Shas Ha’masbir- Masechta Berachoth. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc. Prepared and with a commentary by Joseph Shapotshnick (London, England) and Shalom Isaac Levitan (Kristania, Norway)

Estimate

$400–$600

Hammer price

$450

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author

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

printer

M. Tschetinsky

Place

London

Publication

1923

Description

Additional title within architectural arch with vignettes of manuscripts consulted in the preparation of this volume. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SHAPOTSHNICK TO DR. MUNK

references

cf. Rabinowitz pp. 186-8

summary

Published as an addendum to his Shas Ha’gadol Shhe’ba’gedolim (London, 1919), this volume contains additional unpublished manuscript material not published elsewhere; viz: manuscript notes of R. Joseph Saul Nathanson of Lemberg; Mekor Baruch by R. Chaim Baruch of Lentchna, a disciple of R. Jonathan Eybescheutz; R. Meir Jechiel of Ostravtsa and his son R. Jechezkel. A most outspoken nonconformist, Joseph Shapotshnick was a prolific author on a host of subjects (including science, psychology and music). For more on this maverick English rabbi see H. Rabinowicz, A World Apart: The Story of the Chasidim in Britain (1997) pp.56-66

pp. (10), 3-100. Some wear. Boards, rubbed. Elephant Folio

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