Eitz Avoth - Sepher HaYachas LeMishpachath Caro [genealogy of the Caro family]

(CARO FAMILY)

Rosh Chodesh Adar II

(Lodz)

1891

Manuscript in Hebrew (with some German), written in a most stylish and fluid cursive hand on paper. Title-page in square Hebrew characters in red and gold. Composed by Ozer Zalman Glantz.

A most attractive manuscript being a comprehensive history of members of the Caro family, with much literary information concerning its many scholarly members. Includes some 12 generations, from R. Shimon Caro (12th century author of Yalkut Shimoni). Of much interest is the interaction of family members with rabbinic leaders such as R. Akiva Eger, R. Yechezkel Landau and R. Tzvi Hirsch Berlin.