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Lot #    23608
Auction End Date    6/9/2009 11:07:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Divrei David
Title (Hebrew)    ãáøé ãåã
Author    [Avot - Only Ed.] R. David Salzer
City    Vranov
Publisher    S. Singer
Publication Date    1927
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 147, [2] ff. 220:150 mm., heavy age staining, bound in contemporary boards. Not in CD-EPI.
          
Detailed
Description		    Rare and apparently little known commentary on Pirkei Avot by R. David Salzer ha-Kohen (d. 1908). The title page describes it as wondrous discourses “‘sweeter than honey’ (cf. Judges 14:18) well refined, originating from a faithful source . . .” It describes R. Salzer as “among the biggest man among the Anakim (giants)” (Joshua 15:15) “a bright light in the clouds” (cf. Job 37:21). The rav, gaon, the righteous, sharp, and expert, both in Torah and Hassidut of Mukacevo. There is an approbation from R. Aaron Weiss, R. David Shlissel, R. Meir Zev Salzer Katz, and R. Menahem Weiss and a second from R. Jacob Shraga Siegel. R. Salzer’s introduction follows, and then the text, which is comprised of Pitkei Avot at the top of the page in square unvocalized letters, immediately below it Divrei David from R. Salzer, and below that Ma’amar Mordecai from R. Mordecai Salzer ha-Kohen, apparently R. Salzer’s son, who brought the work to press.

R. David Salzer was born in Sardahalle and was descended from R. David Deutsch (Ohel David). He served as dayyan and rosh av bet din in Mukacevo for thirty years. He was also the author of Divrei David on the Torah, that work being recorded by Cohen but not this commentary.

          
Reference
Description		    Cohen, Sages of Hungary, p. 414
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Avot
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica