<p><b>Manuscript of Chiddushei Torah Handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Av Beis Din of Würzburg.<br />*</b></p>
<p><b><br /></b></p>
<p><b><br /></b></p>
<div>
179 pages of handwritten chiddushim on Shas and Rambam by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Rabbi of Würzburg. This sefer contains many chiddushim on the Torah and Aggadah, along with sermons and eulogies.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Includes a lengthy eulogy on his spiritual master Rabbi Nosson Adler, who passed away in 1800. In this eulogy, Rabbi Avraham portrays the close relationship he was privileged to share with Rabbi Nosson, extols the latter’s virtues and righteousness and cites a Dvar Torah that he heard from him (in his words: "What I heard from the mouth of the righteous one…").
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<b>Rabbi Avraham Bing (1752-1841), Rabbi of Würzburg, </b> was one of the leading rabbis in Germany of his generation. Born in Frankfurt, he became the prime disciple of Rabbi Nosson Adler and taught Torah in his yeshivah in Würzburg. As a maggid shiur, Rabbi Avraham attracted brilliant students who eventually matured into the spiritual leaders of the next generation, most notably among them the author of 'Aruch LaNer' and Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Dov Halevi Bamberger who succeeded him as Rabbi of Würzburg.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Rabbi Avraham shared an exceptionally close relationship with the Chasam Sofer, a friendship that developed during the years they spent learning together in Rabbi Nosson Adler's yeshivah. The Chasam Sofer refers to him frequently in his writings and teshuvos with the accolades of "my colleague" and "my friend", and in one place even calls him "my teacher, my friend" (Kuntress Teshuvos Chasam Sofer Ch. 13). He also writes: "I have a clear memory from when I was a young lad of 18 that my beloved friend who is now the genius Rabbi Avraham, Rabbi of Würzburg, told me…" (Chasam Sofer, Choshen Mishpat Ch. 95).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
In a letter to Rav Avraham, the Chasam Sofer once inscribed, "My dear friend, the renowned genius, sharp and knowledgeable, righteous…our teacher Rabbi Avraham, may Hashem guard and protect him" (ibid 35).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Rabbi Avraham Bing’s written legacy includes: 'Zichron Avraham' (Pressburg, 1892), among others. See more about him in the extensive article by Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Halevi Horowitz, “HaGaon Rabbi Avraham Bing and His Yeshivah in Würzburg" (Yeshurun Vol. 8 pp. 760-785).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<b>Würzburg.</b>
</div>
<div>
<b><br /></b>
</div>
<div>
<b> </b>
</div>
<div>
<b>Page Count:</b> [93] leaves; 179 handwritten sides.
<b> Page Size:</b> 21 x 36 cm.
</div>
<div>
Entirely handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Bing, with the exception of several pages handwritten by his talmid. The manuscript is undated save for p.124 which mentions the date 1808, and the eulogy for Rabbi Nosson Adler which was delivered in 1800.
</div>
<div>
<b>Condition: </b>First leaf and two final leaves with minor tears. New leather binding.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
<b>Rabbi Avraham Bing's Eulogy for Rabbi Nosson Adler</b>
</div>
<div>
<b><br /></b>
</div>
<div>
<b> </b>
</div>
<div>
A few excerpts from the eulogy:
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Behold, the great eagle with mighty wings (HaNesher HaGadol), the Kohen Gadol among his brethren, the renowned and illustrious scholar, the delight of the eyes, his crown of glory resting upon him, his head adorned like the finest gold, the brilliant morning star - oh, pious one, oh, humble one, a true disciple of Avraham Avinu. Our teacher, our master, and our rabbi, the distinguished Rav Nosson, son of the late, righteous man, Rav Shimon Adler Katz, Z”l.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
He has departed to his eternal rest, leaving none like him throughout all the communities of Israel, whether in sharpness of intellect, breadth of knowledge, or piety. He bore the iniquities of others, enduring years of suffering with love, never ceasing from the study of Torah. Woe, woe to such beauty now consumed by the earth!
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
I am left to lament... For it was in his embrace that I was raised, and under his guidance that I thrived. I was a cherished student by his side, drawing sweetness from his strength. His words remain ever on my tongue. He listened, analyzed, and refined me, correcting my ways. I was to him as a son is to his father.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
…… Ever since he reached the age of understanding, he refrained even from looking out of a window, and from the age of nine he did not walk in the streets, or needless to say, indulge in any luxuries, and it is well-known that he did not derive any pleasure from this world…"
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
The eulogy also mentions the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh, Av Beis Din of Berlin and grandson of the Chacham Tzvi, who passed away in the same month as Rabbi Nosson Adler.
<br />.................................
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
Any inquiries about this lot?
</div>
<div>
We are available also on
<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=18458261645&text=LOT26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WhatsApp</a> >>>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<p></p>
US$17,000
Other
£1,900
· Oct 2025
A Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) awarded to a Lancaster bomber Flight Engineer in 1944 for his service with the renowned 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force. The DFC is un-named as issued but accompanied by the Buckingham Palace bestowal slip addressed to Flight Lieutenant A T Dewar.
