Sepher HaZikaron [eulogies for prominent Rabbis, notably R. Joshua Eizik of Slonim]. Appended, prayers for the dying and the dead. <<FIRST EDITION.>>

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Lot 266

FRIEDENSON, AARON MOSES OF SLONIM.

Sepher HaZikaron [eulogies for prominent Rabbis, notably R. Joshua Eizik of Slonim]. Appended, prayers for the dying and the dead. <<FIRST EDITION.>>

With haskamoth by Lithuania’s leading Rabbis: Abele Posweller, and Aryeh Leib Katzenellenbogen of Brisk ff. 22. Ex-library, browned. Contemporary boards. 8vo. Halevy 206.

Jerusalem: Gaszinni & Slotki 1874

Est: $400 - $600

The eulogies contain interesting details concerning the character of the various Rabbis. Over fifteen Rabbis are mentioned, running the gamut from Lithuanian scholars such as R. Zundel of Salant and R. Samuel Strashun of Vilna; Chassidic Rabbis R. Aaron of Karlin, his son R. Asher, and R. Aaron of Tchernobyl; plus Sephardic Rabbis, R. (Chaim) David Chazan and Yedidiah Abulafia.