Although some of his other works secured the approbations of leading Orthodox rabbi, some of the more traditional rabbis were opposed to Wessley’s reforms advocated in Divrei. Naftali Hertz Wessley’s, Divrei Shalom ve-Emet, Berlin, 1782, lot 99, (volume 2), is the controversial work wherein he provides his educational program. Isaac of Corbeil’s Amudei Golah, Cremona 1556, lot 1. ![]() A similarly undressed woman appears on the title page of R. This particular title page was reused on at least three other books. Additionally, on the two sides of the pages two similarly exposed women appear in medieval costume. Moshe Isserles, Torat ha-Hatat, Hanau, 1628, lot 33, depicts in the bottom center of page Venus with a loincloth. Two books feature on their title pages an immodest Venus rising. According to Shafan ha-Sofer, after this brush with what is described as potential financial ruin, later editions of the Vilna Mahzor omit Yeshu. But the ban was annulled after a Jerusalem rabbi intervened and explained to his clergy brother that in fact the Romm edition merely followed an accepted text. He immediately set about issuing a ban on all the Romm books, classifying them within the category of a sefer torah of a heretic which is consigned to the fire. ![]() He explains that after it was published a rabbi from Yemen, who was unfamiliar with the historic inclusion of the passage, was shocked when he came this passage. Indeed, in the first Romm edition of the Mahzor this angel appears. Nonetheless, he notes that this passage was included in most mahzorim. He claims that “Yeshu Sa’ar ha-Pinim” is in fact Jesus of Nazareth. He identifies one of the angels mentioned in the supplications between the Shofar sets with Jesus. There were not only omissions but also additions to the text. In Elbona shel Torah, (51-52), Shafan Ha-Sofer discusses the censorship of Jewish texts from non-Jewish authorities. It was a near-perfect reproduction (albeit in English rather than the original Hebrew), except that certain names and select passages were omitted presumably because they reference Jewish academics or other materials deemed objectional to Haredi audiences. This biography was plagiarized in nearly every respect by the Yated Ne’eman. It was then published in its entirety in Yahadut Lita vol. He wrote a history of the press which first appeared in part in the journal HaSofer (vol. During his 55-year tenure, he oversaw the publication of the monumental Vilna Shas, among numerous other canonical works that became the model for all subsequent editions. He helmed the operations of the Romm Press in Vilna. Shmuel Shraga Feigneshon, known as Safan ha-Sofer. Lot 95 is Elbona shel Torah, (Berlin, 1929), by R. Legacy Judaica’s fall auction is next week, September 13, and we wanted to highlight some bibliographical historica. Legacy Auctions: Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica
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