Kagan, Israel Meir (Chofetz Chaim). Mishnah Berurah, Hilchoth Shabbath

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Lot 208

(SILVER, ELIEZER).

Kagan, Israel Meir (Chofetz Chaim). Mishnah Berurah, Hilchoth Shabbath

FIRST EDITION. With stamps of Rabbi Eliezer Silver in Hebrew and English on flyleaves and verso of title, plus embossed seal on f. 91. Contains twenty-seven short marginal notes by Rabbi Eliezer Silver, most containing references to Talmud Yerushalmi and its commentaries pp. 390. Boards. 4to

Warsaw: 1891

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $750

THE RABBI ELIEZER SILVER COPY WITH HIS MARGINAL NOTES. Rabbi Eliezer Silver (1882-1968), author of Anfei Erez, served as rabbi in Harrisburg, Penn., Springfield, Mass., and Cincinnati, as well as President of the Agudath Harabanim of the USA and Canada. These notes were apparently written during his rabbinate in Harrisburg