(Loeb Frankfurter). HaRechasim LeBikah [commentary to Chumash].

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Lot 273

SPIRA, YEHDAH LEIB.

(Loeb Frankfurter). HaRechasim LeBikah [commentary to Chumash].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Printed on thicker paper. ff. (2), 76. Ex-libra. Modern calf. 4to. Vinograd, Altona 210.

Altona: Samuel and Judah Bonn Segal 1815

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $150

The author is a ‘Pshatist,’ focussed on reaching the simple meaning of the verses. R. Spira’s method of carefully analyzing the etymological basis of each word would inspire his great-nephew, Rabbiner Samson Raphael Hirsch. Indeed, R. Hirsch quotes R. Spira in his commentary to the Pentateuch. See E.M. Klugman, Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch: A Biography (1996) pp. 2-3.