Grodzinsky, Tzvi Hirsch. Mikvah Yisrael [on the laws of Mikvah]

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Grodzinsky, Tzvi Hirsch. Mikvah Yisrael [on the laws of Mikvah]

FIRST EDITION ff.[2], pp. 14, 108, [4]. Browned, tears on upper margin of title not affecting text. Contemporary boards, worn. Folio

Chicago: M.P. Ginzburg 1898

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

The first extensive, halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch published in the United States. The author, who was Rabbi of Omaha, Nebraska for almost sixty years (1892 to 1949) was a cousin of the famed R. Chaim Ozer Grodzenski of Vilna