<<(MaHaRSh’A).>> Chidushim MiMasecheth Yom Tov U’Masecheth Yevamoth ve’od [novellae to Tractates Beitzah and Yevamoth, etc.] Contains also novellae of R. Baruch of Mayence (author of Sepher HaTerumoth) to second chapter of Bava Bathra (on f.14v).
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 111
EDELS, SHMUEL ELIEZER
<<(MaHaRSh’A).>> Chidushim MiMasecheth Yom Tov U’Masecheth Yevamoth ve’od [novellae to Tractates Beitzah and Yevamoth, etc.] Contains also novellae of R. Baruch of Mayence (author of Sepher HaTerumoth) to second chapter of Bava Bathra (on f.14v).
Basle: Konrad Waldkirch 1599
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,000
<<Rare and important first edition.>>
The super-commentary by the Maharsh’a (1555-1631) is indispensable to a proper understanding of Tosaphoth, the medieval French commentary to the Talmud. Two Torah giants of the 20th-century were well known to propound that: The Chazon Ish and R. Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk.