Yisroel Meir Kagan (The Chofetz Chaim). Likutei Halachoth [on Tractates Zevachim, Menchoth, Tamid, Temurah and Meilah]

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Lot 278

(KARELITZ, ABRAHAM ISAIAH. “The Chazon Ish”).

Yisroel Meir Kagan (The Chofetz Chaim). Likutei Halachoth [on Tractates Zevachim, Menchoth, Tamid, Temurah and Meilah]

<<THE CHAZON ISH COPY.>> Signed with the acronym “ISH,” in Hebrew on p. 9 of Tractate Meilah, plus a correction in his hand on p. 21. Brittle. Modern calf. 4to.

Piotrokow (Warsaw): M. Zederbaum 1910-13

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

The Chazon Ish, R. Abraham Isaiah Karelitz (1878-1953) was noted for his modest, unassuming lifestyle. He was wont to sign correspondence “Ish’” (literally, “a man”), the initials of his personal names, Abraham Isaiah - similarly, his numerous halachic works carried the pseudonym, “Chazon Ish.” He held no formal rabbinic position and yet rose to become universally recognized as the spiritual leader of Orthodox Jewry.