Browsed by
Category: New Books & Seforim Lists

Some Harder to Get Seforim and Where to Obtain

Some Harder to Get Seforim and Where to Obtain

Comments 31 comments

In previous posts at the Seforim blog, we have attempted to highlight some of the more recently printed books, which are fairly easy to come by. However, I thought it worthwhile to mention some slightly older books, which are generally more difficult to obtain and where they can be obtained. I will highlight the contents of one store — Moznaim (718-438-7680) — in Boro Park. First, for literature of the Geonim, they have the Teshuvot HaGeonim. In this set, the…

Read More Read More

Mossad HaRav Kook Sale 2007

Mossad HaRav Kook Sale 2007

Comments 1 comment

The Mossad HaRav Kook annual sale every year after Pesach is a major event for Seforim lovers in Israel, similar to the annual SOY Seforim Sale at Yeshiva University in New York. This year the sale marks the the 70th anniversary of Mossad HaRav Kook and will be the biggest sale ever. The sale will take place from the 22-29 of Nissan 5767 which is 10-17 April 2007. Again the Judaica Archival Project and VirtualGeula offers its active subscribers and…

Read More Read More

New Books from Mossad ha-Rav Kook AND Marc Shapiro lecture (online)

New Books from Mossad ha-Rav Kook AND Marc Shapiro lecture (online)

Comments 0 Comment

The rumour that we’ve all been waiting for has been confirmed! Mossad ha-Rav Kook is publishing volume eight of Prof. Daniel Sperber’s Minhagei Yisrael and also reprinting the late Prof. Meir Hershkovics’ biography of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharetz Chajes); both will be available next week in Jerusalem. Copies of these volumes will be available at Mossad ha-Rav Kook (02-652-6231) starting the end of this week and should be arriving in America at Biegeleisen in Boro Park (718-436-1165) within a…

Read More Read More

Books for Sale

Books for Sale

Comments 0 Comment

R. Landy has purchased a library of 19th century books, mainly consisting of she’elot u’teshuvot and hiddushim on Shas for sale. All are obscure prints and many have never been reprinted. He can be reached at 917-676-0762.

Two Books Sales

Two Books Sales

Comments 0 Comment

First, Hollander Books is selling their overstocks at 50% off until December 16th and 25% if you order by December 31. You can download the catalog here. Second, Seforim World, has just purchased a significant library which includes many out-of-print books. Seforim World can be reached at 718-438-8414.

Listing of New Seforim

Listing of New Seforim

Comments 13 comments

What follows is a list of new seforim I have recently purchased; for prior lists see the “New Books Lists” on the sidebar. 1. Indices To The Emden-Eybeschuetz Controversy Literature by Gershom G. Scholem. As the title implies, this is an index, divided by person, book, and geographic place. Additional, many of the abbreviations used (R. Emden constantly uses abbreviations, many obscure) are explained. This index was culled from Scholem’s index cards where he kept these records. The editors have…

Read More Read More

Seforim For Sale

Seforim For Sale

Comments 0 Comment

R. Landy of the Lower East Side has purchased a significant library and is now selling them. Unfortunately, I have yet to see these in person, however, from what has been related to me via telephone, he has some terrific books. If one wants to go, they should first call him at 917 676 0762. He is located at 264 east broadway C104.

New Book Lists

New Book Lists

Comments 0 Comment

There are two new list of out-of-print seforim available. The first, is via email, you can request the list from sba-at-sba2.com. The second is mainly a list of German imprints (it includes a couple of books Solomon Schechter owned) and can be viewed here. Additionally, Kestenbaum recently had their latest auction, unfortunately their catalog is no longer available online, but if you previously downloaded the catalog you can see the price results here.

New Feature – Listing of New Seforim

New Feature – Listing of New Seforim

Comments 0 Comment

As a service for those who either don’t have access or the time to browes the seforim stores to see what new has been printed I will now on a periodic basis list the seforim I have recently purchased/seen. The vast majority of these I will have seen/purchased will be from Biegeleisen books in Boropark (718) 436-1165. At times I will have lenghter comments and some books I will just list and leave to the reader to investigate further. 1)…

Read More Read More

Magnes Press Sale

Magnes Press Sale

Comments 1 comment

For a limited time, Magnes Press is having a sale, buy one book get the second at 70% off. They have some great new titles including Censorship, Editing and the text Catholic Censorship and Hebrew Literature in the Sixteenth Century; two books from the Italia series one devoted to Shmuel David Luzzato (Shadal) and other about R. Yehuda Areyah of Modena and many others including some other noteworthy ones that Manuscriptboy has recently blogged about.

Where to get out-of-print seforim

Where to get out-of-print seforim

Comments 16 comments

Question: Where can one get out-of-print seforim? Answer: Some can be purchased via auction. There are a few auction houses that specialize in seforim. Kestenbaum, Baronovitch, Asufa, and Jerusalem Judaica are some. Then there are dealers and stores. I would always first check Biegeleisen (718) 436-1165 to see if it is truly out-of-print. Then there is Seforim World, which is right next door to Biegeleisen who has out-of-print seforim. Then there is also Pinters Hebrew Book Store, 4408 14th Avenue…

Read More Read More

image_pdfimage_print