(ELIYASHAV, YOSEPH SHALOM)

Caleoni-Bragadini

Venice

1645

TRANI, JOSEPH BEN MOSES. Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. Part II. FIRST EDITION. On title, in pen, Hebrew signature of former owner: "Elyashiv" (see below.) Two divisional titles. On divisional title of Tur Even Ha'Ezer, signature of previous owner: "Yosef Shalom Elyashiv" (taped over). ff. (2), 7, (2), 56, (2), 61 [i.e., 71], (1). Misfoliated but complete. * BOUND WITH: TRANI, JOSEPH BEN MOSES. Chidushei Gemara [novellae to Talmudic Tractate Kiddushin only]. FIRST EDITION. On title, signature of previous owner: "Yosef Shalom Elyashiv" (taped over). ff. 61. Wanting ff. 62-123,(2), Novellae to Alfasi Kiddushin, and Talmudic Tractates Shabbath and Kethuboth (found in next lot). On front fly, signature and address of former owner: "Elyashiv, Rechov Chanan 10, Yerushalayim."

Vinograd, Venice 1266 and 1262

Rav Elyashiv's Copy of Shailoth U'Teshuvoth Maharit / Chidushei Maharit. R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, born 1910 in Homel, Russia, and since 1922 a resident of Jerusalem, is widely acknowledged as the Posek HaDor, the supreme halachic authority of this generation - this, despite the fact that he holds no official title.