<br />Alfred Thomas Dewar (known as ‘Dickie’) was born on 26 January 1921 at Poplar, East London. He enlisted into the RAF as an Aircraft Hand (ACH) with the rank of Aircraftman Second Class (AC2) in May 1938 and was posted to RAF Cardington, near Bedford, to complete his initial training. Formerly the base of the R101 airship, RAF Cardington started constructing barrage balloons in 1936-37 and became the No 1 RAF Balloon Training Unit responsible for the training of barrage balloon operators and drivers. In 1942 the new role of Flight Engineer was introduced into the RAF, the primary purpose of which was to assist pilots in the flying of large, multi-engine aircraft that had become too technically complex to be operated by a single pilot. By taking over management of the aircraft’s various systems the Flight Engineer freed the pilot to concentrate on the actual flying of the aircraft and, having received basic flying instruction, was also regarded as the aircraft’s co-pilot.
<br />Dickie Dewar volunteered for aircrew duty as a Flight Engineer and received his technical training at RAF St Athan and further type-specific training for the Lancaster bomber at the Avro Company. On completion of his training in 1943 he was posted to 115 Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, in the rank of Sergeant, for operational duty as a Flight Engineer. 115 squadron (code letters A4, AA, IL, KO) was part 3 Group of Bomber Command and was in the forefront of the Group’s operations in its strategic bombing campaign against Germany. In April 1939 it had been equipped with the Vickers Wellington and when the Wellington was later phased out the Squadron became the first in Bomber Command to take on charge the Bristol Hercules-powered Lancaster Mk II. This was replaced in 1944 by the iconic Merlin-powered Mks I and III Lancasters. Operating successively from RAF stations at Marham, Mildenhall, East Wretham and Little Snoring, November 1943 saw the squadron finally settled at Witchford, near Ely in Cambridgeshire, from where it operated until the end of the war. Its battle honours were forged in the heat of all Bomber Command’s major campaigns over occupied Europe, including The Ruhr, Berlin, Overlord, and the Oil and Transportation Plans. By the end of hostilities, 115 Squadron had one of the finest records in Bomber Command, having participated in 678 bombing and mining raids, totalling 7,753 sorties. In doing so, the Squadron lost 208 aircraft on operations, the highest total in Bomber Command and dropped approximately 23,000 tons of bombs, the second highest total in Bomber Command.
<br />Sergeant Dewar was appointed to a commission as a Pilot Officer on 8 February 1944 and was promoted to war substantive Flying Officer on 8 August 1944. He completed a full tour of 30 operational sorties and was awarded the DFC on completion of his tour in August 1944 (London Gazette 17 October 1944). He was then employed on training duties until the end of the war, at No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School (LFS), located at RAF Feltwell, which trained aircrews for the Lancaster bomber before they were assigned to operational squadrons. He married Eileen May Sugg (1922-1998) in January 1945 and, post war, he was employed in civil aviation as a flight engineer on Tudor aircraft. He died of a heart attack at Southend-on-Sea on 7 June 1991, at the age of 70.
<br />During the Second World War, RAF Bomber Command suffered devastating casualties, with over 55,500 men killed out of approximately 125,000 aircrew; a fatal casualty rate of over 44%. Another 18,700 aircrew were wounded, injured or became prisoners of war, with only about 30% surviving their tour of duty without being killed, injured, or captured. So, Dickie Dewar’s DFC, like all the other awards to members of Bomber Command, was hard-won indeed.
<br />The DFC is officially dated 1944 on reverse and in its Royal Mint fitted case of issue, with original silk ribbon and investiture pin brooch, Buckingham Palace bestowal slip and undress ribbon bar dating from 1945; together with Flying Officer Dewar’s WW2 campaign medals consisting of: the 1939-1945 Star, The Air Crew Europe Star and the Defence and War Medals, and copy extracts from the London Gazette and the RAF List, and ephemera including:
<br />An original photograph showing the air and ground crews of Lancaster Mk II F-Freddie of 115 Squadron, circa late 1943; Flight engineer Sgt Dewar is on the left of the front row.
<br />Photographs of AC2 Dewar (on right) with colleague at RAF Cardington, May 1938, AC Dewar alone in RAF No 1 dress and Pilot Officer Dewar on commissioning (2).
<br />RAFVR ID card and civil flight engineer’s licence from the 1950s.
<br />DFC lightly toned; Extremely Fine (EF) condition.
