(Alter, Menachem Mendel of Gur). Solomon ibn Adret. Sheva Shitoth LeHaRashb”a [Talmudic novellae]

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(Alter, Menachem Mendel of Gur). Solomon ibn Adret. Sheva Shitoth LeHaRashb”a [Talmudic novellae]

<<THE R. MENACHEM MENDEL OF GUR COPY>> , with his inscription and signatures on opening blank and title-page. ff. (1), 132. Previous owners’ marks, light wear. Contemporary calf, lacking spine. Folio. Vinograd, Berlin 208.

Berlin: Aaron ben Moshe Rophe 1756

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $450

A son of the Sephas Emes, R. Menachem Mendel Alter (1878-1942) served as Rosh Yeshiva in Gur until the First World War. He was later appointed as Rabbi of Pavyanitz and affectionately became known as R. Mendel Pavyanitzer. Together with his brother, R. Abraham Mordechai Alter - the Imrei Emes - he played a stellar role in leading and providing for the needs of Polish Jewry between the wars. He was murdered in Treblinka in 1942. See Y. Alfasi, HaChassiduth, p. 200 and Traklinei HaChassiduth, p. 796.