Zoth Tihiyeh Lachem Ha’aretz LeGvulotheha Saviv [”This is Your Land with it’s Surrounding Boundaries.”] Map of the Land of Israel prepared by Grand Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Leiner.
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 290
(ISRAEL, LAND OF )
Zoth Tihiyeh Lachem Ha’aretz LeGvulotheha Saviv [”This is Your Land with it’s Surrounding Boundaries.”] Map of the Land of Israel prepared by Grand Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Leiner.
Jozefow, 1873:
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
First appearance of the important map prepared by R. Gershon Chanoch Leiner (1839-91) the innovative Chassidic Rebbe of Radzyn. Issued in connection with his commentary to Tractate Keilim, wherein Chapter I Mishnah 6 states that the Land of Israel is holier than all other lands - thus the need for a map clearly delineating its borders. See E. & G. Wajntraub, Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land pp. 162-64.