Chofetz Chaim. * <<Bound With:>> Shmirath Halashon [“Guard your Tongue”]

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KAGAN, YISROEL MEIR OF RADIN.

Chofetz Chaim. * <<Bound With:>> Shmirath Halashon [“Guard your Tongue”]

Together, two works bound in one volume. <<BOTH FIRST EDITION.>> pp. 162 and pp. 76. Browned with some light wear, few minimal marginal tears. Modern boards 4to.

Vilna: 1873 and 1876

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $850

<<First Edition of two Pioneering halachic works.>> The first book is on the laws of lashon-hara and rechiluth (derogatory speech and malicious gossip.) The second is a comprehensive discussion of the philosophy behind the Jewish concepts concerning the power of speech. Inspirational and widely popular, they were designed to motivate the reader to be vigilant in the ethical usage of one’s language. Published anonymously, the author, R. Yisroel Meir Kagan (1838-1933), was later acclaimed as the preeminent Halachic decisor and “tzaddik” of his generation. Today, he is universally referred as the Chofetz Chaim, after the title of his ground-breaking work.