![<p><b>Manuscript of Chiddushei Torah Handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Av Beis Din of Würzburg.<br />*</b></p>
<p><b><br /></b></p>
<p><b><br /></b></p>
<div>
179 pages of handwritten chiddushim on Shas and Rambam by Rabbi Avraham Bing, Rabbi of Würzburg. This sefer contains many chiddushim on the Torah and Aggadah, along with sermons and eulogies.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Includes a lengthy eulogy on his spiritual master Rabbi Nosson Adler, who passed away in 1800. In this eulogy, Rabbi Avraham portrays the close relationship he was privileged to share with Rabbi Nosson, extols the latter’s virtues and righteousness and cites a Dvar Torah that he heard from him (in his words: "What I heard from the mouth of the righteous one…").
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<b>Rabbi Avraham Bing (1752-1841), Rabbi of Würzburg, </b> was one of the leading rabbis in Germany of his generation. Born in Frankfurt, he became the prime disciple of Rabbi Nosson Adler and taught Torah in his yeshivah in Würzburg. As a maggid shiur, Rabbi Avraham attracted brilliant students who eventually matured into the spiritual leaders of the next generation, most notably among them the author of 'Aruch LaNer' and Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Dov Halevi Bamberger who succeeded him as Rabbi of Würzburg.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Rabbi Avraham shared an exceptionally close relationship with the Chasam Sofer, a friendship that developed during the years they spent learning together in Rabbi Nosson Adler's yeshivah. The Chasam Sofer refers to him frequently in his writings and teshuvos with the accolades of "my colleague" and "my friend", and in one place even calls him "my teacher, my friend" (Kuntress Teshuvos Chasam Sofer Ch. 13). He also writes: "I have a clear memory from when I was a young lad of 18 that my beloved friend who is now the genius Rabbi Avraham, Rabbi of Würzburg, told me…" (Chasam Sofer, Choshen Mishpat Ch. 95).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
In a letter to Rav Avraham, the Chasam Sofer once inscribed, "My dear friend, the renowned genius, sharp and knowledgeable, righteous…our teacher Rabbi Avraham, may Hashem guard and protect him" (ibid 35).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Rabbi Avraham Bing’s written legacy includes: 'Zichron Avraham' (Pressburg, 1892), among others. See more about him in the extensive article by Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Halevi Horowitz, “HaGaon Rabbi Avraham Bing and His Yeshivah in Würzburg" (Yeshurun Vol. 8 pp. 760-785).
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<b>Würzburg.</b>
</div>
<div>
<b><br /></b>
</div>
<div>
<b> </b>
</div>
<div>
<b>Page Count:</b> [93] leaves; 179 handwritten sides.
<b> Page Size:</b> 21 x 36 cm.
</div>
<div>
Entirely handwritten by Rabbi Avraham Bing, with the exception of several pages handwritten by his talmid. The manuscript is undated save for p.124 which mentions the date 1808, and the eulogy for Rabbi Nosson Adler which was delivered in 1800.
</div>
<div>
<b>Condition: </b>First leaf and two final leaves with minor tears. New leather binding.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
<b>Rabbi Avraham Bing's Eulogy for Rabbi Nosson Adler</b>
</div>
<div>
<b><br /></b>
</div>
<div>
<b> </b>
</div>
<div>
A few excerpts from the eulogy:
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Behold, the great eagle with mighty wings (HaNesher HaGadol), the Kohen Gadol among his brethren, the renowned and illustrious scholar, the delight of the eyes, his crown of glory resting upon him, his head adorned like the finest gold, the brilliant morning star - oh, pious one, oh, humble one, a true disciple of Avraham Avinu. Our teacher, our master, and our rabbi, the distinguished Rav Nosson, son of the late, righteous man, Rav Shimon Adler Katz, Z”l.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
He has departed to his eternal rest, leaving none like him throughout all the communities of Israel, whether in sharpness of intellect, breadth of knowledge, or piety. He bore the iniquities of others, enduring years of suffering with love, never ceasing from the study of Torah. Woe, woe to such beauty now consumed by the earth!
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
I am left to lament... For it was in his embrace that I was raised, and under his guidance that I thrived. I was a cherished student by his side, drawing sweetness from his strength. His words remain ever on my tongue. He listened, analyzed, and refined me, correcting my ways. I was to him as a son is to his father.
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
…… Ever since he reached the age of understanding, he refrained even from looking out of a window, and from the age of nine he did not walk in the streets, or needless to say, indulge in any luxuries, and it is well-known that he did not derive any pleasure from this world…"
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
The eulogy also mentions the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh, Av Beis Din of Berlin and grandson of the Chacham Tzvi, who passed away in the same month as Rabbi Nosson Adler.
<br />.................................
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<br />
</div>
<div>
Any inquiries about this lot?
</div>
<div>
We are available also on
<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=18458261645&text=LOT26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WhatsApp</a> >>>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
</div>
<p></p>](/img/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaWRzcGlyaXQtaW1hZ2VzLmdsb2JhbC5zc2wuZmFzdGx5Lm5ldC9nZW5henltL2Nsb25lZC1pbWFnZXMvMTMxMTQ3LzAwOS8wMDkuanBn.JYeB_rlpLW-W2LrCpANZug)
