A priceless pearl! Full set of the Tur extensively used by the author of ‘Korban Nesanel’ – Rabbi Nesanel Weil, Rabbi of Karlsruhe, great commentator on the Rosh – with his holy signatures – five volumes – new and luxurious leather bindings.
Tur with the commentaries of the Bach and the Drisha and Prisha – Frankfurt am Maine, 1712–1716
On the title page of the section of Even Ha’ezer shines the holy signature of the ‘Korban Nesanel’ – Rabbi Nesanel Weil: “I bought a Ba’yit Chadash, with the with the Drisha and Prisha, in honor of the Torah, which we were bequeathed by command, Nesanel Ashkenazi Weil.”
Another of his signatures is emblazoned on the title page of the Orach Chaim section: “Hashem has gifted me with this, Nesanel Ashkenazi Weil of Prague”. There is also an ex libris notation there: “Kiryat Sefer for the champion R’ Nesanel of Prague”.
The holy Gaon, famous throughout the Diaspora of Israel, Rabbi Nesanel Weil (1687–1769), the author of ‘Korban Nesanel’, was the seventh-generation descendant of the Mahar”I Weil, and was the brother–in–law and distinguished disciple of the greatest of Torah disseminators of his generation, Rabbi Avraham Broida, Av Beit Din of Frankfurt, and his hand never strayed from his hand. After the death of his teacher in the year 1917, he moved to Prague, where he served as a Dayan and Moreh Tzedek as well as heading a Yeshiva, where he raised renowned disciples. Regarding this period, his son tells: “It is impossible to tell of his diligence in learning. First, he would review every day, all his days until the day of his passing, 18 chapters of Mishnayot. Second, he studied publicly, in a Yeshiva, with students, the entire Shas, even the orders of Zra’im and Taharot… It was his habit every single day to get up after midnight to say Tikkun Chatzos and review his studies. He also studied the entire Tanach every year” During his time in Prague, he began to compose his famous work ‘Korban Nesanel’ on the Rosh (as a continuation of what the ‘Tosfot Yom Tov had begun a generation before him). In 1745, after the expulsion of the Jews of Bohemia, he moved to Schwarzwald, in Germany, where he continued writing his great work. In 1750 he was appointed Rabbi of Karlsruhe, where he served until his passing in 1769. His passing took place in Rastatt a 5-hour walk from Karlsruhe. His bier was carried, on foot from Rastatt to Karlsruhe, and during this funeral there happened miracles of ‘Kfitzas HaDerech’, and they arrived at Karlsruhe in only 3 hours. This miraculous event was even inscribed on his tombstone with these words: “How many miracles were performed for him as is known in the Isles of Passage when he was led here to the graves.” This fact was also noted in the eulogy given by his son and successor, Rabbi Yedidya Tia Weil, and it was even written about in a German newspaper in Karlsruhe.
Besides being famous for his Geonus in the revealed portions of the Torah, the ‘Korban Nesanel’ was a G-dly Mekubal, who secretly dealt in the depths of the valleys of the Hidden knowledge. He was extremely well versed in the writings of the Arizel, the Ramaz and the Rama of Pano. He had an entire ‘Avodah’ when writing Sifrei Torah, and in particular in writing the holy names with great Kavanos and Yichuddim. (Minchas Nesanel, Bilgorei 1936, in the pamphlet ‘Toldot Nesanel’ printed at the end, p. 110).
Orach Chaim: [2], 296 pp. Yoreh De’ah: 10; 277 pp. Choshen Mishpat Vol I: [2], 266 pp. Choshen Mishpat Vol. II: [1], 187 pp. Even Ha’Ezer: [1], 139 pp. 33 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Wear on several pages in some volumes. New luxurious leather covers.
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