Shem Shmuel [Kabbalistic commentary to the Chumash].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

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Lot 271

SHMUEL BEN MOSHE OF SISLOVITCH.

Shem Shmuel [Kabbalistic commentary to the Chumash].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Stained, final few leaves worn affecting headnote at end, outer margin of opening two leaves taped. Modern calf. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Frankfurt der Oder 133.

Frankfurt o.d. Oder: Michel Gotschalk 1699

Est: $300 - $500

Sislovitch (Svislach, Lithuania) was the birthplace of two luminaries of 20th-century American Orthodox Judaism: Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder of Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood; and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin, the second President of Yeshiva University.