Ohr Same’ach.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

MEIR SIMCHAH HAKOHEN OF DVINSK.

Place

Warsaw - Riga

Publication

1902-27

Description

FIRST EDITION. Complete in four volumes.

summary

R. Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926) was one of the foremost Rabbinic leaders of the pre-War generation. Known as the “Ohr Same’ach” after this, his magnum opus, a penetrating study on the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides. According to the note on the verso of the title of the final volume, it was published posthumously from the estate of the author by R. Menachem Mendel Zak of Riga. It remains a well-studied classic.

pp. 183; 247; 245; 252. Previous owners marks, browned, few marginal repairs. Modern boards. Folio.

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