Shas Ha’masbir- Masechta Berachoth. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. Prepared and with a commentary by Joseph Shapotshnick (London, England) and Shalom Isaac Levitan (Kristania, Norway)

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 210
(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Shas Ha’masbir- Masechta Berachoth. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. Prepared and with a commentary by Joseph Shapotshnick (London, England) and Shalom Isaac Levitan (Kristania, Norway)

Additional title within architectural arch with vignettes of manuscripts consulted in the preparation of this volume. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SHAPOTSHNICK TO DR. MUNK pp. (10), 3-100. Some wear. Boards, rubbed. Elephant Folio cf. Rabinowitz pp. 186-8

London: M. Tschetinsky 1923

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $450
Published as an addendum to his Shas Ha’gadol Shhe’ba’gedolim (London, 1919), this volume contains additional unpublished manuscript material not published elsewhere; viz: manuscript notes of R. Joseph Saul Nathanson of Lemberg; Mekor Baruch by R. Chaim Baruch of Lentchna, a disciple of R. Jonathan Eybescheutz; R. Meir Jechiel of Ostravtsa and his son R. Jechezkel. A most outspoken nonconformist, Joseph Shapotshnick was a prolific author on a host of subjects (including science, psychology and music). For more on this maverick English rabbi see H. Rabinowicz, A World Apart: The Story of the Chasidim in Britain (1997) pp.56-66