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

Estimate

$400–$600

Hammer price

$450

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CHASSIDISM).

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Aaron ben Moshe Rophe

Place

Berlin

Publication

1756

Description

THE R. MENACHEM MENDEL OF GUR COPY , with his inscription and signatures on opening blank and title-page.

references

Vinograd, Berlin 208.

summary

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.

ff. (1), 132. Previous owners’ marks, light wear. Contemporary calf, lacking spine. Folio.

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