KAGAN, ISRAEL MEIR
AUCTION 33 |
Tuesday, June 20th,
2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 204
KAGAN, ISRAEL MEIR
Radin: 23rd Adar I, 1924
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,000
R. Israel Meir Kagan (1838-1933) was universally acclaimed as the preeminent Halachic decisor and “tzaddik” of the generation. He is referred today as the “Chafetz Chaim” (“Seeker of Life”), after the title of his guide to the laws pertaining to “lashon ha-ra” or malicious gossip. His reputation as Halachist par-excellence rests on his work “Mishnah Berurah,” a running comentary to Shulchan Aruch, Section Orach Chaim. See Leo Jung ed., Jewish Leaders (1964), pp. 457-473.