Alim LeTeruphah.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

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Lot 132

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Alim LeTeruphah.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 5. Lightly stained. Modern morocco. 12mo. Vinograd, Minsk 29.

Minsk: Gershon Eliyahu Bloshtein 1836

Est: $6,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

<<Exceptionally rare first edition.>> A letter written to his wife and children while traveling toward the Land of Israel Israel in 1783 - a journey the Vilna Gaon never completed. This missive is his Ethical Will and contains the most undiluted expression of the Gra’s approach to living an upstanding life set within the bounds of Mussar. Issued here along with a similar letter sent by Nachmanides, centuries earlier.