Shalmei Simcha [Talmudic novellae to Tractate Berachoth and Seder Mo'ed]

Estimate: $300–$500
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author

JUDAH LEIB BEN SIMCHA

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Ludanski

Place

Vilna

Publication

1806

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Vilna 37

summary

The work bears the Haskamoth of three Rabbis of Brisk (i.e., Brest-Litovsk): Abraham Katzenellenbogen, Aryeh Leib Katzenellenbogen and Aaron ben Meir [Padua], author "Minchath Aharon," as well as that of R. Saul [Katzenellenbogen] of Vilna. The Author's forebears R. Nachman, R. Naphtali Hertz and R. Judah Leib had all served as Rabbis of Brisk. The Author himself served as Av-Beth-Din of Zhager, Lithuania. See JE, Vol. III, p. 378

ff. (2), 70, (1). Worn, marginal tape repair to final leaf. Contemporary boards. Sm. 4to

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