Biur vegam Hagahoth al kol HaZohar, Raya Mehemna, Idra Raba VeZuta.

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Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Biur vegam Hagahoth al kol HaZohar, Raya Mehemna, Idra Raba VeZuta.

<<FIRST EDITION>> of the Gaon’s commentary. Printed on green tinted paper. Title page with <<signature of R. Yoseph Zundel of Salant.>> ff. 44. Ex-library, stained. Modern boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Vilna 48; Vinograd, Gr’a 663.

Vilna: Menachem Mann ben Baruch 1810

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,000

The Gaon’s first published Kabbalistic work. With introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin and the Gaon's son and grandson who state they have not deviated or changed "even one letter" from the Gaon's own manuscript. A disciple of the Vilna Gaon, R. Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786–1866) was the primary spiritual teacher of the great R. Yisrael Salanter. See http://www.rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com/Rabbi%20Yosef%20Zundel%20Salant.asp.