II. Metz, 1791. Single edition. Includes the rare pages in which the author laments the destruction of Yerushalayim.

[1] 39 [2] pp. Sturdy pages. Age stains.

✵ Notebook Yayin Levanon. Paris, 1866. Rare notebook with the additional maps.

The compilation includes a commentary by the Rambam to tractate Rosh Hashana, Sefer Zechut Adam, by Rabbeinu David Maroka Martika, and Sefer Sha’ashu’im by Rabbi Yosef Zavra. “All had been just manuscripts and were found in the bibliothéque of the Czar”. Publishe by Yechiel Brill, Paris 1866.

[10] 19,40 pp. Stains. Good condition. Additional personal stamp, besides for Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam’s Rabbinical, round stamp, which overlays another ownership notation.

✵ Divrei Shmuel. Amsterdam 1699. First edition. Rare.

51pp. Tears and slight wear. Some of the frame cut during binding. Damaged binding.

✵ Seder Avodah, Avodas Hakodes. Hrubieszów, 1820. On the last page a notation: “R’ Mottel, Sofer Stam”.

40pp. Additional stamps an signatures of Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam. Wear, damages.

✵ Kodesh Yisrael by Rabbi Aviezer of Tiktin. Warsaw, 1865. First edition. Bound together wih Milchamot Hashe, by Rabbinu Avraham, son of the Rambam – Hannover 1867.

43pp. Signature in Latin of Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam.

✵ Nachlat Re’uven, on the Haftarot. Frankfurt am Main, 1770. Title page is missing. Damaged exemplar with many pages missing at the beginning. Water and mold damage. Old, slightly damaged binding.

The Holy Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam (1896-1968), son of the famous and holy Rabbi Sinai of Zhmigrad, son of the holy Tzaddik Rabbi Baruch of Gorlitz, son of Maran the Divrei Chaim of Tzanz. Rabbi Yaakov was the son-in-law of the famous Rabbi Shalom of Shotz–London.

His descendants: the famous Geonim Rabbi Naftali, Admor of Chakava, Rabbi Moshe, member of the great Beis Din of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir, Admor of Chakava–Bnei Brak, and Rabbi Chacham Tzvi, who was killed in a car accident in his youth.

Various sizes and conditions. One Sefer in bad condition, the others are generally good condition.

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